Sleeping less

[mtbc]

In recent weeks I have often gotten more like six hours of sleep in a night rather than eight. I fall asleep easily, I just wake up earlier than necessary or intended, then become alert instead of falling back to sleep. Over the day I largely function fine, I don't feel dreadful, though toward the end of the evening I can be feeling rather sleepy again. The situation seemed worth noting so I shall keep a watch on it.

Upon waking I have also noticed myself sometimes remembering a stressful dream. For example, this morning's had me at my previous job, joining colleagues for lunch in a restaurant, but the meal was going on for far longer than I had expected; there was even some kind of dance lesson for which we had to take our shoes off and I discovered that I had absent-mindedly put on somebody's bright pink fluffy slippers that day instead of my normal office shoes. That particular dream admits of easier oneirocriticism than most.

As sometimes happens, I have awoken with a growing headache. I am starting the day with coffee and paracetamol. I hear that the advice is to medicate a headache before it gets worse.