1. Bill Gripman

2.  The question asked was about treating stress
related insomnia
 What if there is a better question?
 Treating this condition can be long difficult and
very expensive
 Instead, how can we make it pay?
 How can stress related insomnia be turned from
a “condition” requiring expensive and
exhausting treatment into a source of income
and satisfaction?
◦ That is the real question!!

3.  Stress is climbing
down a ladder to a
pitching boat while
traveling at 5+ knots
 Stress is keeping the
pitching boat close
along side without
being swamped
 It is stressful no
matter how many
times you have done it
before

4.  A sailor typically spends
8 hours on watch and 8
hours working, add a
couple hours for meals
and washing and there is
little time to sleep
 This sailor will finish his
afternoon watch at 4:00
PM and then stand the
mid-watch from
midnight to 4:00 AM,
then he has high tech
gear in need of urgent
maintenance
 No time for sleep!

5.  Officers earn pay generally equivalent to
others their age in the commercial sector,
although they have much more responsibility
 Enlisted earn good pay and have their
housing, food, medical and clothing thrown
in for free! Plus there are generous bonuses
for those with technical skills

6.  Root Causes of Stress
◦ Marital difficulties
 The Navy will take you away from your spouse and give
you the breathing space you need
◦ Work difficulties
 The Navy has the greatest job satisfaction in the world
◦ Same old rut
 The Navy will take you on exciting travels and throw
various challenges at you, from challenging work to
emergency drills to the apparently simple act of
getting into a boat

7.  Need white noise to sleep?
◦ The ventilation ducting 18 inches over your head
hums all night
 Need a soothing pastoral scene to relax you?
◦ There is an endless ocean in varying states of
calmness surrounding you at all times
 Want medical treatment for insomnia?
◦ In the Navy all treatment is 100% free
 Want career guidance to take some pressure
off?
◦ The Navy offers a defined career path with mentors
called Chief Petty Officers

8.  Think that a standard routine will help you
de-stress?
◦ The Navy has been using the same basic daily and
weekly routine for a little over 200 years
 Want exercise and a sauna to de-stress?
◦ Every Navy ship has workout facilities and engine,
machinery or boiler rooms at or near sauna
temperatures

9.  http://www.navy.mil/viewVideo.asp?id=1782
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10.  This presentation is a little „tongue in cheek,‟ but if
you look closely you will see three messages:
1. What you are calling stress may be child‟s play, and
putting it in perspective may be an opportunity to
lighten up
2. Lack of sleep actually can be an asset and made to
pay, there is plenty of data to show that people who
need less sleep get more done in life and work
3. There are people out there who deal with these
issues as a part of their calling… now you know
how much of your respect and support they deserve
STOP WHINING and START EARNING!!