When I talk to people about sleep habits, I’m often shocked & appalled at what they say.
- As someone who suffered from insomnia for most of my life, I understand that it can be a challenge to get to sleep.
That’s why I do not understand why people make it even more difficult for themselves to get the rest that they need. I have so multiple friends who will willingly admit to staring at their PCs before bedtime, sleeping with light in the room, & setting multiple alarms in the day to wake them up. Personally, I know that alarms are one of the worst things you can do. That’s why, I have trained myself to naturally wake up without any alarm… Unless you count my a/c. I realized a long time ago that the anxiety I felt after setting an alarm would keep me up at night. Eventually, I started programming my brain to notice exterior signals, such as my a/c, as a sign of the day hour. Now, instead of worrying about alarms, I just keep up with my thermostat settings each afternoon. You see, one day I realized that one of the first sounds I heard upon waking up was the a/c outside my window. Just as the sunlight was coming up, the outdoor air temperature would start changing, & my AC machine would kick into gear. I could count on this Heating & A/C event like clockwork. So, I figured I didn’t really need my alarm clock anymore. I trained my brain to assume the sound & feel of flowing a/c, & now I sleep like a champ.