Friggin Thoughts

posted on September 13th, 2008

These past two weeks I went through hell every single night to go to sleep. And every single night I don't manage to sleep before 3am.

I'm yet again going through this tonight. It's 3am and there isn't even the slightest hint of sleep.

I know what the problem is, I keep on thinking. Whether it's about the con-current projects I got going on or plans for new ones, whether it's memories from the past year or music, whether it's friends or relationships, whatever. The problem is that I don't know how to make myself not think about this shit and get to sleep.

It's funny how my brain is throwing at me stuff that usually during the day I don't even remember about. And what's even more weird is that I remember a lot of small details.

Aaaaaaaahhhhh. Anyone got an idea of something that does the opposite of what Red Bull does? I need it. NOW!

jamesjames says: September 13th, 2008 at 10:20
I know exactly what you mean..I get the exact same thing, especially when I'm under stress. I find the best thing to do, is go to bed pretty late at around 12.30...and no matter how tired I am, i try to read a bit before i sleep. this usually helps me clear my thoughts and gets me to sleep. If i still can't sleep...i read some more...usually works ;)
ninuhadidaninuhadida's reply to james: September 14th, 2008 at 0:33
Reading can definitely help.. but I don't have any good reading books, I mean all the books I have are about coding and books that I used to read when I was younger.. So when I think about reading, I start thinking how I should be stocking up on books that are excellent to read at this age and in this situation, which makes the situation worse :P

But I'll try to to get some interesting books to read before going to bed.. All the newspapers are so full of politics and other bullshit, the books I have are about code, which is, actually boring to read before going to bed so I'll definitely look into some bed side books :P
wenwen says: September 13th, 2008 at 18:55
It happens to me a lot that when I am under stress I just can't find peace of mind and I keep on thinking endlessly.

I usually have a cup of chamomile tea before going to bed.

I am also trying some meditation to try to learn that everything is impermanent and that by worrying about things in the middle of the night not much will change until the following day or week or month :) So the only thing I achieve by worrying like that is going to work the following day feeling tired.
ninuhadidaninuhadida's reply to wen: September 14th, 2008 at 0:29
well I'm not really under stress, wait till a-levels start getting closer! ;) I just have a couple of projects going on right now and it seems the ideas start coming up just when I'm about to sleep :/

Chamomile tea? Sorry, but no thanks :P I think I tried it once and I drank it just so I don't leave it in the cup.
Marie ClaireMarie Claire says: September 13th, 2008 at 21:27
You are probably not doing much during the day, so you are not tired enough to sleep in the evening...? I wish this was happening to me though because recently I've been going to bed at around 9pm and falling asleep straight away! (Thank you work!)
ninuhadidaninuhadida's reply to Marie Claire: September 14th, 2008 at 0:25
well since I'm sleeping so late, I get up really late like 12pm-1am.. hopefully I'll change that when JC starts.. I wish I could get back to sleeping at 10pm and getting up at 6 in the morning.. that would be early even for school :P