Freetalk Friday 1

[gibson]

I dont understand why, no matter what time I try to go to bed, it takes me an hour+ to fall asleep. However, if i'm at home on my computer at 2-3pm I just fall asleep in my computer chair.

[Goodspeed]

What do you do right before bed?

[gibson]

Ive done various things. Walking outside, listening to an audio book, nothing, watching tv, video games etc. Nothing changes.

[XeeleeFlower]

It's stress/anxiety. Even though you may not think you're stressed/anxious, it may just be deep within your subconscious.

[chris1089]

It's stress/anxiety. Even though you may not think you're stressed/anxious, it may just be deep within your subconscious.

So I've been really stressed for 4 years?

[voigt1240]

What has helped me is not drinking Coffee past 6 PM. Getting a bluescreen filter on My pc and Phone, and not eating right before bed.

[wardyb1]

Also make sure you're properly hydrated.

[XeeleeFlower]

It's stress/anxiety. Even though you may not think you're stressed/anxious, it may just be deep within your subconscious.

So I've been really stressed for 4 years?

Possibly. There are other factors to consider as well, of course.

[rsy]

Getting a bluescreen filter on my Phone

This helped me out a lot back in the day

[harcha]

It's stress/anxiety. Even though you may not think you're stressed/anxious, it may just be deep within your subconscious.

Well fuck now I'm gonna be stressed because even tho I don't feel like it, I will know that subconsciously I actually am anxious.

[XeeleeFlower]

There are techniques, such as guided relaxation, that help with this. Meditation is nice, but does require commitment to see lasting results.

[Dolan]

You need to accumulate fatigue during the day to get to the point where you're sleepy enough to just crash.
I think lots of ppl have trouble sleeping today because they live sedentary lives so at the end of the day not enough tiredness has built up.

[voigt1240]

Also a lot of people have irregular sleeping schedule which only further hinders the ability to fall asleep.
Turning down the light 1 hour before bed helps your melatonin rise and thus helps you sleep.
Your brain needs to drop its heath slightly when falling asleep so keeping your room cold and not too hot helps.
I don't think humans were supposed to stay up so late. Often we stay up past the middle of the night in the weekends and thus have such changing sleep times when the workdays begin on monday once again.

[chris1089]

You need to accumulate fatigue during the day to get to the point where you're sleepy enough to just crash.
I think lots of ppl have trouble sleeping today because they live sedentary lives so at the end of the day not enough tiredness has built up.

Ye this is true. When I cycle 30 miles or do a type of physical labour that I'm not used to I sleep quite quickly. I'm just not exhausted most days.

[Dolan]

Also a lot of people have irregular sleeping schedule which only further hinders the ability to fall asleep.
Turning down the light 1 hour before bed helps your melatonin rise and thus helps you sleep.
Your brain needs to drop its heath slightly when falling asleep so keeping your room cold and not too hot helps.
I don't think humans were supposed to stay up so late. Often we stay up past the middle of the night in the weekends and thus have such changing sleep times when the workdays begin on monday once again.

That might be a case of non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder.
Since so many peeps work in offices devoid of natural light, their circadian rhythm gets out of whack, due to melatonin not being released in the right amount at the right time.
Maybe what we all need is to throw away the computers and go back to hunting and farming. Uninstall AOE3 and become AOE3 vills irl.

[Riotcoke]

I have a phillips light that works by mimicking the sun so at night it goes down slowly when i'm reading and it wakes me up like a sunrise does, it's relatively pricey but works really well.

[deleted_user]

when I was struggling to wake up I employed a kind of hack version which was when my alarm went off, to put the flashlight on my phone on bright and prop it up against a pillow so it shined in my eyes, like sun.

[XeeleeFlower]

@Amsel_ how did you do with your 8 hours of sleep in 2 days?

[deleted_user]

just liebe

[harcha]

sometimes i wish people would post more because i really don't want to work while i'm at work. especially in this thread in this day of the week

[deleted_user]

the King of Off Topic was unfairly banned again, so things are pretty dead

[harcha]

king who? banned for what?

[deleted_user]

Ear

[harcha]

Ear

what was he banned for?

[Mr_Bramboy]

Ear

what was he banned for?

Soliciting NDA leaks, alledgedly.

If you're working from home I can play a game or two.