In elementary school period, I often stayed awake alone when I spent a night at my grandma's house. I slept with my cousins (who became my friends too in the same time). We talked before fell asleep, and finally I was the one left awake when they slept after long talk. My grandma usually checked us and on the next day told everybody that I did not sleep until late night alone.
In junior high school, I stayed awake in purpose. I liked to watch drama serries aired at late night so that I could tell my friends at school the plot of the drama. It was the same when I was in senior high, I did not sleep early in purpose. It was for several reason such as watching night tv program, doing assigntments, studying for exam, reading teenlit and komik, or talking with my friends in boarding house.
In university life, I aware that going to bed late is not good for health. My friend told me that it affects liver condition. Some reference said that it will affect the psychological condition that lead to be easy angry and stress because of lack of enough sleep. Furthermore, a reference said that sleeping in the morning or afternoon can not replace the function of sleeping at night. We can not pay the debt of not sleeping at night by sleeping in the other time. It can not replace the rest fuction of sleep in one day.
I tried to sleep in enough time at night. I believe that going to sleep early and waking up early is good. However it is so difficult for me who has insomnia problem since I was a kid. The difficulty is increasing together with the increase of stress level. For example in recent time, I do not really know what exactly makes me worry, but sometimes I feel insecure. I already finished all thesis atribute and graduation requirements. The application for something worth struggle was also completed. However, I think I have something disturbs my brain that makes my insomnia emerges. Almost everyday in Ramadhan month I did not sleep until Sahur time and finally I continued not to sleep until Subuh. It is Ok since I could sleep after that although I know that it will not replace the function of sleeping at night. It becomes problem when I have to go to campus for humanitarian summer school along this week. The agenda will be from the morning until evening. What if I barely can sleep at night. There is a possibility that I will not sleep for a week.
I posted about this problem on my line status. One of my friend commented, 'do you really forget the way to sleep?' From that comment, I think I have to remember how to get some sleep. I tried to turn off the lamp, it still did not work. I tried to listen to the music too, the result, I listened several songs twice aired in Prambors until almost sahur time, I fall asleep for a moment and had to get up for meal. Zzz.. I tried to remember the other way to sleep. Turn on cable tv will not help, since I tend to be interested in watching movie until the end instead of sleeping. My struggle lead to the trying of reading a book. I can stay a long night in order to finish reading a good novel or fiction book. Therefore, the book has to be harder than that. I chose Thomas Oatley book, International Political Economy, on the first try. The result, after several pages on the chosen chapter, I felt sleepy for the first time during lately insomnia attack. I slept before midnight and felt fresh when I got up for sahur. I thanks to God for this. Tonight I continued my insomnia therapy using this metodh. I waked up for sahur facing the book opened beside of me in my bed, means that I got enough sleep last night.
Based on my experience, I recommend this way to do when someone has to deal with the insomnia. Try to read quite hard book. My suggestion is that the books should be relevant with your life, background study, or future goal. Based on the reference I read, sleeping after studying will help memorizing what we just learn. By doing this, we do not only heal the insomnia, but we also can digest the information needed from the relevant book very well.
Yekti, July 8, 2015.
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