Shan's Stygian Shack of Shenanigans (Lair Thread)

Gremlinertia

Are you heading to bed soon?. There's an acronym, HALT, standing for hungry, angry, lonely, tired. It's a small checklist for if mood has suddenly dipped..

Shpud2

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Are you heading to bed soon?. There's an acronym, HALT, standing for hungry, angry, lonely, tired. It's a small checklist for if mood has suddenly dipped..

I am all of those.

Gremlinertia

Address them as best you can.

Shpud2

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Address them as best you can.

I had food a while ago

Gremlinertia

If still hungry after twenty minutes you might need a little more.. Probably need some downtime too, no screens, as you had a long day. I won't really get into the other two since you have a plan in place there.

Kitty6277

Sorry to hear you guys are feeling sad. I'm a bit anxious myself, maybe it's just one of those nights

Shpud2

Gremlinertia wrote: »

If still hungry after twenty minutes you might need a little more.. Probably need some downtime too, no screens, as you had a long day. I won't really get into the other two since you have a plan in place there.

I'll go down and get some more and I'll try get some sleep in a while and put away the phone. What plans have I got in place for the other two?

Gremlinertia

You see a professional now. That'll help you to manage things

Shpud2

Gremlinertia wrote: »

You see a professional now. That'll help you to manage things

Hope so.

Gremlinertia

I'm hoping too man.

Shpud2

For now it's sad boi hours.

Gremlinertia

Yeah it's time and effort for a while until things shift.

Shpud2

Physio next week will be a good chance to vent my feelings.

Gremlinertia

Oh yeah, no better place, yikes.

Shpud2

I like it. She's cool. Relatable. Will listen to everything I say and I feel comfortable.

Samsgirl

Knock, knock.. Is this where the insomniacs hang out?

Gremlinertia

Samsgirl wrote: »

Knock, knock.. Is this where the insomniacs hang out?

Howdy

Shpud2

Samsgirl wrote: »

Knock, knock.. Is this where the insomniacs hang out?

It is indeed. Welcome

Kitty6277

Samsgirl wrote: »

Knock, knock.. Is this where the insomniacs hang out?

Welcome in

Samsgirl

Thanks! Tormented with sciatica and not sleeping the past while.

Gremlinertia

Nasty dose, hope it gecks off soon for you.

Shpud2

Well if you're not sleeping you'll fit right in here

Kitty6277

Watching David Attenborough, trying to chill out enough to try and get to sleep

Shpud2

Kitty6277 wrote: »

Watching David Attenborough, trying to chill out enough to try and get to sleep

I'm not sure whether or not to do the same. Might put something on or maybe just turning everything off instead.

Gremlinertia

I'm an off person.. No lights, books or anything

Shpud2

If I turn everything off it'll just be me and my thoughts.

Kitty6277

Shpud2 wrote: »

I'm not sure whether or not to do the same. Might put something on or maybe just turning everything off instead.

I rarely drift off with it on, but I'll know when I'm getting near falling asleep, so I turn it off then

Shpud2

Kitty6277 wrote: »

I rarely drift off with it on, but I'll know when I'm getting near falling asleep, so I turn it off then

That's good. I can fall asleep with shows on or maybe just a video that gives some background noise

Kitty6277

Shpud2 wrote: »

That's good. I can fall asleep with shows on or maybe just a video that gives some background noise

I used to be like that, I'd always fall asleep with my radio on

Samsgirl

Usually sleep on my left side but can't at the moment. As soon as I find a comfy position I get hit by the 5 yr old who is sleeping in with me cos she puked in her own bed.

Gremlinertia

My sleep is awful broken so i don't want anything waking me, i practice things while waiting to sleep.

Shpud2

Kitty6277 wrote: »

I used to be like that, I'd always fall asleep with my radio on

I used to be big into listening to the radio at night. 4fm and 2fm. Not anymore as I don't have a radio app anymore so I use Spotify but I focus more on the music and can't sleep

Samsgirl

Shpud2 wrote: »

I used to be big into listening to the radio at night. 4fm and 2fm. Not anymore as I don't have a radio app anymore so I use Spotify but I focus more on the music and can't sleep

Would reading help?

Gwildor

The one thing guaranteed to put me to sleep is listening to an interesting podcast. Because my brain is a bellend and switches off as soon as something good happens.

Kitty6277

Shpud2 wrote: »

I used to be big into listening to the radio at night. 4fm and 2fm. Not anymore as I don't have a radio app anymore so I use Spotify but I focus more on the music and can't sleep

Any of the stations I used to listen to started repeating the daytime shows at night which I had no interest in

Gwildor

Shpud2 wrote: »

I used to be big into listening to the radio at night. 4fm and 2fm. Not anymore as I don't have a radio app anymore so I use Spotify but I focus more on the music and can't sleep

You could always try downloading the ‘Calm’ app to your phone. It just plays really hypnotic calming background noise like rain or ocean waves etc. You can set a timer on it too so it doesn’t play all night

Shpud2

Samsgirl wrote: »

Would reading help?

I'm not sure because I'd need the light on to do that.

Shpud2

Gwildor wrote: »

The one thing guaranteed to put me to sleep is listening to an interesting podcast. Because my brain is a bellend and switches off as soon as something good happens.

I love podcasts but I couldn't fall asleep listening to one because I'm too interested.

Shpud2

Kitty6277 wrote: »

Any of the stations I used to listen to started repeating the daytime shows at night which I had no interest in

There used to be a show called Chris and Ciara on 2fm at that time and I enjoyed them. I also used to listen to Niall Boylan at night too but that was hit and miss.

Gremlinertia

The shipping forecast used to knock me out when i was younger :pac:

Shpud2

Gwildor wrote: »

You could always try downloading the ‘Calm’ app to your phone. It just plays really hypnotic calming background noise like rain or ocean waves etc. You can set a timer on it too so it doesn’t play all night

White noise like that doesn't really work for me. More like voices or one that really does it for me is dashcam videos.

Shpud2

Gremlinertia wrote: »

The shipping forecast used to knock me out when i was younger :pac:

I catch that occasionally. Is there anything more boring than it?

Gremlinertia

See it starts off interesting but then it gets repepititive and becomes white noise.

Shpud2

I don't think I could listen to it at all without finding it boring.

Gremlinertia

That's why it was decent sleep material for me..

Kitty6277

I'm anxious over a situation (well not exactly a situation, but one that my brain's like "well, it could happen") and as I'm trying to sleep my head is thinking of all the completely and utterly off the wall ways it could play out. Thought I heard the click of keys in the front door and it briefly paralysed me with fear thinking "oh god it's happening" even though it's completely unlikely or even impossible. My imagination needs to stop.

Gremlinertia

I effing hate that soooooooooooo much.. Oh it maddens me no end. Argh.. I catastrophise such ordinary things into impossible scenarios that i get convinced by.. Oh you have my sympathies Kitty it's a shocker.

Kitty6277

It's awful. It's this guy who fancies me, and I turned him down which he didn't seem too impressed about. Now my head's like "what if he turns up where you live? What if he tells security he's my bf or something and they let him into the building and tell him my flat number? What do I do then?" despite the fact that I never told him where I live, or what I'm near or anything. It's so illogical and it's stopping me from getting to sleep

Shpud2

Damn Kitty that's a **** situation to be in.

Kitty6277

Shpud2 wrote: »

Damn Kitty that's a **** situation to be in.

The worst thing is that it's all in my head