I wish my body would learn how to fall asleep... and once that is done, stay asleep until fully revitalised, rather than waking up after short hours of sleep but with too much short term energy to fall back asleep before having to get up and get on with the day.

I've been feeling really deprived of sleep constantly for the last 2 weeks... its gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

^It's your mind that needs to learn how to fall asleep, no?

^It's your mind that needs to learn how to fall asleep, no?

Yeeaaah... I know. Well - the initial getting to sleep part I can do (within 1hr max-ish if I'm tired) - But I don't understand why I struggle to stay asleep.

Last night, I got into be before midnight, after being up at 8am on not very much sleep the night before. I fell asleep reasonably quickly, but then I woke up 3 hours later with quite a "buzzing" mind for no reason. There wasn't any noise to wake me or anything like that. I managed to "calm the buzz" and fall back asleep, only for the same thing to happen in another 3 hours. I couldn't fall back asleep this time though, so now my day has begun at 6am, with too little sleep over the last few days, with lots of work to do.

Meh, people have it worse.

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Edit: I've been feeling quite unsettled for the past few weeks, with lots of Uni work piling up and assessments/assignments non stop for 4 weeks... and I'm constantly worrying about later on in the year where I have to search for a placement and have interviews and all that lark (which scares me). So that probably has something to do with it. I don't think I've been able to say I've had a second of feeling totally chilled out for a bit too long for my liking, though there's not much I can do about that except wait until the christmas holidays arrive where I can go home, be with family/friends and lounge about doing nothing.

Had a similar week not so long ago.
The daylight saving time may have had something to do with it, or the change of season (time getting colder, etc, my tinnitus is a bit louder too), as I never had that kind of problem before, and it has - fortunately - settled since. But during that week I would go to bed at noon or 1AM, and wake up 2 or 3 hours later, feeling fresh and unable to sleep again. 'Was shit-faced for sure that week
Anxiety probably has a role in this too, as my social life in non-existent and I'm now thinking about moving to find one (which means leaving a cool job in the process, but yeah, cool job or not, I think I need to see a bit more of the planet)
Related to anxiety or not, my bowels were quite active at night too, the doc said I may need magnesium (taken with calcium and something else in the process) which affect the bowel muscles (well, overall the muscles you don't consciously control). He says I'm more tense than I should (and I must say, I noticed for instance that when a fly lands on my arm, I'll wave it more than required, more than I used too).

So I tried to contact Microsoft support. But their support website isn't really working. They're advising me to contact support to resolve the problem.

6 days of school left. And I'm running on empty.

So I tried to contact Microsoft support. But their support website isn't really working. They're advising me to contact support to resolve the problem.

Brilliance!

on the subject of vitamin D and calcium...
http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101130/institute-of-medicine-vitamin-d-recommendations-101130/20101130/?hub=EdmontonHome

^It's your mind that needs to learn how to fall asleep, no?

Yeeaaah... I know. Well - the initial getting to sleep part I can do (within 1hr max-ish if I'm tired) - But I don't understand why I struggle to stay asleep.

Last night, I got into be before midnight, after being up at 8am on not very much sleep the night before. I fell asleep reasonably quickly, but then I woke up 3 hours later with quite a "buzzing" mind for no reason. There wasn't any noise to wake me or anything like that. I managed to "calm the buzz" and fall back asleep, only for the same thing to happen in another 3 hours. I couldn't fall back asleep this time though, so now my day has begun at 6am, with too little sleep over the last few days, with lots of work to do.

Meh, people have it worse.

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Edit: I've been feeling quite unsettled for the past few weeks, with lots of Uni work piling up and assessments/assignments non stop for 4 weeks... and I'm constantly worrying about later on in the year where I have to search for a placement and have interviews and all that lark (which scares me). So that probably has something to do with it. I don't think I've been able to say I've had a second of feeling totally chilled out for a bit too long for my liking, though there's not much I can do about that except wait until the christmas holidays arrive where I can go home, be with family/friends and lounge about doing nothing.

Sounds pretty much like my life right now, except I am in community college trying to get into a uni. It's alot of work. University of Michigan is a top ten school, so I have to be on my game. Math is getting harder. Stress is piling up, but tomorrow I send my materials and I will be totally finished with the application. I already submitted the online portion.

Isn't it funny how we bust ass for years and years getting an education, stressed to the max the whole time...then when and if we finally graduate we end up with a demanding job that is just a different kind of stress, and all of it to probably just have a heart attack from all the trauma lol. It's why I am diligently trying to take care of myself with enough rest, no booze/drugs, good food and exercise. Gotta admit though, lately I have totally been slacking on eating enough and getting sufficient rest. I still eat healthy food...but just not enough. :/

Hang in there, Dan.

So I tried to contact Microsoft support. But their support website isn't really working. They're advising me to contact support to resolve the problem.

Brilliance!

Totally. 3 days later, still hasn't worked. I contacted them on Twitter and they keep saying it's my browser but I tried 4 different ones (including IE) and all with the same result. Waiting for their next reply tomorrow.

England failing badly yet again.

This time in the bid to host the World Cup.

We suck.

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England failing badly yet again.

This time in the bid to host the World Cup.

We suck.

Ach, c'mon. To win that you need to take part in the "You scratch my bank account, I'll scratch yours" game. It has little to do with football.

Grandad died last Saturday. Still hasn't sunk in.. Still don't want it to sink in. When I got the news he was hospitalised I also drove like a lunatic to try get there but crashed on the black ice that's currently plaguing us every night. So my right side is physically fucked, coupled with failing to cope mentally. And I have assignments for college due soon. Good week.

Someone killed himself at our school today. It was a weekend, and he was an old boy of the school. He jumped off the building.
We were going to have a formal tonight, so it's been moved to another school.
It's so fucked up. My dad is the deputy headmaster, so he's been getting phone calls all day.

RIP Will.