How much sleep do you get/need?

[Babb'sBurstNad]

2 hours ago, easytoslip said:

Fuck all tonight as dropped boiling water on my foot , trying to stop the boiled egg rolling off the kitchen top with the pan of boiling water, great.

You saved the boiled egg though, right?

[A Red]

A clear conscience always helps

[SammyAftershave]

3 hours ago, easytoslip said:

Fuck all tonight as dropped boiling water on my foot , trying to stop the boiled egg rolling off the kitchen top with the pan of boiling water, great.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Fred Dinage doesn't age. That's like the picture of Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining.

[polymerpunkah]

Worst of all, you were going to have to crack the egg at some point.

[Bjornebye]

Went to bed about 8 wish tonight as I was tired and had a shitty day. Woke up starving at midnight and can't get back asleep now. Fuck sake 

[Aventus]

6 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Went to bed about 8 wish tonight as I was tired and had a shitty day. Woke up starving at midnight and can't get back asleep now. Fuck sake 

You should have wished for a good night's sleep. 

[Karl_b]

I'm sure I said something in response to Stig on another thread recently but I used to be a bad sleeper but now I'm pretty good and its down to changing habits and creating a routine. I was a poor sleeper as a kid and I didn't, and still don't really, like sleeping anywhere but my own bed. My Mum always said part of the problem was that I "thought too much" as a kid and as an adult I understand what she means. I can lay in bed processing the day, trying to think about every permutation of every possible decision I might need to make. I worry about death, money (even though we're pretty comfortable), whether I like my job, am I seeing enough of my friends, etc.

 

10 years ago I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis which meant frequently being up in the night to go to the toilet as well as causing fatigue and having to cope with the side effects (including insomnia) of heavy courses of steroids for about two years. There came a point where I was just exhausted and my doctor said I needed to sleep better to aid my recovery. So I read about it and went to a seminar and whilst I'm not a perfect sleeper, I'm much better and generally feel I get enough sleep; some tips that work for me:

 

- I cut down my coffee consumption, I love a good coffee but was drinking 7+ cups of instant stuff a day at work. So I bought an Aeropress and now make 2/3 good cups of coffee a day instead, the last one at about 3pm, absolutely no coffee after 6pm. 

 

- I altered my diet, I stopped eating meat during the week, barely consume any red meat at all and consume loads of fruit and veg. This is so much better for my digestive system and through reading about UC, I've come across a few bits of research that suggest a healthy bowel is fundamental in healthy sleeping.

 

- Black out blinds/curtains in the bedroom.

 

- No TV, no phones, no devices (well...) at all in the bedroom. Phones charged next door with the ringer on loud for phone calls to appease my Mum who, fairly, points out someone may need to get hold of me in an emergency. Blue light isn't conducive to good sleep and the urge to check your phone must be resisted.

 

- I go to bed at 10pm almost every night and read, even at a weekend, with the aim of being asleep by 10:30. This is the most critical thing for me, if I don't read and unwind then I don't sleep. This, coupled with an hour of relaxing (TV, board games) before bed, is what stops me 'thinking too much'. Routine is very important in establishing good sleep habits that correlate with our natural circadian rhthyms.

 

- If I do wake up in the night and don't feel like I'll quickly drift back off then I take my book downstairs and read and then come back to bed. Getting away from the place where you cannot sleep can be a really effective way of resetting your body for sleep, if you just roll around, think and lay there then you'll stay awake anyway, so get up and do something to take your mind off it. Some people bake, watch TV, paint, whatever. 

 

These are all simple things but they take some commitment, I've no doubt that they've all helped me in some way.

[VladimirIlyich]

On 28/04/2018 at 17:54, Grinch said:

On 28/04/2018 at 10:06, VladimirIlyich said:

It seems that killing cats would solve some people's sleep problems. I'm happy to help on that score.

Capitol punishment should be brought back for child abusers and people who harm animals tbh. Especially the latter.

Grouping child abusers and cat haters together is a ludicrously big leap.

[easytoslip]

10 hours ago, SammyAftershave said:

Haha ,  How indeed.

[easytoslip]

11 hours ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

You saved the boiled egg though, right?

 No it crashed to the floor as I did.

[Grinch]

29 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Grouping child abusers and cat haters together is a ludicrously big leap.

 

Not as much a leap as there is between hating animals and killing them. 

[Captain Turdseye]

45 minutes ago, Grinch said:

 

Not as much a leap as there is between hating animals and killing them. 

 

Where does shagging them fit in? Asking for a mate. 

[Elite]

I've been Mirtazipine the last few months to help with sleep and now I struggle to get out of bed.