States Of Consciousness Essay Example

In one three-day period, I slept a total of 24 hours. The first day I went to sleep at 11 pm and woke up at 7 am the next morning after 8 hours sleep. The next day I stayed up until 1 am studying and got up again at 7 am the next morning after 6 hours sleep. That afternoon I tried to take a couple of naps but I kept waking up. I think I slept about 1 hour all together. That night I went to bed early, at 10 pm and slept until 7 am the next for another 9 hours.
I know I had some dreams, but I do not remember them clearly. The second night when I stayed up late to study I had trouble sleeping because of all the caffeine I had been drinking to stay awake. I remember some bits and pieces of those dreams. They were all about studying and taking tests. I worry a lot about how I write and sometimes I have nightmares that I will sit down to take a test and forget how to write in English. When I tried to nap that afternoon I had trouble sleeping, but I do not remember any dreams.
I know I do not get enough sleep sometimes. But one thing that surprised me was how much the caffeine and the stress of studying affected my sleep. I had never thought of it but on the night I drank a lot of caffeine to stay up and study it was hard to get to sleep even though I was very tired. Even the next afternoon the caffeine from the night before was still keeping me awake. I know I will end up staying up late to study again before I finish college. But, I am going to pay more attention to how much caffeine I use to do it.