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alcohol, exercise, lots of water, try to meditate.

Same, except minus the exercise...or the water...or the meditation...


WOOO! The thread is mine!!

I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion. I've been indulging in that for about eighteen hours now and can't turn off my brain. How do you guys cope?

alcohol, exercise, lots of water, try to meditate.

I think about the same thing everytime I go to bed. The familiarity of the same thought processes helps me relax.

I take benadryl. Seriously, when I'm worried or in one of those annoying mental loops and I know that the best way to arrive at a resolution is sleep and yet I can't sleep, I'll take a benadryl - it's a hypnotic as well as an antihistamine and within minutes I'll be out like a light. It's not the ideal way to get to sleep because you'll have weird dreams and be groggy in the morning, but, when sleep is necessary and illusive, it helps.

ha, hours? You put da lime in da coconut and call me back when it's years.

I am afraid that i do so... You see, when someone is trying to get into discussion about something and needs to get his/her mind strait i usually have thought about that subject way in advance :s
It takes me each night about an hour to fall asleep as an affect of that... But i cope by training my body to be capable functioning well with little or no sleep. At the moment there isn't a single person in my environment that can tell if i have slept the last 30 hours or not... It is also perfectly possible for me to function perfectly (or at least as good as i use to with sleep ;)) 10 days in a row with only 3 hours of sleep a day (wasn't tired afterwards either)...

Just try to get a healthy body that is capable doing likewise actions ;)

I just stay up late and eat chocolate. Red wine helps.

I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion. I've been indulging in that for about eighteen hours now and can't turn off my brain. How do you guys cope?

Alcohol. :)

I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion. I've been indulging in that for about eighteen hours now and can't turn off my brain. How do you guys cope?
A couple Excedrin PM and a glass of bourbon. If that doesn't do it, I put bowling on the TV.

I am afraid that i do so... You see, when someone is trying to get into discussion about something and needs to get his/her mind strait i usually have thought about that subject way in advance :s
It takes me each night about an hour to fall asleep as an affect of that... But i cope by training my body to be capable functioning well with little or no sleep. At the moment there isn't a single person in my environment that can tell if i have slept the last 30 hours or not... It is also perfectly possible for me to function perfectly (or at least as good as i use to with sleep ;)) 10 days in a row with only 3 hours of sleep a day (wasn't tired afterwards either)...

Just try to get a healthy body that is capable doing likewise actions ;)
I think this rambling is a good indication of a sleep deficit...

Ooh! Sexual exhaustion also helps. *nod*

I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion. I've been indulging in that for about eighteen hours now and can't turn off my brain. How do you guys cope?

I think about LG.

*Note: I've been up for three days.

Ooh! Sexual exhaustion also helps. *nod*

Oh, yeah, this ^ which is why I said what I said in my last post.

Oh, yeah, this ^ which is why I said what I said in my last post.

Should I be flattered or concerned? :confused:

I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion. I've been indulging in that for about eighteen hours now and can't turn off my brain. How do you guys cope?

Weed.

Should I be flattered or concerned? :confused:

You should be flattered, I should be concerned.

By the way, I made three LG posts in a row all filled with sexual innuendo. JOCABIA RULEZ!!!

Ooh! Sexual exhaustion also helps. *nod*

Sexual exhaustion is a terrible excuse for sleeping. When you find someone to do the bad thing with sleep should be the last thing on your mind.

You should be flattered, I should be concerned.

By the way, I made three LG posts in a row all filled with sexual innuendo. JOCABIA RULEZ!!!

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I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion. I've been indulging in that for about eighteen hours now and can't turn off my brain. How do you guys cope?

Oh, that. I thought you were talking about overthinking problems or something

I've occasionally had that problem...I can't offer any suggestions, though, since my solution is "wait till it goes away" which is usually a bad idea for problems.

I know I think too much, to the point of having bouts of depression over things I can't solve but can't stop thinking about (and I thought constant nicotine craving was bad...). I don't know of any cure save for distraction, and that's more a treatment anyway.

You should be flattered, I should be concerned.

