Sleep

I've been thinking about sleep lately, like if you can train your body to need less sleep. I never thought that was possible, but then I heard someones new years resolution was to "train myself to need less sleep." Is that even an option? So I googled it tonight, and no, it doesn't seem to be. I right away found this article on www.physorg.com/ about that very issue. Ryan Szivos says its not possible.

I know that a TBI can cause sleep issues, either so you can't sleep or you sleep tons. When I first woke up I slept all the time, but I would think that any survivor of any traumatic experience would. I remember being SoSoSo exhausted from showering that I would need to take a nap right after. I would usually shower in the mornings (with my occupational therapist. weird huh?? Good thing she was a girl) and soon as my hair was combed out I would go back to sleep. And for about 2 years after I was a VERY hard sleeper. I slept through any and everything. Including the vent being broken in my room when I was visiting my inlaws and my husband bringing his parents in the room, them turning on the light, moving the bed, fixing the vent, putting the bed back, and leaving. Eddie told me about it in the morning. But motherhood is amazing. My baby turns over in his crib down the hall and I wake up. How does that happen? But besides those changes, my sleep has been very normal considering.

I know insomnia often sets in after a TBI. I would NEVER consider myself to suffer from that problem, but once or twice a year I lay in bed, trying to sleep, and not. So I do know that that would be horrible. I am so blessed that I don't have that challenge!