Sleeping and Dreams

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Getting a good night sleep is an important part of your health and overall happiness. Sleeping well can insure you are rested for the next day and able to perform properly at work and school. Lots of things can interfere with a good night sleep from babies crying in the middle of the night to having a lot on our minds. People in general require different amounts of sleep to function properly throughout the day although the recommended amount of sleep is typically 8 hours.

Here are some statements about sleep you might say.

"I wish I could sleep more, but I have too much to do."
"I usually sleep 6 hours a day."
"I have a hard time falling asleep, and also a hard time waking up."

"When I lay down to sleep, I am usually asleep in matter of minutes."
"I wake up automatically at 6am every morning."

"I am having a hard time sleeping."
"I got a new bed yesterday."
"My husband snores a lot."
"I am not getting a lot of sleep with our new baby at home."
"My neighbor's dog keeps waking me up at night."
"The storm last night kept me from getting a good night sleep."

Dreams

Dreams are very interesting and can be a topic of discussion in many situations. Here are some sentences to start some of these discussions.

"I had a really bad nightmare last night."
"I keep having the same dreams over and over."
"I had a great dream last night and I really didn't want to wake up."
"I rarely have dreams that I remember."

"I had this weird dream where I was flying through the mall. What do you think it means?"
"I have a recurring dream where I am walking through the woods in a green costume. Do you know what it means?"
"I had a dog when I was young, and I often dream about him."

When dealing with children, they can get nightmares if they watch a scary television show. You can use some of these sentences to talk to your children or to talk to other people about this problem.

"You can't watch that show because you'll have a bad dream."
"You know you'll get nightmares if you watch something scary."
"Are you sure you want to watch that show? It might be a little scary."

"My son kept me up all night because he couldn't fall asleep after watching a movie. I shouldn't let him see anything like that anymore."
"The daycare had a movie day and although it was a children's movie, my kid had nightmares."
"Even babies have dreams. One day my 1 year old daughter woke up screaming pointing to the bed."