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I daydream (or night dream I suppose).
The internet only takes me so far into the night and then I read but eventually my eyes get tired even if I'm really enjoying a book. My body might be ready to sleep but my brain refuses to shut down and I can't relax.
When I daydream I don't generally think about anything specific, partly because I have so much trouble focussing on anything anyway but I do become aware that I am zooming through random thoughts and not any closer to falling asleep. Annoying.
Hi all.
My twitter addy is @eightysixthirty. I've been using the DM function a lot recently so the feed looks a little neglected, but I am there!
I'm GMT but I'm generally up all night anyway so tweet me if you need a chat 🙂
I realised at the start of this week I had three books on the go without knowing it. Just finished I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, currently finishing Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut and I've got Brave New World by Aldous Huxley to go. There might actually be a fourth…I'm not sure…
Favourite books are Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I do like my dystopian novels.
'emmaree' wrote on '02:The Green Smoothie Challenge (( Google it )) and also infrared Saunas which apparently aid in removal of toxins from the body as well as inflammation and I hear its great for those suffering from Arthritis. I plan to find out if it helps induce sleep.
I came, I Googled, I was impressed! I'm going shopping tomorrow to stock up on ingredients for the “Warming Ginger smoothie”.
'emmaree' wrote on '02:Anyway to all in Insomnia I do wish you a sleep filled year full of everything that will make you healthy and fulfill your hearts desire xxx from
And to you emmaree!
I currently have several battles on my hands to fight through (mostly work related) and my only resolution this year is to not take my eye from the prize – regardless of what that prize might be 😀
My Mum works at a Primary school and all the teaching staff have been told to be careful about how they ask for teas and coffees. For example, instead of a white coffee, they have to ask for a 'coffee with milk'. For black, 'coffee without'.
Who'd have thought Coffee beans were so sensitive! 😮
'Martin' wrote on '22:FIFA admit to high level corruption – Sepp Blatter will be forced to resign
And we'll finally get Goal line cameras to help the refs (not that I'm still bitter about the World Cup or anything :D)
'emmaree' wrote on '29:'Kik' wrote on '28:My friend's theory is that, even though I've been sleeping in there for well over a year, it still doesn't feel like my room and on some level, I just don't feel safe in there.
I have an update on this.
Something was lost in the German to English translation (my friend with the theory is from Hamburg). What she meant to say wasn't “safe” but “settled”. This has opened up a whole can of worms for me seeing as nothing in my life could be defined as settled right now (job, accomodation, guy headaches etc).
So to solve my insomnia, I need to become a billionaire, buy a house and marry Chris Pine. Bring on 2011! 😀
'cherrychapstik' wrote on '30:Freaking people.
That's pretty much my story too.
Everyone from my family, my Doctor (who doesn't even listen to me anymore – I'm sure he's mentally writing out my prescription when I walk into the office now), co-workers and most recently my boss (who suggested I get more exercise to cope with his scheduling me to work 9 night shifts over 8 days. I really hate that guy) have all pretty much told me to get over it.
I do day and night shifts and when I'm on days, I've started having to drink a lot of coffee to cope with being sleepy at work which turns into jokes and jibes about it clearly being the reason I can't get to sleep. I've given up trying to explain that the insomnia was there first and has been chronic for coming up to two years.
I don't know if people expect me to become narcoleptic at my desk before they'll consider it a problem. Because they see me as a functioning person, they just hear my issues as whinging and pay no attention to the effect it's having on my memory and my mental health.
I'm still learning to deal with it. As soon as I've learned to cope with one person, someone else decides to throw their unhelpful two cents in. It's a pretty lonely experience. Makes me really glad I found this place!
'Martin' wrote on '12:Not really a movie, but I just found that Netflix is showing a TV show serial of one of my favourite books of all time (Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett). Made in 2010, I hadn't even heard of it. My wife and I sat through 5 hour long episodes yesterday. We were hooked! 3 more to go, then I guess I have to hope they serialize the sequel (World Without End).
Is that the one with Rufus Sewell in it? They were showing it here in the UK a few weeks ago.
'IvanAleisterMesniaa' wrote on '07:Does anyone miss the nights? I noticed that whenever I get to sleep and have a good sleep when I wake up and notice daylight and during the day when I am up early, since usually when I sleep it is sometime in the evening and im up all night.
I notice that I miss night time. I find myself now at 11:43 AM on Sunday November 7th wishing it was night time. I feel more relaxed and enjoy the night much more, maybe because everyone is asleep and I am unable to sleep so I do reading etc.
So I'm wondering does anyone else miss the nighttime when they are awake during the day?
Nights for me are generally associated with frustration so any time I can avoid them is a good thing.
I definitely miss the quiet and the space though. Even if I manage to find some 'me' time during the day, I don't ever feel as left alone as I do being in my room in the dark. No idea why that is.
'tschopm' wrote on '01:The ethereal singer thing actually worked rather well for me! Sometimes (well, most of the time) I can't slow my brain down, and it doesn't help to tell my brain to quiet down…apparently I just needed an “ethereal singer” to drown out the noise! It was a rather relaxing and wonderful experience the one night I tried it. Last night it didn't work, but I think that was because I was having crazy hallucinations that made me paranoid of having anyone in my room. I'll have to try it a few more times.
It's amazing hey? 😀 I'm also having trouble getting it to work again. The technique worked when I changed it so maybe need to change it again? Better put my thinking hat on 🙂
