{"id":26447,"date":"2025-02-11T00:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T00:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=26447"},"modified":"2025-02-20T04:07:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T04:07:39","slug":"health-wellveing-insomnia-bites-ass-again-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=26447","title":{"rendered":"HEALTH &WELLBEiNG: Insomnia Bites Ass Again\u2026 Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bah!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was inhumanly tired today. So much so I was laboured in my breathing, moving slowly, and got \u2018the shakes\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latter made me think I must be hungry, or having some kind of sugar or energy crash. So I had a bite of late-ish lunch (about 3.30 pm) at Anne\u2019s Thai Caf\u00e9. Spending money I can ill afford. But I figured I simply had<\/em> to eat. And eat well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got home about 4 pm. And proceeded to sleep on the sofa for about 90 minutes to two hours. To be awoken in the dark, by Teresa getting home, somewhere near 6 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, at any point from waking up till about 6 pm I could simply lay down and go to sleep. But come bed\/sleep time? Not a fucking chance! Despite two Valerian tablets and a small tot of \u2018medicinal\u2019 whiskey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been sleeping really well for ages. Why, in the last week or so, has this godawful insomnia suddenly reared its ugly mother-loving head?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And of course it hits worst on nights like tonight, when I have an early start and a long day at work tomorrow. It\u2019s like my mind and body are determined to fuck me up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suppose I do need to exercise much more regularly. We did do our \u2018seniors\u2019 Joe Wicks-ercise this evening (first time in aeons). And I should also try getting up earlier, and not sleeping during the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as already noted, I\u2019d been sleeping very well despite<\/em> the lack of exercise, or early rising, and with much daytime sleeping, before. So why this sudden outbreak of insomnia?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human language isn\u2019t strong enough to convey how I loathe insomnia. I just wish I could switch off my conscious mind. That seems to me one of the prime issues. Super itchy feet at night don\u2019t help tho\u2019, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latter\u2019s been an issue for me for quite a while – a few years, I\u2019d say – of late. I use athletes\u2019 foot powder, when it gets unbearable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is it my body and mind are at war with themselves? That\u2019s also essentially what psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are; manifestations of the body\u2019s own immune system at war with itself\/the body!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaaah!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already this evening I\u2019ve tried just laying there, hoping I\u2019ll drift off, eventually. Two Valerian pills (I take one or two most nights). A small dram o\u2019 whiskey. Meditating (mindfulness of breathing), soothing rain sounds, different positions, reading a bit\u2026 all sorts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But nowt stops the racing febrile mind. Sleep, which I could do at the drop of the hat all the live long day, just will not <\/em>come\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bah!! I was inhumanly tired today. So much so I was laboured in my breathing, moving slowly, and got \u2018the shakes\u2019. The latter made me think I must be hungry, or having some kind of sugar or energy crash. So I had a bite of late-ish lunch (about 3.30 pm) at Anne\u2019s Thai Caf\u00e9. Spending … <\/p>\n

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