I Can't Get No Sleep

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I Can't Get No Sleep

by deana24 @ 2008-01-11 – 06:16:45

Excuse the double negative there, and just to be more confusing it turns out I can. Sleep that is.

And what comes with sleep, bloody nightmares, apparently.

I am up with the - whatever is making that sqwarking noise outside my back bedroom, but I'm guessing it's not a lark - because the thought of dropping back into the hell my subconscious concocted was way more scarier than 4.45am.

I won't go into detail, suffice to say it was a messy, realistic mixture of crimes. Yuk, indeed.

So in celebration of Insomnia I give you this, a fine tune that reminds me of a fine night's dancing my backside off at Glasgow Barrowlands when I saw them in concert eons ago.

Maybe that's what I need... dancing!
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- Usksider ^Pro
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- 2008-01-11 @ 06:50:05
If there's one thing I find more frustrating than insomnia it's nightmares... poor you.
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-11 @ 08:13:20
  Yeah, poor me. Thank you.
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- Munzly
- http://poppycock.blog.co.uk/
- 2008-01-11 @ 07:16:59
Last year I was having a problem with a repetitive nightmare and found that leaving a dim light on all night cured it instantly. Apparently this causes your body to think the dawn is arriving soon and alters the pattern of sleep you have to one that is not susceptible to bad dreams - It certainly worked for me....
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-11 @ 08:14:55
  I'll try that. I think the nightmare was inspired by my last course essay which heavily featured international conflict reporting. I've clearly read too much about Bosnia etc
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- jackfrost ^Pro
- 2008-01-11 @ 07:24:23
yeah!!! have a good dance, wild and loud..that should get you tired....plus there would be no noise as hubby wouldnt be talking to ya........
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-11 @ 08:16:15
  Maybe I could dance with the ipod on as a compromise. it's all about give and take... apparently!
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- kevinwilson ^Pro
- 2008-01-11 @ 09:17:49
sounds obvious, but have you tried going to bed later?
and would it be safe for you to go for a jog round the block before bedtime?

signed
doctor kev

alternatively, tire yourself out while lying in bed by making lots of different animal noises.
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-11 @ 09:28:24
  Dear Dr Kev
  I'll have a go but i was working on the theory that getting some rest, albeit lying still watching the air move, is better than nowt.
  
  Judging by the post pub noises outside the streets are no place for lady joggers in the midnight hours. Not without a cattleprod and they are a bit unweildy. Animal noises... well it's original!
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- rowtheboat
- http://rowtheboat.blog.co.uk/
- 2008-01-11 @ 11:06:54
I've posted that before for a similar reason

God, it's a pain in the arse, isn't it?

I think I'm going to stock up on hot chocolate. It may not actually make a difference, but at least it will make me feel happier
- - deana24
  - 2008-01-11 @ 11:13:39
  I's noted our mutual friend, Mr Insomnia. They do say the devil has all the best tunes...
  
  I'm trying red bush tea next. Bet it doesn't taste like chocolate.
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- Not-Herneschase
- 2008-01-11 @ 12:14:37
A book that you really want to read. I always fall asleep when I have a book that I am desperate to finish! Or just marry/adopt Maxi Jazz so that he could drown the noises outside with some lovely singing.
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- deana24
- 2008-01-11 @ 18:45:46
If only the lovely Alexis Corner were still with us with his dulcet tomes, I remember him, before Annie Nightingale on a Sunday night... *drifts off into 'when I was young' daydream while still irritatingly conscious*
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