i can't sleep in class even if i try. for example when i finish exams early i can't get to sleep.Taizan said:
Insomnia
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If I'm doing anything where I really should be awake and paying attention (i.e. in an important meeting or during lectures) I can't help it, I fall asleep. The sound of people talking bores me.
If I'm at home and I actually want to go to sleep, I spend 2-3 hours cursing the fact that I'm not asleep yet.
If I'm at home and I actually want to go to sleep, I spend 2-3 hours cursing the fact that I'm not asleep yet.
Obviously yes, and then we can't go to sleep for a few hours screwing up our sleep cycle even more.Erana said:
Not sure if I have it, but usually cant fall asleep until 4-5 am and that is when I am laying in bed trying to sleep. If I spend the night up in my chair ill usually crash maybe an hour or two earlier. I am never tired though so guessing 2-4 hours of sleep is enough.
I just do it for the hell of it.
Last year every day i went to bed at 2-3 and woke up at 6, and sometimes totally skipped sleeping.
Not healthy at all, since your body accumulates sleep debt.
But REAL insomnia is where you literally can't fall asleep, even when you want to. Watch Fight Club.
Last year every day i went to bed at 2-3 and woke up at 6, and sometimes totally skipped sleeping.
Not healthy at all, since your body accumulates sleep debt.
But REAL insomnia is where you literally can't fall asleep, even when you want to. Watch Fight Club.
I do. Intermittent transient insomnia. It used to be a lot worse. Had it for as long as I can remember. Luckily, I have learnt to handle it a lot better by utilising meditation. Now, what you have is most probably Delayed Sleep-Phase Syndrome (DSPS), which has become rather common in our generation. Please do not confuse this with insomnia.Taizan said:
When I have trouble sleeping, I come into the forums and count the number of repeated topics.Souplex said:
Around 60% of Americans experience insomnia a couple times of week. I believe women are like 1/3 more likely to have it than guys. Experiencing insomnia from time to time doesn't make you an insomniac though. A true insomniac is someone that can't sleep, even when they are tired, exhausted, drunk, etc. When my parents dragged me to a psychiatrist when I had trouble sleeping for nights in a row, I was diagnosed with chronic insomnia, but I refused to take the pills I was prescribed, because they really do alter your mind. I chose to deal with it myself, and eventually was able to get back to a normal sleep schedule without anything, not that I see anything wrong with using a pill to fix your problem, just I personally noticed the way it altered my mind.
In this age though...every flaw in people is considered a disorder, or a disease, or a mental weakness. If your circadian rhythm is fucked because you spent spring break partying all night long then you go back to school and can't fall asleep the night classes start, you have a "circadian rhythm disorder". If you understand how people feel, and you sympathize with people that are in pain or are upset, then you'll be labeled as depression. If you're just not an outgoing person, you have a disorder. If you can't concentrate, you have a disorder. I find it rather pathetic that we have to blame everything that's "wrong with us" according to society on a "chemical imbalance" or "a poor mental condition". It's such a load of crap.
In this age though...every flaw in people is considered a disorder, or a disease, or a mental weakness. If your circadian rhythm is fucked because you spent spring break partying all night long then you go back to school and can't fall asleep the night classes start, you have a "circadian rhythm disorder". If you understand how people feel, and you sympathize with people that are in pain or are upset, then you'll be labeled as depression. If you're just not an outgoing person, you have a disorder. If you can't concentrate, you have a disorder. I find it rather pathetic that we have to blame everything that's "wrong with us" according to society on a "chemical imbalance" or "a poor mental condition". It's such a load of crap.
I would have thought I do. I sleep very very little nowadays (usually 1-3 hours a night, a often not at all), and I have lost a lot of weight
Usually getting drunk fixes insomnia problems.sorry user name taken. said:
On the subject: Rarely, maybe if I got an exam and I'm worried I ain't gonna make it, or I think about crap to much. But no, I don't think I got sleeping problems right now.