The Hazards about Restless Dreaming or Not Sleeping

     I've mentioned here before about my frequent bouts of having problems sleeping.  Well, I've had many more of these problems this month.  First, in the the early weeks of December, I found myself lying on my back, which caused me to wake up immediately.  Now, I normally sleep on my side or stomach.  This position provides me with the clearest airways.  While I might switch sides a few times during the night, I almost never sleep on my back.  When I do, I am almost always propped up on pillows, because I have either a runny or stuffed up nose and this position is the easiest one to keep my breathing regular.  This time, I believe I was on my back because I was in that state that males get when their asleep, about four times per night.  I must have turned onto my back so that I would have enough room to protect that state that my regular sleeping positions wouldn't allow.  This was happening a few nights in a row.  Most of the time, I allowed that state to fade on its own, although I might have aided it at least once.  I usually fell right back to sleep.  Not only was I entering that state at night, I was frequently getting into that state at other times, with similar results into exiting that state.  I get this way every now and again, when I just seem to enter that state without even knowing it's happening.  Fortunately, these bouts only last a few days, although this last one seemed to last well over a week. At least there is a benefit from entering that state so much at night.  If I enter that state so strongly that it wakes me up, it must mean I was in fairly good health.  On the other hand, my latest round of insomnia has been the opposite.  It started on Saturday.  I woke up about 3:30, not in that state, and I could not get back to sleep.  I kind of slept, but not really.  I didn't think too much of it, as it was holiday weekend and I could catch up on my sleep.  I was wrong.  The same thing happened the next two nights, only earlier.  So, over three nights, I barely got nine hours of sleep total.  I was so bad off yesterday, I barely had the hand-eye coordination for Candy Crush.  Definitely nothing requiring more skill.  I even ended sessions early when I was in the middle of a bonus round, just so I could try to take a nap.  As it is, I have been so sleep-deprived, I am days behind on my year-end inventory.  And forget about taking down my store's Christmas decorations.  I'm lucky I've got someone in the car with me, or I wouldn't be trusting myself driving.  Last night, I woke up around one.  I think I managed to get back to sleep.  See, there were times last night that I couldn't tell if I was asleep or awake.  All I know is that I am finally starting to feel better this morning.