By the way, I made three LG posts in a row all filled with sexual innuendo. JOCABIA RULEZ!!!

I'm starting to think sharing a state with you might be a little too close.

Sexual exhaustion is a terrible excuse for sleeping. When you find someone to do the bad thing with sleep should be the last thing on your mind.

Well, yeah. That's why I suggested it. You do the bad thing a lot, and then when you've done it to the point you have no thoughts left in your brain, you fall asleep. *nod*

As others have said, a drink or two will knock you out.

Essentially, yes. Not because it robs me of sleep; I can cope perfectly well on 4 hours now, but more because it tends to make me appear a little serious, intense and pretentious.

I think this rambling is a good indication of a sleep deficit...

Lol, just when i am sleeping 6-8 hours a day :P no it just because i lack the time to read it again, and are thoughts that just popped out that very moment (this is my break from studying for my exams you see...)
Besides it might have something to do with me not speaking English that well... You see, this is my third language :s

As others have said, a drink or two will knock you out.

Drinking is sinful. Just because I'd rather go down on an entire football team that touch that foul liquid doesn't make me gay.

I have too much to think about at the moment either that or I need to cuddle up by the fire with some warm coco :)

*Note: I've been up for three days.

yay I'm not alone in my insomnia

Sexual exhaustion is a terrible excuse for sleeping. When you find someone to do the bad thing with sleep should be the last thing on your mind.

you clearly roll over and fart first

I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion.

Yes, all the time.

How do you guys cope?

I don't. :)

I don't. :)

Strangely enough, you and I are coping the same way right now. I feel better. :)

I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion. I've been indulging in that for about eighteen hours now and can't turn off my brain. How do you guys cope?

Uhm.. are you sure you aren't talking about bad chinese food or really, really, spicy Tacos and/or curry pies?

Yes, all the time.



I don't. :)

Ditto. On both counts. My mind is ALWAYS thinking about something-or-other, and I don't know how to turn it off.

However, when I'm trying to pay attention to something important, it always turns itself off without my permission or consent. :headbang:

Drinking is sinful. Just because I'd rather go down on an entire football team that touch that foul liquid doesn't make me gay.

I hate liquor and all other alcoholic beverages because I've seen how it makes people act, and I DON'T want to be like that.

I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion. I've been indulging in that for about eighteen hours now and can't turn off my brain. How do you guys cope?

To answer your question, yeah, sometimes I feel I do think too much. Unfortunately for me, it's often about the wrong things. I am a compulsive worrier, and a borderline perfectionist.

"This class is difficult. The tests sound impossible. I'm going to fail this class. What happens when I fail? Will I have to take the course again? I don't want to take the course again. I want some free time. Will my hopes of becoming a nurse be ruined? What will I do? What will my family think? Will my mother be mad at me?"

That's pretty much the logic that runs through my head when things get stressful, and more often than not, it spirals and cycles, doubling back on itself. And the fact that I've got this strange idea in my head that no one (including myself) will accept less than perfection doesn't help much (I AM IRONMAN! :p).

I seem to have trouble with putting things in perspective. And there I find my solution...

"I've dealt with difficult classes before. I've done the impossible. I'm NOT going to fail this class. If I do, I am only human. Humans make mistakes. Humans are imperfect. IT'S NOT THE END."

A bit of confidence can go a long way. That, and talking with someone about it. Just venting your fears...or even expressing a neat new idea can take LOADS off your mind.

...

What I need to work more on is focusing on my creative talents. I fancy myself an amateur writer, and I think I've got plenty of good ideas for stories. Trouble is: I can never focus! I'll get stuck halfway through writing, get a new idea, and start writing a new story! It's gaddamn annoying if you ask me! :D

And like some have said here: thinking while trying to fall asleep actually helps put me to sleep.

...Saying which...I'm tired, I'm going to bed!

I mean the kind of thinking that robs you of sleep, concentration, and an easy digestion.Yes.
I had that for about 5 1/2 years.
I've been indulging in that for about eighteen hours now and can't turn off my brain. How do you guys cope?Exercise. Brutal exercise at that. Or, might as well take some kind of psychotropic drug since your next day's probably shot anyway.

