Sleep has been in itself somewhat of a mystery. It’s been researched and philosophically debated about endlessly. Why, even the lack of sleep has fueled major industries from knockout pills to adjustable beds, from a myriad of special mattresses and comfy pillows to drowsy-induced music melodies.

Moreover is the latest: sleep can be a substitute for coffee. A study by Sara C. Mednick, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, surprised many by demonstrating that a brief nap made workers more alert than a cup of coffee.

Notwithstanding, Blog4Brains.com will not wade thru the research mud of sleep philosophy, the nature and need for sleep, the effects from lack of sleep, or anything else along these lines from A to Zzzzzz. What else is there? Melatonin-induced sleep, perhaps.

But, again, notwithstanding, we are not interested in inducing sleep like most others, we want to investigate how best to prolong sleep, prolong sleep beyond the normal, recommended 8 hours, up to 24 hours or more.

When can more than enough sleep be good for you? What can promote lots of sleep, and what can be done to eliminate those interruptions that hinder getting lots of sleep?

Seven reasons one wants to sleep like Sleeping Beauty:

7) You’re short-circuited. The overload of pressing matters or relationships is about to blow a fuse — in you!

6) You can’t do anything, absolutely nothing due to an excessive onslaught of guilt for something you did that was not okay, rather bad, a very bad action or verbal response on your part.

5) Your love one has left you.

4) The same love one has cleaned out your checking and savings accounts.

3) Today you got fired.

2) Today you had to fire a coworker you really liked.

1) Today your cat/dog died.

Let’s be clear: you want to go into a coma; you want to hibernate, to sleep and sleep. Until when? Until you can face any of these things, accept them, pack them away in your memory vaults and get on with your life. When is that? Well, only you will know when that time arrives; you will tell yourself when.

Most people have never thought of wanting to escape through excessive sleep with a warm blanket, but maybe now’s the time because of this economic recession/depression/home foreclosings that’s the culprit of all our woes.

If you want to forget for awhile, just awhile, that the mortgage is due, then it’s time to be a lazybones, a sleepyhead. Maybe too much sleep is a sign of depression (so what? You ARE depressed, aren’t you?). The cure, perhaps, may just be the blessing salve of extended sleep, to escape by making zzz’s as preparation for enduring one’s losses? A time-out, a time without clocks ticking away at your nerves.

Enough. Let’s see what can be done to prolong your sleeping time so you can sleep away the nasties life has piled upon you. How you can become a Sleeping Beauty.

7) Your job is unbearable and is raising hackles on the back of your neck, so start showing up for work carrying a sleeping bag instead of your briefcase.

6) No place to tune out, go to a movie and take ear plugs and a blindfold with you. Sit at the back but be certain secure your jeans or bra zipper with a small padlock just in case.

5) Is your wife or partner on your back, figuratively? Then park your car on the street and sleep in the garage. Lock the garage from the inside. Remember, car outside. Car inside is a snuff, not a sleep sojourn.

4) Throw away all bags of ground coffee, get rid of instant coffee jars. You’ll be nodding off into sleep from lack of coffee for several weeks. Isn’t that what you want?

3) Before crawling into bed in the light of full day, disconnect the phone and your front door buzzer.
There is no need to place a “Do Not Disturb” sign on your phone.

2) Night lights. Don’t keep on any lights. In fact, tape over with masking tape, any electronics “night light” always-lit indicators. Darken your desk computer. Leave your laptop with a friend to baby-sit it. De-plug TV’s, radios, clocks. However do not mask-tape the pilot light on your kitchen stove.

1) Place all your clothes and shoes in a closet and lock the closet securely with a master lock and mail yourself the key. Leave letter with key inside for the mailman to pick up. No clothes, can’t go anywhere, nothing to do until the key shows up, but sleep. (Works best if mail slot is at bottom of your front door,) Also, make sure your name and address is on that envelope, with extra postage. Tip: avoid registered mail; otherwise you’ll have to sign for it in the nude.

And what does this extra sleep do for you. In one short sentence: You Don’t Have To Face Your Problems Head-on At This Very Moment.

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