Hey all you Robin Williams fans--I know you probably came to this blogpost as an accident after googling "Best Robin Williams besides Patch Adams," but like Dr. Christy Nielson, you'll be pleasantly surprised by what you find! Just like I often am when my eyes close and I drift off to sleep (which won't happen while you're reading this blog, lol!).
When @alison says "sleep tight", I interpret that to mean "have tight dreams", which is something I try to do every night. MY strategy is to read for a while and then think of cool stuff as I lay (sp?) in bed falling asleep. So, my last conscious thoughts usually involve ziplines, waterfalls, and burritos (i guess i think about these things all the time anyway, but I really concentrate on them at night :-) ).
I have varying degrees of success at controlling my dreams. Despite my persistant attempts to dream about cool things, I often have boring and/or scary dreams. I've dreampt (sp?) about work way too much (its like unpaid labor...call the union!). I've had a recurring scary dream in which bad guys are chasing me through a maze of underground tunnels (maybe they think i'm a mole!).
My "dream" dream is to fly like superman, but unfortunately this rarely happens. But, I often dream about flight-like activities, e.g., hang-gliding, skydiving, or jumping off a highdive. Last night I had an exhilarating dream in which I was in snorkling race. I was like a graceful manatee. I also dreamt that I was in a wingsuit over a beach, and had to land at the proper angle to avoid water burns. Obvi, i succeeded.
If you have bad dreams, I can suggest a few strategies for turning those nightmares into nighttights. First, indulge your senses, so that you're mind has a surplus of things to process. Before bed, you can light a scented candle, eat a burrito, and maybe take in a lazer light show. Try watching cool youtube videos or reading action-packed blogs (e.g., beinabarber). The goal is to overflow your mind with cool stuff so that it crowds out the scary things and gives you plenty of dream materials. Then, close your eyes, and viola! You'll "sleep tight".
