The sleep of the gifted
I have always struggled to sleep! Since I was a child, I struggled to fall asleep and then woke early. I always felt rested, but I also felt like sleep was wasting so much of my life! When I was about 7 years old, I compromised with my parents that I would sleep if they let me play Spanish cassette tapes while I slept so I could try to learn Spanish while I slept! (It didn't work by the way!) As I grew older and learned about giftedness, I wondered whether sleep patterns were