I was thinking about the thoughts we come up with first thing in the morning. There’s been nobody to tell us new information since the last we woke up, but we still may have new ideas. Some of those ideas may be no good. Our mind is so powerful, it may even overpower ourselves.

Our thoughts may be simmering in our brain juices over night so then it gives it more flavor. Our dreams that we wake up from must be the timer that tells us when we are all done. It may be what tells us we can’t sleep anymore and if we did, our brain is going to overcook.

I was also thinking about health bars like in video games. Do we each have a hidden health percentage, like am I 100% healthy right now or is the fact that my nose gets congested when I sit up a certain way a sign that I am at least 99% or below. Maybe if I was fully well, then nothing would stop me from doing my humanly activities. It could be the limit of our potential hidden from us until we feel sick, and we know that we could feel better. It could also be a sign that we need to take care of ourselves or seek some assistance.

Many sick people don’t turn to others for help. It’s not too bad a strategy considering that’s how sickness spreads. Maybe that’s how it feels with mental illness too, don’t want to spread it to others. Does that mean that depression and sour moods are more contagious than something like autism? Autism and other variations may just be evidence of other kinds of human formats. There’s the tall kinds, the wide kinds, and even the stupid smart kinds. When we fall out of shape, our body tries to reform itself. It subconsciously knows you better than you know yourself. That’s why you have to listen to your body sometimes, and if it says to sleep in another ten minutes, you should get that sleep.

Don’t always listen to your body. We all can imagine some time or another that it went wrong. For me, ten more minutes of sleep probably felt like it saved my life, but it wouldn’t save my job. Plus, ten minutes is not enough. It is like cooking, my body is a different wattage than the suggested instructions, so my cooking/sleeping times are different.

Maybe there’s a trend between certain health factors and how much sleep you get. We know it works in reverse where how much sleep you get can lead to health conditions, but don’t those maladies also lead to a shift in sleep?

Perhaps my addictions themselves may not lead to a lack of sleep, because for some caffeine or THC lead to better sleep. For me, it is the complete opposite. I stay up until the late hours of morning, past all the birdsong. They give me a burst of energy that makes me ignore anything my body craves. Addiction is a strong force, and it glues you past the substance, it glues you to yourself. What worse torture than that?