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Last night I wanted to see what it felt like to get a full 8 hours sleep. I went to bed at 8:00PM. That left me 8 hours plus 2 extra for flip-flopping and laying awake. So peculiar going to bed while it's still light out.
The first dream involved watching someone smoothing lotion all over their body. They wanted me to watch, but also wanted me to stay hidden under a blanket because other people were watching too, and officially I wasn't supposed to be there. Then the person had some sort of melodramatic guilt breakdown, and it left me feeling foresaken.
The next dream was yet another variation of my re-occuring dream. Same template as always -- out of town for a holiday with my biological family, discover I'm late getting back home, miss plane home and panic. I must have had this dream template 5000 times now. I'm so sick of it. Even within the dreams, I sometimes think "Not this again!" I'm beginning to worry if maybe I have some sort of brain circuit imbalance, to have the same dream 5000 times.
The final dream was sad and unusual -- I dreamed/drempt that I didn't get hired permanently for the temp position I'm now working. I never have work dreams, and this one was far too realistic and discouraging. When I woke up, it took a few minutes to remember that it wasn't real.
So, that was my experiment in getting 8 hours of sleep in a night. All in all, my conclusion is that there are better ways to spend my quiet nights than this.
The first dream involved watching someone smoothing lotion all over their body. They wanted me to watch, but also wanted me to stay hidden under a blanket because other people were watching too, and officially I wasn't supposed to be there. Then the person had some sort of melodramatic guilt breakdown, and it left me feeling foresaken.
The next dream was yet another variation of my re-occuring dream. Same template as always -- out of town for a holiday with my biological family, discover I'm late getting back home, miss plane home and panic. I must have had this dream template 5000 times now. I'm so sick of it. Even within the dreams, I sometimes think "Not this again!" I'm beginning to worry if maybe I have some sort of brain circuit imbalance, to have the same dream 5000 times.
The final dream was sad and unusual -- I dreamed/drempt that I didn't get hired permanently for the temp position I'm now working. I never have work dreams, and this one was far too realistic and discouraging. When I woke up, it took a few minutes to remember that it wasn't real.
So, that was my experiment in getting 8 hours of sleep in a night. All in all, my conclusion is that there are better ways to spend my quiet nights than this.