Just because I'd rather go down on an entire football team than touch that foul liquid doesn't make me gay.
Sigworthy, yet again. :D

Nah...when I realize how amazing most of the things I think about will be, it's hard for me to have trouble doing anything. It creates a kind of endless optimism that just gets stronger over time, and since I'm capable of putting it in to words, it can usually be spread to others. Of course, this optimism always needs to be balanced by a good dose of realism...

I imagine I'd make either one hell of a good propagandist or a good visionary, or both.

Alcohol.

And Straughn. His anecdotes make me sleepy.

Hahahahaha! Every bout of insomnia I have ever had in my entire life has been the result of thinking too much. My brain doesn't like to shut down. Ever. I wear myself out thinking. Thinking of NOTHING! nothing incredibly complicated, just thinking. Like cockroaches that wont DIE, these thoughts don't stop! ARGH! *sob*

Yeah~ Mostly I think about my health, then my finances, then kendo and kyudo, my friends, my family, my future, the voices in my head, my demons and their evil dark fantasies. Those sorts of thoughts ^^

My best inspiration comes at 2 in the morning as I'm sobbing, held at the mercy of my frantic brain that will not put the gun down until I write out every word of it's delirious rantings.

.... yeah~.

And Straughn. His anecdotes make me sleepy.
Ha! I've got a great one about tropical bug bites and geyser-like wounds from them!

Ha! I've got a great one about tropical bug bites and geyser-like wounds from them!

POAST IT NAO!

Or TG, or whatever. Ignore me like the rest. :(

POAST IT NAO!

Or TG, or whatever. Ignore me like the rest. :(
I think The Brevious tried a short anecdote thread last year based on vacations or something, but that one never caught on. :(
The mosquitoes up in AK at least have small enough proboscises that when they exsanguinate you up here, the skin will keep in their nasty little venom inside.
But when you're in northern Honduras, the nasty little fuckers immediately bring the blood to the surface without any venom pockets/swelling, so right after a rainstorm, if you happen to be outside in it, you immediately feel the peril that you are losing your blood quickly, en masse, and it could end up ugly (which it is), and your skin is suddenly erupting in little spots not unlike having popped several dozen nasty zits simultaneously with toenail clippers.
Tiny volcanoes.

I think The Brevious tried a short anecdote thread last year based on vacations or something, but that one never caught on. :(
The mosquitoes up in AK at least have small enough proboscises that when they exsanguinate you up here, the skin will keep in their nasty little venom inside.
But when you're in northern Honduras, the nasty little fuckers immediately bring the blood to the surface without any venom pockets/swelling, so right after a rainstorm, if you happen to be outside in it, you immediately feel the peril that you are losing your blood quickly, en masse, and it could end up ugly (which it is), and your skin is suddenly erupting in little spots not unlike having popped several dozen nasty zits simultaneously with toenail clippers.
Tiny volcanoes.

All right then, so I'm never going to South America..

I think there was talk of.. dare I say.. photos?

All right then, so I'm never going to South America..It's MESOAmerica. :p


I think there was talk of.. dare I say.. photos?Yeah, but i'll TG you about that.
Some time this month even!

I am afraid that i do so... You see, when someone is trying to get into discussion about something and needs to get his/her mind strait i usually have thought about that subject way in advance :s
It takes me each night about an hour to fall asleep as an affect of that... But i cope by training my body to be capable functioning well with little or no sleep. At the moment there isn't a single person in my environment that can tell if i have slept the last 30 hours or not... It is also perfectly possible for me to function perfectly (or at least as good as i use to with sleep ;)) 10 days in a row with only 3 hours of sleep a day (wasn't tired afterwards either)...

Just try to get a healthy body that is capable doing likewise actions ;)


How do you train yourself to be able to do that. I often find I have difficulties sleeping leading me to get only a few hours sleep each night. I find I can't properly concentrate or enjoy things and I have trouble keeping myself awake at school. Usually I also feel sick.