Comments | sesquisquirrel: Eeeeeeeeeeeee

sesquisquirrel

Eeeeeeeeeeeee

Jan 20, 2010 21:31

So, freshman year of college (four years ago) I had a really shitty time. Part of this was sleeping badly. I would have these really whacked out nightmares, several of which involved me being awake for them; but I could never describe them. I assumed I just couldn't remember what they were about, but thinking about it now, I don't think anything ( Read more... )

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velvet_midnight January 21 2010, 03:06:48 UTC

*hugs* =/

sesquisquirrel January 21 2010, 05:05:19 UTC

Aw, thanks. :) I'm just a psychopath. I'll get over it. Or else I'll be up all night watching movies and drinking coffee.

Hmmm.

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sesquisquirrel January 21 2010, 05:04:32 UTC

Some people talk about seeing things that are like straight out of an acid trip. The general fear is bad enough, I can't imagine going to bed every night wondering if you're going to see some creepy old lady sitting on your chest or whatever. Some of that shit gets specific, too.

Now I'm all paranoid because I know what causes it. I haven't slept on my back in years, now I'm like, oh god, if I fall asleep on my back it's gonna happen. And since I'm stressed and SAD-addled and over-caffeinated and under-rested and in the middle of general life changes, I'm thinking, "Well of course, it's a certainty." I'm afraid to go to bed. =/ I'm ridiculous, I know it.

Insomnia, ho.

musepoetique January 22 2010, 03:43:50 UTC

Try going to the gym before you sleep. I've been more restfull and feeling less stressed (even though I should be feeling more) since I've been going to the gym again.

sesquisquirrel January 29 2010, 23:24:53 UTC

It's amazing how well exercise works for insomnia.
Whenever I stop I forget how helpful it is, and whenever I start up again I wonder why I stopped in the first place.

musepoetique January 22 2010, 03:42:08 UTC

I used to get them all the time.

I had this really visual one when I was little and I was sleeping in the same room as my parents. (Small apartment)

I used to sleep with this big panda that was close to my size at the time. One night I had a nightmare that it came to life and started attacking me. And I started to scream but I couldn't. I was totally paralyzed.

Couldn't even look at my panda for 5 years after that.

sesquisquirrel January 29 2010, 23:26:11 UTC

That. Is. Horrifying.
I don't think I could look at any pandas for awhile.

clawedmedea January 24 2010, 16:11:12 UTC

Huggle!

I'm sorry I wasn't able to help.

sesquisquirrel January 29 2010, 23:26:52 UTC

Oh, poo, I didn't even know what was going on at the time. I survived. (With a crippled GPA, it's true, but whatevs.)