Sleeping

[kybearfuzz]

I'm not sure what is going on with me this time of year. With it overcast and dreary, cold and blah, I have been sleepy beyond belief every day.


Mr. Sandman Keeps Throwing Sand
Almost every day after work, I come home ready to sleep. I fight it most days, putting forth some energy to work out instead. With the extremely cold weather of this past week, running outdoors is just not an option, which made working out tough. So today, I set a phone alarm and tried for a one-hour nap that lasted two. Without an alarm, it would go for three per past practice. In fact, my three-hour naps made life very easy for my mom when I was a kid.

The strange part of it is that I love to sleep. Naps feel so good and I generally have some pretty fun dreams, as evident by some of the posts here.

I'm not really worried about it. I'm blaming my yearning to sleep on seasonal issues. Hopefully, when the sunshine and warmer weather hits, it'll be easier to stay awake.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Sleep looks pretty terrific if The Sandman looks like your drawing! :)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Now if I could only talk the Sandman into slipping me a wet dream every now and then.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

My guess is it's lack of sunlight. I get really low-energy when I don't get enough sun, and since winter's low on sunlight hours already, gray and dreary weather might be enough to flip your "hibernate" switch.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Hmm, actually...

Do you take vitamin D? There's a school of thought that believes the RDA for vitamin D, while sufficient to keep you from getting rickets, is much lower than the amount that will keep you healthy and well-balanced, and that most Americans are chronically vitamin-D deficient, because we all spend so much time indoors. My doctor started me on vitamin D a long time back, and it definitely makes a difference in my energy levels.

So if you're tired all the time, especially in dreary weather, you might need more vitamin D.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I'll have to try that. Anything that will help :)

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

Be thankful you are getting so much sleep, though I know how frustrating being tired all the time can feel.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I have a lot of friends who have insomnia problems, so I should be happy sleep often comes easily to me :)

[qbear.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your sleep problems--hope they resolve soon. I do love this drawing---

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL... I guess I shouldn't see it as a problem, but I look forward to not having such an urge to snooze.

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Excellent illustration!

Yeah, I find myself sleeping a lot currently, as well.

I blame it on winter, the lack of sunlight, and republicans.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like it.

And I figured that the winter had something to do with it.

[notmypresident.livejournal.com]

I don't often get the urge to color someone else's work, but there was something about this piece that sent me straight into Photoshop to work on it. Hope you don't mind.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Oh I don't mind at all! I think it looks GREAT! I really like your choice of colors. The sparkles on the dust is wonderful and the clouds are way better than mine :)

[barak.livejournal.com]

Not getting enough light in the winter tends to get me down too. just less energy, more crabby. Vitamin D is a good (and cheap) suggestion for your general malaise, but also maybe one of those light therapy boxes could help