Sleeping With The Enemy

Sleep is such a vital part of being healthy. It’s when your body “punches out of work”. Your organs get a chance to rest, you heal, and your brain releases it’s deepest desires or fears via dreams. When you start lacking sleep it is apparent to yourself and others. For one you don’t look rested, you’re not as sharp as usual, usually easily irritated, and you are more prone to sickness. I myself have been struggling with getting restful sleep for a few years now. About 6 months go I started taking sleep medication which I thought was a God send. After a few months I had built a tolerance to that dose and the doctor increased it to the highest form available. Again, sleepful bliss. Until, I grew a tolerance to that. Now these are non-habit forming, however I can’t sleep without them. The medicine is supposed to help you form good sleeping habits. My problem is that I can’t turn my brain off at night. It’s the time when I am most creative. I review the day’s events, what I need to do the next day, I think about my new business, my family, friends, and romantic interest. Sometimes I think I need a horse tranquilizer so I can just sleep. I have never been one to just doze off. I envy people who fall asleep on planes or in bus stations in the dead of winter. I’ve realized that I myself am my own enemy when it comes to sleep. I need to correct this problem because I can’t be on meds forever. I know I shouldn’t work up until it’s time to bed and I should probably work out daily. I just have so much to do…