Sleeping badly and working.

[1979ukmale]

Guys and Gals,

My tactic if I miss a nights sleep, or only manage an hour or two, is to ignore it and soldier on.

I'm not saying i sleep badly every week, just sometimes, when work stress is adding to my anxt.

I've been doing this for years.

I simply get up, feel horrible and then pretend i am normal.

People might comment that I look tired, and I feel like i am walking dead, but I just about cope.

Then usually crash out the next night.

Sometimes my adrenaline is strong enough that I blank 2 nights, and again carry on.

I'll use a tablet if that happens usually though.

Does anyone else use the same tactic, just fight on?!

What's the worst that can happen right, i'll either keel over and die, or pass out, but at least I am braving it and not opting out!

[formidible]

Speak to your GP about it. It sounds like you could be experiencing a level of stress that your body is finding hard to cope with. You need to do something to make things better now, or else it could be worse in future. You must think of yourself first, even if it means making changes at work or with your lifestyle, or both. Good luck.

[1979ukmale]

Cheers,

I have tried less stressful jobs, and get similar levels of anxiety.

My anxiety seems to shape itself around my life situation, creeping into every facet , regardless!

Even if I worked as a postman , I suspect I would start getting anxious about what colleagues thought of me, and then depressed about how my education and brain was wasted in a menial role, spiralling into a quagmire of stress and darkness etc, lol.

You have to laugh or you will cry.

I regularly run 5 miles , 3 times a week, to keep my heart and lungs in check.

I try to compare the reality of my situation with other professions, like Surgeon's, MP's, Lawyer's , Night Shifters etc, all who can go for nights without sleep quite regularly.

Your average MP in the UK is documented to sleep 4-5 hours per day max, for their whole career.

[1979ukmale]

... I tend to subscribe to the belief that people need stimulating at work, and a little stress is good, and gets you out of bed, but it's a fine line.

What I am asking is whether people think it's ok to miss one night sleep every so often and carry on as normal.

You can assume I am switched on enough to monitor my diet and exercise in a positive way. I eat veg and fruit a plenty, and make sure if I am able, that I exercise every day.

[mimii]

I have often missed a nights sleep or only had a few hours over the last year due to a lot of reasons and feel terrible next day like Ive got a massive hangover but Im still able to just about function and get to work, and if I can get some quality sleep the following night I feel fine again after that.

Mimii

[1979ukmale]

thanks Mimii , this is what I want to hear!

[mimii]

Im not saying Id recommend it though Ive read sleep deprivation can make you more prone to depression and its used as a form of torture !

Hardly surprising that lots of new mums get post natal depression due to lack of sleep its not just work related stress that causes it

Mimii

[mimii]

Im not saying Id recommend it though Ive read sleep deprivation can make you more prone to depression and its used as a form of torture !

Hardly surprising that lots of new mums get post natal depression due to lack of sleep its not just work related stress that causes it

Mimii

[Airwindy89]

I have had to do that for several years! Imagine that! Just to keep y job. But I realized that it was absolutely not good for my health in the long run. I wasn't compromising my health especially for a job i didn't care for. Every now and again I had to call off so that i could sleep. Eventually the anxiety and depression lead to my being dismissed. I was never disloyal or dishonest. I was wrongly let go but I left it in God's hands and everything is worked out! Get as much sleep as possible. No job is worth your health!