The DMZ

Anonymous

9:20 AM

Morning.

Anonymous

I slept for the longest time I have in a long, long times yesterday and I am so tired, fuck.

Anonymous

I was asleep for 9 hours. I don't even remember sleeping that long in the last year.

Maarten Bodewes

If you oversleep you will have as much problems during the day as sleeping too shortly.

Anonymous

Yeah but I don't usually sleep at all, that's why I thought I'd feel better.

Anonymous

I sleep most nights like 4 hours.

Anonymous

9:21 AM

I thought it would like... Catchup, or some shit. Like a nice big rest. But I feel very, very tired. More than usual.

Anonymous

SO back to 4 hours a night for me.

Maarten Bodewes

No, doesn't work that way. You hsould sleep 8 hours, period :)

Anonymous

4, 8 what's the difference?

Maarten Bodewes

4 hours.

Anonymous

:D

Anonymous

9:22 AM

No, I should sleep more, I know that.

Anonymous

The problem is that 98% of the time I cannot sleep when I want to sleep.

Anonymous

And I have had that issue for many, many years. But its whatever. I am used to it now, mostly.

Maarten Bodewes

I'm in the same situation. I know the solution: do sports in the evening and shut down screen at 10. Start with 11 when you're still in the denial phase.

(don't do sports at 11, you won't get to sleep, you've just activated your body, you need ~ 2 hours to get it to rest)

Anonymous

Yeah, I have been trying that more recently too. Well, minus the sports thing, but the screen thing.

Maarten Bodewes

Your body needs to feel tired as well, helps with the sleep. Otherwise it is just your brain.

Glasses may help too, that's my next stop.

Anonymous

9:25 AM

The issue is, I don't spend much time with my girlfriend so if I come off my computer at 10 she'll want to hang out since previously she is asleep before I even get to bed. So if I come to bed when she's there then she'll want to watch stuff and then I have the same problem of going to bed at like 2-3am and waking up 6-7am.

Anonymous

Its fine though. I'll fix it eventually...

Anonymous

I should start taking sleeping pills or something but I've always been really against doing that because needing to take something just to sleep is in my opinion; absolutely dumb.

Anonymous

It is no different from needing cocaine to function or weed to be happy.

Anonymous

Yeah, that is the other issue, it is my brain which just never, ever turns off.

Anonymous

I have this in my daily life as well, not just around sleep. I am pretty much never not thinking about something.

Maarten Bodewes

9:29 AM

Fixing underlying problem is always better. Talk to your GF about the sleeping and say you'd like to go to sleep at 12.

Anonymous

But when I need to sleep it is often even more accelerated.

Maarten Bodewes

Yeah, my brain won't shut up either.

Anonymous

Yeah, it's REALLY annoying.

Maarten Bodewes

But I can manage to steer it into thinking about relaxing things most of the time.

Anonymous

Even if I manage to stop thinking about work related things, it then just starts to think about stupid stuff.

Anonymous

9:30 AM

Things that don't even matter.

Anonymous

Its like, I can tell it to turn off from work sometimes but then it will always find something else to go round in circles about.

Anonymous

I wish I could do that, that'd be useful :D

Maarten Bodewes

Yeah, I know the feeling. You need to distract yourself without it involving a computer.

Sports helps with that. I go kayaking, I can spend an entire day or weekend without ever thinking about work.

Anonymous

Yeah, that's the tricky part right there :D

Anonymous

I like reading but then I always end up reading about technical stuff which is just no good for going to sleep.

Anonymous

9:33 AM

I'm an actual computer addict, Sadge.

Anonymous

:D

Anonymous

I just really don't find any enjoyment from much else, which is kinda' the problem.

Anonymous

If it doesn't involve a computer or something technical I get bored and then I start getting really antsy.

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