Random Thoughts XV: Temere Cogito, Ergo . . .

[Samson]

What do you do if you can't sleep at night

There are two questions here: What SHOULD you do if you can't sleep at night, and what DO you do if you can't sleep at night. Unfortunately too often the answer to the second one is civ.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

You could try sitting in your darkened living room and see if you drift off then. Definitely don't immediately pick up your phone and start browsing.

Couldn't. Brain was too active. As a matter of fact I managed to exhaust myself into slumber scrolling through I don't know how many inane tweets, not the sort of thing to be proud of, but at least it worked

There are two questions here: What SHOULD you do if you can't sleep at night, and what DO you do if you can't sleep at night. Unfortunately too often the answer to the second one is civ.

The question was DO, yes. I would probably have picked up Civ if it weren't for the fact my laptop was two floors above.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

What do you do if you can't sleep at night

See if you can sleep during the day. You could be a night owl.

It's vastly unfair of society and medical practitioners to judge night owls, btw. I'm a night owl, and so was my dad. Some people thought I was lazy because normal bedtime for me (once I could choose my bedtime) was 4-6 am. Normal waking was around 1 pm. But I still put in at least 8 hours' work in my typing, crafting, and music teaching businesses, and during the busy times at the college, many more than 8 hours. I just didn't do them at the same time as everyone else.

It was really annoying when I had to spend 5 weeks in the hospital and the nurse's response when I told her I'm a night owl was, "We'll get you straightened around."

I didn't need "straightening around." Sleeping during the day is perfectly normal for me. Which brings me to the point of realizing that it's 11 am and I should have been in bed hours ago.

Damn FB and YT for sidetracking me...

 

[Voidwalkin]

Couldn't. Brain was too active

Try turning the heat down, or simply off. Shifts focus.

 

[Smellincoffee]

There are two questions here: What SHOULD you do if you can't sleep at night, and what DO you do if you can't sleep at night. Unfortunately too often the answer to the second one is civ.

Civ would wake me up, I think. Cozy/mindless games like Stardew or American Truck Simulator are better for lulling me to sleep.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Try turning the heat down, or simply off. Shifts focus.

No heat here, it's January. Not turning the fan on unless I want to die of the cold

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

What do you do if you can't sleep at night

I just remembered, the night I posted this I had a weird experience. Went to sleep about an hour after posting, and woke up I don't know after how much time later in the middle of the night. All I was conscious of was a deep, dull fear and I really wanted to leave the room and go upstairs. I was laid on my back, and not daring to turn to my side (out of fear of making a movement or leaving one side vulnerable?). I very much wanted to rush upstairs, but the same irrational fear stopped me from getting up and passing through all those floors (even though they're not so many, just two, and besides I'm a fast climber, just that in my then state it seemed like an endless expanse to cover). This state lasted for about five minutes, until reason returned to my mind and I realised there was nothing to be afraid of. I turned to my side and went back to sleep.

I still don't know why I felt like that. I was conscious of no dream or sound or presence that may have roused me from sleep and affected me so. Nothing but fear

 

[Gori the Grey]

Night terrors are their own separate thing from nightmares.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

This doesn't sound at all like what I experienced.

The universal feature of night terrors is inconsolability—very similar to that of a panic attack.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_terror#cite_note-Nguyen_2008_e1164-e1167-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a> During night terror bouts, sufferers are usually described as "bolting upright" with their eyes wide open and a having look of fear on their face. Individuals with night terrors will often yell, scream, or attempt to speak, but such speech is frequently incomprehensible. Furthermore, they usually sweat, exhibit rapid breathing, and have a rapid heart rate (i.e., autonomic signs). In some cases, individuals are likely to have even more elaborate motor activity, such as a thrashing of limbs—which may include punching, swinging, or fleeing motions. There is a sense that the individuals are trying to protect themselves and/or escape from a possible threat of bodily injury.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_terror#cite_note-DSM-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a> Although sufferers may seem awake during a night terror, they will appear confused, inconsolable, and/or unresponsive to attempts to communicate with them and may not recognize others familiar to them. Occasionally, when a person with a night terror is awakened, they will lash out at the one awakening them, which can be dangerous to that individual. Most individuals who experience terrors do not remember the incident the next day,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_terror#cite_note-Bjorvatn-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a> although brief dream images or hallucinations may occur and be recalled.

 

[Birdjaguar]

There is a city in Pakistan called Hafizabad. I was hoping it had connections to Hafiz the Sufi Poet. but alas, I could not find any connection between the city and the poet except the name. Perhaps though, that is sufficient.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

There is a city in Pakistan called Hafizabad. I was hoping it had connections to Hafiz the Sufi Poet. but alas, I could not find any connection between the city and the poet except the name. Perhaps though, that is sufficient.

From a citation from the Wikipedia article:

 

[Gori the Grey]

That looks like a Geographical Dictionary I own.

But digging out that dictionary, it doesn't have an entry for Hafizabad.

 

[Kyriakos]

Encyclopedias also have entries for Uqbar, and the planet Tlön

 

[Birdjaguar]

Aha! Hafiz was the founder. Very nice to know.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Aha! Hafiz was the founder. Very nice to know.

You know that's a different Hafiz?

 

[Birdjaguar]

You know that's a different Hafiz?

No, please explain.

 

[Kyriakos]

You know that's a different Hafiz?

Muslims can have the same name?
Of course the poet Hafiz lived two centuries before the city was founded, so yes it is rather obviously a different Hafiz.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Yes, Hafiz is not an uncommon name. Bashar al-Assad's father was also named 'Hafez'. Besides that, it's also used as a title for a person who's memorised the Quran. In the case of @Birdjaguar's Hafiz (Hafiz of Shiraz), 'Hafiz' was not his actual name but a title he adopted as his pen name. So if you try looking for connections to the poet from the name alone you'll be apt to turn into a lot of wrong alleys

 

[Takhisis]

What do you do if you can't sleep at night

Sleep by day? We call it siesta here.

There are two questions here: What SHOULD you do if you can't sleep at night, and what DO you do if you can't sleep at night. Unfortunately too often the answer to the second one is civ.

You mean, to the first one.

 

[Kyriakos]

So much for Gaiman.
I found him annoying even in a Lovecraft documentary he was in, 20 years ago. Never bothered with his literature.