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When you look back over your experience with insomnia, are there any key moments that particularly stand out as being especially positive or negative? I thought it would be good for us to all share our most negative moments dealing with insomnia (for support and to get to know each other better) and our most positive (to see if there are any positive aspects to insomnia, and to stop the discussion becoming too depressing).
So – who's first?
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Negative: When the insomnia strikes too badly like last week, I become extremely irritable and unstable moods, which is no good for my kiddos.
Positive: I get a lot of work done.
Negative: When my Chronic Insomnia gets so bad I'm drained everyday with my leg and back pain I'm completely miserable and pretty much struggle to not be a miserable @ss to everyone.
Positive: The misery gives me inspiration to write and it helps me think more rationally.
i really wanna feel constructive and contribute to this topic, but i don't really see a positive to my insomnia, only negative, though i see positives to other aspects of issues and mental health that i deal with. and i fully realize, by stating said sentences, i've now just made myself…oh, never mind, it's 1am.
How about getting to know us as a positive? 😉
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'Martin' wrote on '31:How about getting to know us as a positive? 😉
Pfft, that trumps any negatives whatsoever.
highs: i have more time to spend with my friends, more time to work on music, and more time to think.
lows: crashing, being bored,and more time to think.
More time to think is on your list of negatives? Interesting – what do you end up thinking about that's so bad?
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Εάν μποÏείτε να μεταφÏάσετε αυτό το μήνυμα από την ελληνική, τότε θα ξÎÏετε ότι Îχω χτυπήσει μείζονα καταθλιπτική κατάσταση, ξεκινώντας από πεÏίπου 27 ÏŽÏες Ï€Ïιν. ΜποÏείτε να αισθάνονται ÎÏχονται επάνω. Σαν Îνα γιγάντιο υγÏÏŒ, μαÏÏο σάβανο. Αν δεν ακοÏσετε από μÎνα για λίγο, ή εάν η συμπεÏιφοÏά μου είναι ασυνεπής, θα το μάθετε γιατί. Είναι σαν να επιβληθεί «αγÎνεια». Πότε θα τελειώσει; Δεν Îχω ιδÎα. Το διαζÏγιο, και τη φÏοντίδα των Ioshua και PTSD του, και όλα τα άλλα είναι με ζÏγιση κάτω. Αν θα μποÏοÏσα να τα πόδια στο αίμα εμποτισμÎνο θάλασσα, θα ήθελα. Μόνο οι άγκυÏες μου Ioshua σε αυτόν τον κόσμο. Îα θυμάστε, σας αγαπώ όλους. – Η Medusa / Ianoulla
'MedusaRantz' wrote on '09:Εάν μποÏείτε να μεταφÏάσετε αυτό το μήνυμα από την ελληνική, τότε θα ξÎÏετε ότι Îχω χτυπήσει μείζονα καταθλιπτική κατάσταση, ξεκινώντας από πεÏίπου 27 ÏŽÏες Ï€Ïιν. ΜποÏείτε να αισθάνονται ÎÏχονται επάνω. Σαν Îνα γιγάντιο υγÏÏŒ, μαÏÏο σάβανο. Αν δεν ακοÏσετε από μÎνα για λίγο, ή εάν η συμπεÏιφοÏά μου είναι ασυνεπής, θα το μάθετε γιατί. Είναι σαν να επιβληθεί «αγÎνεια». Πότε θα τελειώσει; Δεν Îχω ιδÎα. Το διαζÏγιο, και τη φÏοντίδα των Ioshua και PTSD του, και όλα τα άλλα είναι με ζÏγιση κάτω. Αν θα μποÏοÏσα να τα πόδια στο αίμα εμποτισμÎνο θάλασσα, θα ήθελα. Μόνο οι άγκυÏες μου Ioshua σε αυτόν τον κόσμο. Îα θυμάστε, σας αγαπώ όλους. – Η Medusa / Ianoulla
Vas ist das? Kein spreche…Greek?
Upside is definitely this group! If I get to take part in clinical trials, it'll be another upside.
Downside/worst times: those episodes of 3-4 months of little to no sleep and having to drive to work, work, and drive home in spite of it.
The time I was on Serzone and I was actively kept from sleeping by the medication incorrectly prescribed for me.
Almost 3 weeks in Greater and Lesser Britains where my travelling companion snored, and had booked us single rooms with two beds for most of the trip. He'd never slept with anyone, and apparently didn't know, or failed to tell me, that he snored very loudly. There was one night I was stressed tight as an elastic band, tired as all get out, and having to get to a town too much of a drive for that time of night. I drove–a) “I haven't driven stick in 6 years” 😎 “I don't know about that driving on the wrong side of the road bit”–as I was driving stick at the time (I miss it, but they don't put it in vans in the US), and am lefthanded, and therefore able to deal with switching things. The road south down the west coast of Scotland from Oban to our destination that night was very curvy and not lit, as well as shaded by many trees. At one point, a car came out of the blue-black, and I zigged when I should have zigged. I did not zag, or I wouldn't be typing this. Pretty good for the condition I was in!
I miss stick shifts too since moving to the US. We had to get another auto as I wasn't quite ready to try teaching my wife how to use a stick! I love it when I visit the UK though and get a 'real' rental car!
When I rented a car in Iceland it took a few bangs of my arm to remember the gearstick was on my right, not my left!
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'Martin' wrote on '27:I miss stick shifts too since moving to the US. We had to get another auto as I wasn't quite ready to try teaching my wife how to use a stick! I love it when I visit the UK though and get a 'real' rental car!
When I rented a car in Iceland it took a few bangs of my arm to remember the gearstick was on my right, not my left!
Are you originally from Iceland? My late advisor from college did her doctoral thesis in linguistics on a topic in Icelandic linguistics. She enjoyed her time there.
My father was nuts on the subject of real driving vs just steering! He also had a couple of cars, in the 60s &70s which had chokes, so I sort of remembered how to use those when in Brittany.
All the theoretical stuff behind the driving didn't help me at all. Finally, one time when we were both unemployed for a bit, a male not a boyfriend/lover/husband/father, sat me in my newly-purchased clunker on a shallow hill and let me *feel* what was going on when I needed to shift. That was my last learner's permit. I'd had several over the years, but never got enough practice to be confident about passing the practical driving test. My mother, sister and I all ended up owning a car before we got our licenses. It's much esier to get practice in with that setup!
No, I'm originally from the UK – we drive on the left over there. Went up to visit Iceland for about a week a few years ago – it's an amazing place. My first three cars in England all had manual chokes; I best most kids now wouldn't even know the meaning of the word!
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