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ellajobberknoll February 9 2010, 17:53:05 UTC
(hugs) I'm so sorry things are being so sucky right now, and I'm so sorry about your friend. That's a great shock on top of everything else that's bothering you, and I wish I knew exactly what to say to make this situation better.

As for the rooming next year thing, if they continue acting so stupidly, you probably need to tell them this is ridiculous and you don't appreciate being guilted into rooming with one of them or the other. I don't if you've got other roommate options than these two, but that might be a option to consider to if they're going to get so crazy over this.

As for the not sleeping, I'm sure you know this, but that's not healthy. I think it's the general rule of thumb that if whatever problem you have continues for more than a month, it's something you've got to address or it's just going to get worse. Four and a half months is a long time to go without a regular sleep schedule, and with all the stress you have to deal with on top of not sleeping, you're just going to run yourself into the ground at some point.

I don't know what the best option is to get your sleep back on track, (and I feel like I'm lecturing which is not what I intend ;-P), but talking to the school nurse or a doctor about it could be helpful, or at least taking a hard look at your schedule and seeing what's keeping you from sleeping well or enough and try to rework things to help yourself out.

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raienna February 9 2010, 20:42:12 UTC
Thanks.

I did tell them. Alison is proceeding in a manner one would expect of a high school student (publicly expressing her feelings of "betrayal" while not addressing me in order to express them), but the other friends apologized and a few people are trying to talk sense into Alison.

I know it's not healthy. The issue comes with the fact that I don't have time to visit the doctor (let's face it, they're not going to be able to do much at the Lutheran clinic here in town). If it continues this month, I'm going to see if my mom will schedule me an appointment while I'm home for spring break.

I don't know if there's anything keeping me from sleeping well that I can figure out. I mean, it's been an issue that has continued through breaks and even when I have no schedule at all (I got back a few days early, so I had no roommate and no clustermates to make noise or keep me up, and still had trouble getting to sleep)

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