Thoughts on Health: Sleep

I relished in my day off today. I slept until 8 am and felt heavenly when I woke up. I woke up at 3:40 the morning before so it felt like I'd slept an extra day today.

Sometimes sleep has been an indicator of the stress in my life. When I increase my sleep, purposely, I may be avoiding something. If i'm sleeping restlessly, I may not be dealing with things in the daytime hours.

But you know when you've gotten the right sleep. You know that sweet sleep spot.

And you know when you've gotten the wrong sleep...the amount, the type, everything about that sleep was just off type of sleep. I've had those nights/mornings when I've woken up and I'm almost in tears because
a) my hand/arm/wrist is asleep
b) I can't move my shoulder without wincing
c) It's too early and too cold
d) My alarm was too loud
e) All of the above

I watched Dr. Oz for the first time yesterday and he had a segment on sleep...oh how I needed to hear what he said. The things that I took away from that segment:
a) Sleeping while holding a pillow will help a lot
b) Your head weighs around 10 pounds, why do you think sleeping with your wrist holding your head up for 8 some hours will be a good idea

I slept with a pillow last night...and I was amazed at how much better I felt when falling asleep. I woke up without the shoulder/arm/wrist pain that I can sometimes have in the mornings.

I love sleep...when I'm sleeping to rest from the day, not to avoid the day :)

Happy sleeping!