Patrick is originally from Meath
Let you know when I get back home and check. I bought it in the CBD concession stand in Stephens Green shopping centre.
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Have you tried taping your thumb up your hole?
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This is @KinvarasPassion we’re talking about here, do you think there’s a fad he hasn’t tried?!
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This is useful. I use meditation a lot.
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Im just up, best night sleep in ages, 7.5 hours straight
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The silage wrap is the secret component the boffins haven’t cottoned onto yet. KP could be the 22 entrepreneur of the year yet.
Fuck me. Two nights in a row where I haven’t slept at all. Lying on the couch here for a change of scenery but nothing is going to happen.
Sleep is my kryptonite in many ways. When I get stressed or my mood drops immediately I get anxious about my sleep - I place a lot of importance on it, too much maybe.
I’ve been going through a spell of low mood for about the last three weeks. Sleep was a bit dodgy at the start of that but it came good. I kicked the drink and was tipping along well until Tuesday night where I had an utterly bizarre experience while trying to sleep - hallucinations is the only way I can explain it.
Last night was the same. At no stage during last night did I ever think I was going to sleep apart from once where I had myself nicely chilled through mindfulness and then weird thoughts and feelings took over. There was no yawning which isn’t a good sign when you didn’t sleep the night before.
Anyway - this seems to be a bout of acute insomnia caused by fuck knows what. I’ll battle on but I would love one night of even a few hours sleep if only to get myself back on track away from the deeply unpleasant feeling of the last two nights.
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That sounds very rough farmer. Hallucinations are no surprise if sleep deprived but they can be scary. I had them very regularly with dengue fever. Try and look after yourself and not obsess about it. Easier said than done I know.
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Hang in there Farmer. Not sleeping through anxiety is no joke, your head can go down rabbit holes that are hard to get out of. I was showed a way to quell anxiety by using your minds eye to start at your toes, your feet, ankles, shins, just visualise you’re body, control your breathing, clear the mind, calves, knees…… all along up and it really works.
Take it easy chief, you’re one of the good guys 
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Did you try pulling the spine out of yourself?
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I try to get into the present moment.
Lie back and ask what are you sensing now in your experience. Let thoughts in and out as they are in experience. Just drift along like that as your experience moves towards sleep.
Some weird and frightening shit happened that I can’t explain when I did that the last two nights but that won’t stop me doing it again.
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Did you have a rake of pints over the weekend?
Get out for a good walk tonight. Get into a darkened / dimmed space a good bit before you intend to sleep. Stay away from phone and white light… Read a book. Sounds like youre on high alert for whatever reason
Thats tough going. I get similar bouts from time to time. I take a nytol for a couple of nights and with some mindfulness techniques it tends to break the cycle. Nytol are an anti hystemene and are supposedly non addictive though id never take one more than two nights in a row. No side effects at all.
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No pints over the weekend.
I am on high alert. And with each day sleep is a struggle the alert naturally heightens for the next night.
I tell myself that my body needs to do this now and I need to let it do it’s thing. Try to accept the situation as much as possible.
Cheers.
Breaking the cycle with regard to sleeping is crucial however it’s done. I’ve heard of Nytol before and I’ll keep it mind.
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A manic episode mate? Be careful what you eat and try get off discussion forums and watch or read something boring. Ultimately accept you are safe and sound and it ain’t gonna kill you. And that’s it’s just the reality right now. But you will drift off soon
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Great advice mate.
I have no history of mania.