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post here when you can't sleep and you distract yourself from actually trying to sleep

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look at what i can do in 64

http://i.4cdn.org/v/1418288246825.webm
Hibiki
almost 10 years
its not to fix my sleeping schedule its just that i dont want to waste daytime hours and its less likely to be up at the end of it all
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Hibiki says

retti wanna play smash 3ds


i hate the 3ds controls and if i dont like smash 4 wii u ill probably commit fully to 64
Hibiki
almost 10 years
actually that would be impractical right now. but if u wanna play give me 10 mins & i can
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actually the whole 'stay up so i can get back on track' mindset is broken because you're depriving yourself of sleep for no reason which will likely you up more
Hibiki
almost 10 years
retti wanna play smash 3ds
Hibiki
almost 10 years
i might as well go for 36 hours at this point. the problem is kerry is asleep and ill probably disturb her
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those are great practices in theory shane when i dont have dopamine coursing through my veins and i cant seem to shut my mind off per say
Hibiki
almost 10 years
i usually get comfy with a youtube video after dinner and unwillingly nod off. kerry lets it happen because she thinks its cute. today we had work to do so she didnt let me fall asleep and now here i am
TheShane
almost 10 years

Retti says

how does one sleep again
it all seems like a blur


close your eyes for a while and force yourself to stay. I find that having a sleeping mask for your eyes and then earplugs puts you at a state of silence. Once you have freed yourself of noise and sight, empty your mind until the memories of the day disappear into nothing.
Hibiki
almost 10 years
id been doing good the last few days. sleeping at like 11 and waking between 6 and 9. sucks 4 me now. i just clocked in 24h awake time after fighting off my usual uninvited evening nap
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i used to power nap like a champ and now i dont nap at all
Hibiki
almost 10 years
take 20-30 minute naps 4 times a day and achieve maximum free time
Tiff
almost 10 years

Hibiki says

frankly i dont even care about dreams any more. sleep is for fatigue


I've come to appreciate so much the little amount of sleep my body lets me have that I guess wishing to be able to lucid dream as well is just wishful thinking
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how does one sleep again
it all seems like a blur
Hibiki
almost 10 years
frankly i dont even care about dreams any more. sleep is for fatigue
Hibiki
almost 10 years
my mum testifies that she has been able lucid dream and control it to the extent of flying
TheShane
almost 10 years

ling says

well its 8 pm


maybe in an irrelevant time zone it is
Tiff
almost 10 years

Retti says


Tiff says

Well that's good ^-^ and hey I'm no expert or anything and I haven't walked in your shoes but I think it'll get better for ya.
But wait you lucid dream?? I have always wanted to do that! It seems so interesting I am super jealous of you right now omg!


i only did it once. it was really surreal at first because i didn't think i was lucid dreaming. i literally had a dream where i was sleeping in my room and i woke up and suddenly i realized that i wasn't actually awake while exploring my house because the time of day was different
i only got to explore a little bit, then i had a weird shift where i didn't really get to explore anything but i was playing out different set pieces of my memory, and then eventually it broke when i realized how unrealistic everything was and i immediately woke up


Ah I see.. Idk it might just be me being weird but it just seems like something I would love to be able to do.. could you imagine the possibilities to do whatever you wanted? Feel the way you would if actually doing it yet be sound asleep?
Hibiki
almost 10 years
this summer if i dont get a new job im going to attempt uberman
ling
almost 10 years
well its 8 pm
PinkiePie
almost 10 years
pony is finishing a semester project that she just started on monday!
AdrenalineMime
almost 10 years
i'm going to miss having all afternoon classes. like i havent woken up before 11 ever
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Reverend says

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what brings you here specifcally, fellow insomniac posters
TheShane
almost 10 years
My eating schedule has been messed up ever since living in a dorm room. I usually sleep at 3 or 4 am now usually. Yesterday I didn't have anything to eat until 9pm and I wasn't really hungry the entire day.