WHY, dammit?

[strangecreature]

Augh! Bloody frightening 'My body is asleep but my brain is zooming around' phenomenon whose name I can never remember... Aha, Hypnagogic hallucination. I hate that. It always leaves me feeling all jittery and creeped out and I've had it happen three damn times this week! What the hell?

Sleep deprivation, irregular sleep schedules, and

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[theferretgirl]

... I sense coffee.

[strangecreature]

Not enough coffee... If I'd been drinking more, I wouldn't have fallen asleep in the first place. *nod-nod*

[theferretgirl]

Uh huh. No more coffee.

[strangecreature]

Just one more teeny cup, as I have to stay awake and perky to go see James Bond tonight and sing along with the theme music, eeeee! James Booooond!

[apiphile]

Hypnogogia is a sod. I nap at work, so conversations had around me get incorporated into my dreams, and the problem is that my brain extrapolates and then I don't know what I have and haven't heard. Also that thing where you wake up FIFTY TIMES or so before you actually and really wake up ...

... fascinating phenomenon, and has this weird crossover with night terrors in the form of the Hag and that sort of thing. I think I went to a talk on it once, but I didn't get to ask any questions because my mother was busy being Crazy Lady at the presentation person.

Seriously, though, I feel you.

Senses: THERE IS A LOUD BEEPING NOISE
Brain: SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE
Senses: I think you'll find it's the alarm clock
Brain: SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT I'M LATE
Senses: It's Saturday; my bad, that's your boyfriend getting a text.

[strangecreature]

Also that thing where you wake up FIFTY TIMES or so before you actually and really wake up ...

Ack, I know that one well! "Aha, finally, I'm awake! Oh dear, I'm holding up my hand and it's invisible. Attempting to wake up again..." Freaks the heck out of me when they manage to capture that particular sensation in tv shows or films. (I'm lookin' at you, House.)

I'd never even heard of it until a few years back, so it's great to know that people are giving presentations about it. Now I want to know if there's a way to jolt yourself out of them somehow! I've already determined that attempting to flail and shout doesn't do anything helpful beyond making you twitch like a maniac. *snerk*

[apiphile]

Sometimes the bastards are really subtle - it's only when I try to read something and can't, or the words are garbage, that I realise I'm actually still asleep. Ffffffffffuck, yeah.

Have you tried lucid dreaming?

[strangecreature]

Have you tried lucid dreaming?

I can manage that occasionally when I'm properly asleep, but can't quite get the hang of it during daytime snoozes. Maybe I should just try to stop falling asleep with my face in the middle of textbooks, eh? :-P

[kita0610]

Heh. You oughtta try that shit while on anti-depressants. A laugh and a half, I tell you. WHEEE.

Can our imaginary spongecake have imaginary whipped cream on it? Or strawberries? Mmmm. Strawberries.

[strangecreature]

Oh man, I live in terror of anti-depressants... I tried a friend's prescription once during high school for kicks and wound up dry heaving for the next twenty-four hours. Idiotic youthful experiments are idiotic. :-P

But of course! Imaginary = utterly guilt-free, therefore caramel drizzles are not out of the question either! *g*

[elebridith]

I find *this* quote much better: can often cause a sudden jerk and arousal just before sleep onset. Erm... baaad brain. Baaad dirty brain. *rotflmao*

And spellcheck for the win!

[strangecreature]

Not the fun kind of arousal, you gutter-brain, you! X-D I doubt I'd be as grumpy if that were the case.

I love it when spellcheck is unhelpful. It still refuses to believe that I really do mean 'cock-sucking', not 'cross-kicking'. *snerk*

[elebridith]

My spellcheck always wanted to convince me that "shanshu" should really really be "shanty". Which of course gave me the wonderful mental image of Angel in a sailor suit singing "Rolling Home". I swear, if I could have somehow made that fit into "Shifts", I *so* would have done it. *lol*

[strangecreature]

Heeeee! This right here is some excellent dream sequence material, methinks... *G*

[strangecreature]

Hee! I could be the next Jenny Craig with this miraculous ability! I'm gonna make a fortune! :-D (Also, I think this clearly demonstrates why I should never, never be left alone with MS Paint... *g*)

PS...

[strangecreature]

The 'sailor Angel' thing could have been much worse...