hope all goes well for your dad's surgery petrol. heart surgery is almost routine these days, thankfully.
seriously tho i went to his surgeon consult and was reassured by how routine he made it all sound, i mean i know the procedure is standard, but my dad is in his early 70s and he is pretty obese, so of course it's scary thinking of the risks of anaesthetic alone, but yeah, it should turn out okay, i'm generally feeling positive because what else am i gonna do.
Bablu posted:irl i'm editing/translating party articles to english and it's really hard to tell how much of the stilted commie tone i'm expected to keep
pls no bad writing. we have suffered for a hundred years
Bablu posted:irl i'm editing/translating party articles to english and it's really hard to tell how much of the stilted commie tone i'm expected to keep
ALL OF IT. cause a selfcrit session
Dimashq posted:Recently sent a text off to my dad, suggesting he go see the new Blade Runner, and got the response "Hollywood has a hate America problem". Didn't really know how to respond, having reactionary family members (in my case every adult member of my family) is depressing. everyone here who has leftist families, I envy you.
Let me talk to your dad
stegosaurus posted:I haven’t had dreams or nightmares in like a year and a half cos I cannot sleep
weird, I usually dream the most when I crash after a couple days of insomnia.
toyotathon posted:been havin settler dreams. the other night it meant getting drafted, helicopter dropped into some rural space and was told it was b/c my people needed more land. my first thought was 'shit, now i have to kill my CO'. that woke me up. last night i was back in my birthtown in the undeveloped hills where as a teen i'd roam. this dream was a little on the nose. i was walking with one of the exterminated indians, and at the top of the biggest hill we met this wealthy white guy with an RV who was like 'really love it here! i think i'll buy it!'. the indian woman was disgusted and disappeared and i thought 'shit, now i have to kill this fucker'.
what if the nightmare world of complicity in genocide and seemingly impossible obligations to resist is the real world... and the rhizzone is the dream???
toyotathon posted:been havin settler dreams. the other night it meant getting drafted, helicopter dropped into some rural space and was told it was b/c my people needed more land. my first thought was 'shit, now i have to kill my CO'. that woke me up. last night i was back in my birthtown in the undeveloped hills where as a teen i'd roam. this dream was a little on the nose. i was walking with one of the exterminated indians, and at the top of the biggest hill we met this wealthy white guy with an RV who was like 'really love it here! i think i'll buy it!'. the indian woman was disgusted and disappeared and i thought 'shit, now i have to kill this fucker'.
what can i do to have cool dreams like this ?
TG posted:stego you may have already tried this but when i really Need to sleep i take a few mg of melatonin. it usually makes me a bit foggy in the morning so i use it sparingly but it has the added benefit of giving me vivid dreams
when i take melatonin i get epileptic fits
littlegreenpills posted:TG posted:stego you may have already tried this but when i really Need to sleep i take a few mg of melatonin. it usually makes me a bit foggy in the morning so i use it sparingly but it has the added benefit of giving me vivid dreams
when i take melatonin i get epileptic fits
some guys have all the luck. this places you in some pretty augustcompany, including caligula, dostoyevsky, prince, danny glover, and v i lenin
tears posted:toyotathon posted:been havin settler dreams. the other night it meant getting drafted, helicopter dropped into some rural space and was told it was b/c my people needed more land. my first thought was 'shit, now i have to kill my CO'. that woke me up. last night i was back in my birthtown in the undeveloped hills where as a teen i'd roam. this dream was a little on the nose. i was walking with one of the exterminated indians, and at the top of the biggest hill we met this wealthy white guy with an RV who was like 'really love it here! i think i'll buy it!'. the indian woman was disgusted and disappeared and i thought 'shit, now i have to kill this fucker'.
what can i do to have cool dreams like this ?
