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I am sleeping right now. I'm a 32-year-old technologically illiterate woman named Sandra with 3 kids when I am awake. This is my other life where I am a 25-year-old IT geek named Simon who goes on Neowin all night. Sandra isn't aware that I am more than a dream who actually uses her computer at night, but I am aware of her. Who is the real personality and who is the impostor, who knows? I try not to leave any trace behind (except for keeping her PC in good service) otherwise she will start acting on her suspicions and get some meds which would inevitably 'kill' me. She doesn't know what Neowin is so I'm safe to post this.

I am sleeping right now. I'm a 32-year-old technologically illiterate woman named Sandra with 3 kids when I am awake. This is my other life where I am a 25-year-old IT geek named Simon who goes on Neowin all night. Sandra isn't aware that I am more than a dream who actually uses her computer at night, but I am aware of her. Who is the real personality and who is the impostor, who knows? I try not to leave any trace behind (except for keeping her PC in good service) otherwise she will start acting on her suspicions and get some meds which would inevitably 'kill' me. She doesn't know what Neowin is so I'm safe to post this.

And ermm, how much sleep have you been deprived before writing that? :p

So, what puts you to sleep?

As for me, I don't sleep much, only get 5, at max, hours of sleep in 24 hours.

Too much anxiety and depression, it is, for me.

What about you?

Yep,

About 5 hours a night also. If I REALLY want to go to sleep though all I have to do is set in front of the boob tube. Guaranteed reaction is to start knodding off!! Exactly why I DON'T watch much tv, besides the fact there ususally isn't a thing worth watching anyway!!

One show that does keep me awake though is watching that wrestling crap on Monday night. To busy laughing at all that fake, ignorant, script laden stupid BS!! Unfortunately, I DON'T watch it though as it is just to stupid for me!!

Usually lying in bed, in less than 5 minutes I'm sleeping.

To everyone that has trouble falling asleep (and I mean severe trouble) be carefull with prescription drugs like benzodiazepines. You can get addicted to them pretty easily and the physical withdrawal can be a bitch.

Try alternative methods like melatonin, exercise, reading first before jumping in there.

White noise of a fan, wind or a breeze (or the flow from the fan) in my face, and total darkness.

Otherwise I can't sleep at all. And it takes me ages to fall asleep no matter what, but at least I'm usually OK once I can get there.

  • 2 weeks later...

It is strange reading that some of you guys who suffer from depression are not sleeping very well since depression causes hipersomnia. Sometimes I sleep up to 9 hours :s

:s

I also read that somewhere.

Its not just depression though, there are other factors involved too. Anxiety e.t.c

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