The Nightmare Files | Psychology Today

A very interesting article, Al. There are some sleep disorders that I've never heard of like the incubus attack. Well I've heard it of in it the sense that some people believe in incubus (incubi) and thought they were being attacked by one or more. I didn't know there was a sleep disorder and that it had an actual name but it makes sense. And the sex sleep disorder. It sounds strange but very understandable.

I use to have a serious problem with sleepwalking as a child. Sometimes I'd wake up and I'd be sitting at the neighbors kitchen table where they might be playing cards or something. Very embarrassing but of course they were concerned when they realized what it was. Sometimes I'd walk near the road which was terrifying when I woke up. It was very dark and an old country road so nobody would have seen me until it was too late. But I guess I grew out of it. Maybe that's what cured me.

My basic problem is that I don't think I'm going though all the sleep phases. I have dreams but I don't know that I get deep quality sleep. I went to a "part time" sleep clinic which was a joke because it was poorly set up and there was a new tech who didn't know what she was doing. Anyway, supposedly I didn't go through all the sleep phases. It would be very difficult to tell since she kept waking me up every hr. A neurologist ran it on the side but I hope to hell they've gotten their act together.

The article has some great ideas that I'll try. Oh, the computer thing--I don't stay up til midnight and after anymore. And I don't get back on it if I can't sleep. That's helped a lot. Another thing I highly recommend is to drink a glass of milk before going to bed. Or some having some kind of milk product like yogurt.

Thanks for the great article!

I'm doing pretty good now that I don't allow myself to get back on the computer once I go to bed. Drinking milk seems to be helping me too and I'm getting more calciulm at the same time. My Dr. gave me a RX for vit D because I was deficient and that seems to help too. Vit B-12 can do wonders for just about everything including sleep.

If you get hot like I do during the night, turn the ceiling fan on low even when you are getting ready to go to sleep. It's hard to sleep in a room that's too warm. I couldn't sleep without my little noise maker either. I just use a small fan that's set near my closet and not too close to my bed. (It's too loud there.) It makes great white noise.

So I'm learning what works for me. I think it's different things for different people but the basics help a lot.

Thanks for all the great sleep articles, Al. They help a lot.

Wow! I don't know if I could take the cracked window when it's a Northern Winter. But I'd rather do that than be in a room that stifling hot. If it wasn't for my cat, I would have the heat turned down much lower. We really haven't had a bad Winter and I don't think we will.

Another problem for me is that I don't get out in the sunshine every day. That's probably why I'm vit D deficient. Sunshine plays a big part in that ( along with calcium) even if it's only 15 min. a day.

When I go out, it's a nice salad and fruit. It's almost a luxury these days.

A bit of both. It takes a good bit of money to eat fresh vegetables and fruits every day. So yeah, I splurge on a HUGE salad and fruits to get in my veggies. I get some through frozen veg. during the week so it's not that bad. lol