I never sleep anymore, and when I do it’s shitty, and short lived. I work 20 hours a week, I start school at 7AM, I have to wake up at 5:20 or earlier. I never have alone time, I never have any down time. I have more homework then my work scheduele permits, I had to do a human braincoloring book for AP psych. Doing stupid shit like that when I could be sleeping is driving me insane. I’ve battled depression since before my teen years, and I’m going insane.
god damnit, what do I do? I just started the school year.
Do everything in your power to maximize quantity and quality of sleep.
I nice tip I picked up awhile ago was turning off all the lights in my apartment about an hour before bed. I would usually just watch tv or read at this time, and if it’s dark I seem to get tired no matter how wired I am after getting home.
If I toss and turn for more than half an hour or so, I throw Star Trek 2 in the dvd player and wait to pass out. Reason being, I’ve seen that movie at least a billion times, and I have pretty much memorized every line from it so it’s not exactly exciting to watch. I just set the sleep timer and I’m usually out before the end of the Kobiashi Maru scenario.
Find a good book and read it before going to sleep. I used to have problems sleeping and was told to read a book. I read for about 5-15 minutes and I am out.
Turn off all the lights, pop in a self learning cd about something you truly do not give 2 shits about, and listen.
When I was having problems I popped in one of those learn to speak spanish cd’s that I found in my Mom’s house. I really don’t care to learn another language so it’s so boring to me I’d pass out pretty quickly.
Also, and this isn’t the first time I’ve reccommended this, if you can’t fall asleep, masterbate.
[quote]LankyMofo wrote:
Turn off all the lights, pop in a self learning cd about something you truly do not give 2 shits about, and listen.
When I was having problems I popped in one of those learn to speak spanish cd’s that I found in my Mom’s house. I really don’t care to learn another language so it’s so boring to me I’d pass out pretty quickly.
Also, and this isn’t the first time I’ve reccommended this, if you can’t fall asleep, masterbate.[/quote]
Damn fine advice.
I’d take it a step further. Learn how to meditate. I’m not just talking about sitting in the dark and saying “ohhhhm” but really meditating.
It helps me through some very hard times.
Some sort of muscle relaxing workout is good too - stretching the likes of which is involved in yoga or Tai Chi can help relax your body and clear your mind.
If your in high school working 20 hours a week a a bit much. 50 hours a week of school and work plus homework for Ap classes :S. I would suggest rearranging your hours and make a solid Schedule.Instead of doing homework when ever ect. If you do everything you need to then many hours become available.
dude just tough it out because when you go to college you only have to go 2 days.
work on compressing. are you doing at least 2 parts a day at the gym? maybe toss out shit like shoulders and calves if itll free up time. i dont know many just cut corners.
i dont know your day to day schedule so its hard to tell.
im huge on sleep and i hate that i dont even get home til 12am on sunday nights and need to be up at 7 in order to get to school for my 8:30 class, even if i only get 6.5-7 hrs sleep i feel thrown off.
which is probaly why i always look so dumb on mondays, people will talk about shit that just doesnt click becuase my brain isnt even charged up…plus going to school for 8hrs a day takes its toll too.
im sure youll figure something out though, maybe take more naps
Exactly. Your job right now, zep, is to be a student. Everything else is gravy. If you can’t afford to drop the job, drop down to 10 hours/week.
And hangerbaby is right, it will probably only get worse the further you get in school. You’ll have to be pretty on top of your game.
That said, it’s all about maximizing time, and really scheduling. Write out your schedule, and you’ll probably find you do have some freetime. I recommend google calendar.
I find if I go to bed properly then I will lie there for hours. If I turn a heater on, have music on, have one light on, and lie down on my bed in my clothes then I go to sleep after about 5 minutes.
the only time i go to bed with my clothes on is when im like eh…im only gonna lay there for a second…ah this is nice, an hour or two later im like, yeah i saw that coming.
Exactly. Your job right now, zep, is to be a student. Everything else is gravy. If you can’t afford to drop the job, drop down to 10 hours/week.
And hangerbaby is right, it will probably only get worse the further you get in school. You’ll have to be pretty on top of your game.
That said, it’s all about maximizing time, and really scheduling. Write out your schedule, and you’ll probably find you do have some freetime. I recommend google calendar. [/quote]
can’t happen. I need gas to get to school to begin with. Once you stop suckling off the parental teet, you can’t go back. I also can’t afford 10hours/week (like 60$ a week before saving for college). I have to put half of my paycheck in the bank, and I now have bills to pay.
I’m going to talk to my counselor about dropping my zero hour. I really wanted the credit so I could take more community college classes my senior year instead of being at HS all day. I guess if I can’t even pass the class it only makes my GPA go down.