Who else has insomnia?

[Bright_Shadow21]

Hey!
I "suffer" from insomnia and will get 3-4 hours sleep a day if im lucky sometimes I dont get any sleep. Doesn't help that I attend university and I'm up till stupid o'clock. I find it a blessing and a curse, I feel alone sometimes, feeling like I'm the only person awake but on the other hand I become more creative as I grow more tired, I study Art and Design and this is the time when I think of all my cool ideas. It's nice sometimes to go for a run at 3 in the morning, I ran 6 miles the other day. My question to you is what do you do when you are lying awake at night? I tend to watch loads of films, like tonight I watched Fight Club. 1st RULE: You do not talk about FIGHT CLUB. I just want to hear what other people do, so I don't feel like I'm the only one.
Thanks.
Bright_Shadow21

[Shachi]

I got the same problem, but it started after some serious stuff happend. it's 4:44 in the morning and I'm still up, i'm probably going to pass out at around 8-9 AM and then sleep till noon then do the same thing again like everyday.
It's not fun at all i know, been the main issue of all my relationships.

But i pass the nights by playing guitar reading books and playing games.

[Drangor2]

At night i get more energy than in the evening, the strange thing i can't get tired after jumping or doing some hard work, but if i do it in the evening i get easier tired. Maybe because i sleep very late, it's almost morning now where i live. I also watch a lot of films+anime when i get the chance.

[SaberLXXV]

I don't have Insomnia (although I used to.) its more of like sleep deprivation. I do it to myself because I'm usually stressed or anxious about going to school or lessons the next day.

What I do have though is RSD (REM Sleep Disorder) where sometimes as my brain shifts from Non-REM sleep to REM sleep, my brain will freak out and wake me up.

I often wake out of bed and will run and scream down the stairs. I've nearly given my parents heart attacks and I sprained my ankle once after falling down the stairs because of it.

Fortunately I am in marching band and DCI so I tend to tucker myself out on most days.
But the RSD can strike whenever which is a big bummer. Since I can lose an entire nights worth of sleep which is devastating to an exam performance or etc.

[Shachi]

(Oct 11, 2015, 09:32 AM)SaberLXXV Wrote: I don't have Insomnia (although I used to.) its more of like sleep deprivation. I do it to myself because I'm usually stressed or anxious about going to school or lessons the next day.

What I do have though is RSD (REM Sleep Disorder) where sometimes as my brain shifts from Non-REM sleep to REM sleep, my brain will freak out and wake me up.

I often wake out of bed and will run and scream down the stairs. I've nearly given my parents heart attacks and I sprained my ankle once after falling down the stairs because of it.

Fortunately I am in marching band and DCI so I tend to tucker myself out on most days.
But the RSD can strike whenever which is a big bummer. Since I can lose an entire nights worth of sleep which is devastating to an exam performance or etc.

Don't worry, life gets worse after school. Trust me.

[wpendragon]

Bills and stress can get pretty bad after school. Specially if you can't find a job in your field. But if you endure you'll come through it with a lot of character and some interesting stories...or at least that's what I hear from people who have come out the "other end" of the post grad slum. As for insomnia...lets just say the sandman have never really seen eye-to-eye.

[Shachi]

(Oct 11, 2015, 12:10 PM)wpendragon Wrote: Bills and stress can get pretty bad after school. Specially if you can't find a job in your field. But if you endure you'll come through it with a lot of character and some interesting stories...or at least that's what I hear from people who have come out the "other end" of the post grad slum. As for insomnia...lets just say the sandman have never really seen eye-to-eye.

This is true, I work as a chef in the city, And well.. let's just say alot stuff goes down. I used to work at the "inn" places start at 6 PM get off at 1 AM then go party. every weekend we wokred like. But that wore you down soo much that you could not function after half a year. The money was good but not worth the mental health.

But bills have to get paid or i don't have anywhere to live so there was no other option till i found another job. Oooh the joy...

[Bright_Shadow21]

(Oct 11, 2015, 12:33 PM)Shachi Wrote: This is true, I work as a chef in the city

This is pretty strange, I used to be a Sous Chef before I started to attend Uni. I used to work 12 hour shifts like 5/6 days a week. It is very unsociable but I did meet some awesome people and other people who have insomnia within this field of work.

[Shachi]

(Oct 11, 2015, 01:10 PM)Bright_Shadow21 Wrote:

(Oct 11, 2015, 12:33 PM)Shachi Wrote: This is true, I work as a chef in the city

This is pretty strange, I used to be a Sous Chef before I started to attend Uni. I used to work 12 hour shifts like 5/6 days a week. It is very unsociable but I did meet some awesome people and other people who have insomnia within this field of work.

I studied during the week so i could only work weekends. And 12 hours aday 5/6 days aweek is now alowed here. Those are to many work-hours in a week. at most we could take 2 12-hour shifts back to back. But it was the partying and such that ruins lives in that scene in a big city like stockholm.