Sleep. The Down and Dirty.
Let's talk about sleep. Not the sweet angel and clouds sleep. But the down and dirty. Like, when you can't. We've all been there. Some, more than others. I know when I'm anxious and upset about something, I'm still watching TV at 4 a.m. I've always been a poor sleeper, I suspect, since my college experiences in the late '60s when there was so much unrest on campuses across America and people stayed up all night, blasting stereos and shouting and demonstrating. Ever since then I've had to have complete quiet (I've convinced my wife to let me use a sound machine when we travel and at home I have the AC on, even in the winter, for its soft insistent hum). But for many, getting to sleep is a frustrating, upsetting process that can sometimes lead to devastating outcomes. More on that later. Sleep has turned into a multi-million-dollar industry these days. Bed makers have gotten people to shell out thousands of dollars for mattresses that change fro...