Insomnia.

[desA]

What if you are a 'night-person'?

I've found that trying to support international customers can force you into odd sleep patterns. It becomes difficult to get to bed before 12 most nights. This pattern can set in after some time.

Funnily-enough, the creativity pattern then seems to shift into the early evening, where there are less distractions.

[tec0]

Finally you are getting closer!!! Right like all my posts I have a “hidden agenda� And here it comes. Why do we work ourselves to death? Look at production lines and you will see that everything has to be 24-7 or you fail.

This is why I started the post in the first place. See the fact is workers don’t get enough rest because of downsizing. Where there were 10 people doing a job there are now only 3 people doing a job.

Now the 3 workers as mentioned have to over perform everyday just to satisfy the company and that is leading to more accidents in the work place. Thus the company that has the cash flow still wants to function on skeleton crews and this is basically is killing our economy and it is killing our work force!

So ask yourself this question: Why is there so little work lately?
Because companies are forcing workers to do more then what they are capable of doing.

Now “Insomnia� is becoming one of the biggest problems because of downsizing. The reason is and this is FACT: I know people that work for a large industrial company and they only get 3 days of every month for themselves. Basically they work about 336 hours a month.

How can you not burn out?

[desA]

^ A lot of truth in what you have said. Good points.

I'd also imagine that job-security must place huge stress on the workers as well, further compounding the vicious cycle.

[tec0]

Well one thing about this world we live in. There is only so much talking can do and then the idiot that said the pen is mightier than the sword can go jump of something high and happy landings....

Right now the small business is the target for the CCMA and all the other lot that has something to do with worker rights and legal requirements. But when it comes to companies with real money am talking about the heavy supper rich industrialist! This system simply cowers away and disappears.

Thus I hope that people will now see the connection between insomnia and bad business.

[SilverNodashi]

Bill Gates had this thing at Microsoft where all the top staff members took a 2 weak break, every 3 months.

Normally one takes 5 to 6 days to unwind from work, stress, home, etc. So you really only get in proper rest on the 2nd week. And by doing it every 3 months they performed much better at their jobs

[tec0]

Here is the thing, for most of us that is losing more than just hair knows the meaning of true pressure, stressed out bodies and minds that cannot rest because of our demons in the form of work, management, family, debt and unemployment.

When pressured with such scenarios the brain start working on solutions “that is sometimes none existent� and it will continue to search for the answer until it has found one OR until it breaks down. See the fact is Insomnia isn’t just an innocent disorder anymore and a few sleeping pills can actually add to your depression or emotional stress.

So, what is effective when it comes to sleep deprivation? Heavy medication and alcohol seems to work but it is really harmful to the body so what is a true cure to Insomnia? Well some will say medication others will tell you to exercise until you drop and the popular choice is the good old “night cap�

Well meditation is proven to work but it is still a form of an exercise so the true question here is “what is keeping you awake? Can you identify the reason? Can you do anything about it? Well we all know that tomorrow will NOT take care of its self. So sometimes it will be good if one can just let go. Cut of reality and just try and forget everything. But even this is not a real solution.

So what are your suggestions on this topic?