Besides melatonin, nicotine gives vivid dreams.
i agree dependence is a danger, so i basically will take it once a week at most. it seems that its a bad idea to take it daily, although its hard to find legit info on it
stop all caffeine/stimulants. after two weeks of hell your body will be mostly adjusted and coffee will be as effective as low-dose amphetamines for when you need emergency energy..
only dytd around breakfast/lunchtime. alcohol might help you relax/passout at night but it has rebound effect a few hours later; once the GABA is metabolised it becomes excitatory glutamate = you will sleep like shit or wake up.
if you must eat late, eat light.
occasional wake and bake is ok, but in evening will mess things up. also you won't dream much or retain dreams well. which is missing out on one of the best things of sleeping.
aziz is right, irregular <1mg melatonin is best max dose in my experience. pharms like ambien will mostly make you forget staying awake, not actually encourage good sleep. benzos/opiates for sleep is bad slippery slope.
screens are slowly killing us. don't use them at night, if you must then use flu.x on dimmest setting (twilight for phone).
extended sleep ritual is really effective. when possible start "getting ready to sleep" at least 2 hours before you intend to feel sleepy. eg. use dim/warm lighting or wear sunglasses, change out of work clothes, chill music, phone on silent, brush teeth / shower, stretch, don't read shit that makes you angry, make a note of any pending tasks/thoughts so you can let it go until morning(better to wake up earlier if you have to, you'll be more effective and it will take less time)
if you feel you are running low in the day have short naps when possible (<30min), longer ones will fuck up your sleep schedule.
if you must skip sleep occasionally that ok, but it's best to skip a full 24hrs and go to sleep a few hours earlier the next night than break your schedule.
doing exercise / eating healthy is obviously essential, but there is already a thread for that. sweet dreams comrades.
toyotathon posted:tears posted:what can i do to have cool dreams like this ?
tell your partner you don't have any interest in owning the whites' bloody land, have a big fight, don't resolve it, let the problems work themselves out through snide comments and stress dreams
on second thoughts...
but mugwort, hell yes i know what that looks like its everywhere i will pick some if i can find some that isnt busy dying
tears posted:making tea out of random plants because someone on the internet told me to
mugwort is pretty good for dreams. another witch tip: calea zacatechichi can also help you trip balls in your sleep (bitter as fuck though).
as for good sleep i 100% agree with Gssh, exercise, regular schedule, and not eating before bed are great for sleep. i don't know about melatonin tho, if i really needed to pass out i would just take Valerian root or drink some chamomile tea
Gssh posted:sleeping, you gotta do it right everyday or its way too easy to start rapidly falling apart. it took me a while to learn/accept the basics to solve sleep issues, so i'll post some in case anyone finds them useful.
stop all caffeine/stimulants. after two weeks of hell your body will be mostly adjusted and coffee will be as effective as low-dose amphetamines for when you need emergency energy..
only dytd around breakfast/lunchtime. alcohol might help you relax/passout at night but it has rebound effect a few hours later; once the GABA is metabolised it becomes excitatory glutamate = you will sleep like shit or wake up.
if you must eat late, eat light.
occasional wake and bake is ok, but in evening will mess things up. also you won't dream much or retain dreams well. which is missing out on one of the best things of sleeping.
aziz is right, irregular <1mg melatonin is best max dose in my experience. pharms like ambien will mostly make you forget staying awake, not actually encourage good sleep. benzos/opiates for sleep is bad slippery slope.
screens are slowly killing us. don't use them at night, if you must then use flu.x on dimmest setting (twilight for phone).
extended sleep ritual is really effective. when possible start "getting ready to sleep" at least 2 hours before you intend to feel sleepy. eg. use dim/warm lighting or wear sunglasses, change out of work clothes, chill music, phone on silent, brush teeth / shower, stretch, don't read shit that makes you angry, make a note of any pending tasks/thoughts so you can let it go until morning(better to wake up earlier if you have to, you'll be more effective and it will take less time)
if you feel you are running low in the day have short naps when possible (<30min), longer ones will fuck up your sleep schedule.
if you must skip sleep occasionally that ok, but it's best to skip a full 24hrs and go to sleep a few hours earlier the next night than break your schedule.
doing exercise / eating healthy is obviously essential, but there is already a thread for that. sweet dreams comrades.
i agree with all of this 100%, not that i am very successful at putting it all into practice
3mg melatonin is insane and turns me into a psychological disaster the next day, i can't believe it's the recommended dose. it's the lowest size pill i've seen in canada so i always cut it into thirds(ish)
roseweird posted:i don't have any dreams. does this mean i am innocent?
imo it means you either never fully enter deep sleep (which is improbable, if you are functional) or you just repress them because you can't integrate them even a little with your waking self-concept