Late Nights Are a “Hidden” Cause of Insomnia
Posted on May 22, 2008
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I enjoy the bright lights, music and fun times as much as anyone, but you really can have too much of a good thing – particularly if you suffer from insomnia.
They used to call it “burning the candle at both ends” – the urge to go out and whoop it up every night of the week. It’s great if you’re a) young and b) able to easily fall into a deep, restful sleep after a night on the town.
But life’s not like that for many of us. The pressure of maintaining a career and juggling children, a mortgage and other responsibilities is reality soon after we’ve blown out 21 candles on the birthday cake. And yet, the subtle pressures are there for us to “enjoy life” while we’re still young enough.
That means going out, even when our aching bodies and weary brains are telling us not to. Some young marrieds don’t want to lose touch with their still-single friends (who they sometimes secretly envy) so they hire a baby sitter and hit the old haunts.
And it’s not just couples. Singles looking to fill their free time make a habit of “going out”. Often that means one or more alcoholic drinks. Since alcohol disrupts normal sleep it doesn’t take many such evenings to frazzle even the most youthful brain. Fragmented sleep leads to poor concentration during the day and actually makes you progressively more tired.
Married or single, it’s completely cool if you can manage a busy social life and still get the sleep you need. But if you’re beginning to notice how dog tired you are some days it’s definitely time to take a long hard look at whether the price of enjoying yourself is too high.
As British sleep expert Dr. Neil Stanley says:
“We live in a tired society . . . the days when we feel really good are incredibly rare. We work and play hard and time has become irrelevant. Sleep is seen as something you snatch when you are finished with everything else.”
Even when we stay home we’re either glued to the TV, surfing the Internet or e-mailing or texting our friends. There’s precious little down time for our minds to relax.
There’s a good reason why Friday and Saturday nights are still the best nights of the week to let your hair down – you don’t have to go to work next day!
If you are having trouble sleeping and are honest enough to admit you’ve been going out one too many times during the week, try a couple of weeks in which you cut socializing to weekends only. During the week, give yourself a night or two in which you pull the plug on the TV and computer and read a book instead. Or go to bed early.
If you find your sleep and overall well-being improves from following these simple steps your brain will thank you for listening.
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