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Staying Awake
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Anc13nt
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Harris1st
Germany6685 Posts
On October 01 2020 20:43 Anc13nt wrote: Need some advice for staying awake. Coffee and tea make me feel anxious and generally uncomfortable. I often regret having to use them to stay up and I'm not sure if they are even very useful tbh. I don't like napping either because it messes up my sleep schedule. I know that there are very few options beyond these but any advice would be appreciated. Playing BW used to help me stay awake for long hours but I had to uninstall because I was playing it a bit too much. Get out, go for a walk. Breath in some fresh air. Move some muscles. Get your blood pressure up. Probably the healthiest way to stay awake  | ||
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TelecoM
United States10645 Posts
edit : JK LOL , I would suggest watching a tv show / movie that gives you a lot of mental motivation. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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CadenZie
Korea (South)545 Posts
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TelecoM
United States10645 Posts
On October 02 2020 01:22 CadenZie wrote: lie down in bed with the lights off and get comfy but then just make sure you dont fall asleep its so comfy and relaxing, your eyelids start to feel heavy, but the comfort is nice, relax, lay down, sleep~~~ I don't think you read the blog lol | ||
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Starlightsun
United States1405 Posts
reverse psychology technique | ||
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Alejandrisha
United States6565 Posts
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Anc13nt
1557 Posts
On October 02 2020 01:07 Jerubaal wrote: Can we ask why you need to stay awake? just need to squeeze more time out of the day to get work done tbh | ||
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Vivax
21767 Posts
One can really just reccommend aerobic physical exercise to increase one's endurance without stimulants. I envy you because I'm more of an insomniac and constantly struggle to keep a regular sleep schedule. | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
You can try different teas as well. Green tea or white tea might make you feel better than coffee or black tea. | ||
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Incomplete..ReV
Norway612 Posts
On October 02 2020 15:24 Anc13nt wrote: just need to squeeze more time out of the day to get work done tbh Frankly, if you struggle to stay away to get stuff done it rather sounds like the actual problem is that you have too much stuff going on. Helping you stay awake sounds like helping you get burned out. At which point you certainly won't be able to do much at all. Get enough sleep! | ||
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JoinTheRain
Bulgaria408 Posts
Just recently I read about sleeping and rest. I took this from Wikipedia, it might be of use to you: Chronic sleep loss can impact performance similarly to total sleep loss and recent studies have shown that cognitive impairment after 17 hours of wakefulness is similar to impairment from an elevated blood alcohol level. It has been suggested that work overload and circadian de-synchronization may cause performance impairment. Those who perform shift work suffer from increased fatigue because the timing of their sleep/wake schedule is out of sync with natural daylight (see Shift work syndrome). They are more prone to auto and industrial accidents as well as a decreased quality of work and productivity on the job. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6685 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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FaZiNaTe
Germany290 Posts
On October 01 2020 20:43 Anc13nt wrote: Need some advice for staying awake. Coffee and tea make me feel anxious and generally uncomfortable. I often regret having to use them to stay up and I'm not sure if they are even very useful tbh. I don't like napping either because it messes up my sleep schedule. I know that there are very few options beyond these but any advice would be appreciated. Playing BW used to help me stay awake for long hours but I had to uninstall because I was playing it a bit too much. Well all has psychology reasons You are not alone with this challenge. What I do is meditating and Chakra work. Your challenge resonates with the Solaplexus - which is responsible for your energy that moves in and out of yur body. This may be not the "common reply" here on TL, but more and more people open up to those themes. Also I can highly recommend a clean food week. For example only vegetables and fruits for a week. This helps to improve the stomach. Like a coffee machine needs *anti kalk* every some month. Humans also should detox their body a lot more often. Anyway if SC2 or Gaming keeps you awake , maybe you should play again D: just do what you are passionate about. I did not do it for some time. All the best. | ||
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DM8
26 Posts
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art_of_turtle
United States1181 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland23666 Posts
On October 02 2020 15:24 Anc13nt wrote: just need to squeeze more time out of the day to get work done tbh You could alternatively look at how your day works for you and where you have good energy/focus and work around that. Having just started school again it took me about 2 weeks to realise I couldn’t ram in overtime at my job and be out of the house until 10/11 and catch up studying hours until late doors. One, the information wasn’t being assimilated very efficiently and I was just getting cumulatively more tired trying to do this schedule that demonstrably didn’t work so I had to make changes | ||
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_fool
Netherlands672 Posts
https://www.sleepadvisor.org/coffee-nap/ Bottom line: - ingest caffeine - take a 20 minute nap, which clears all your adenosine receptors (adenosine is the stuff that makes you tired/drowsy) - caffeine kicks in, filling all available adenosine receptors. - new adenosine cannot attach itself to a receptor because they're all blocked - you don't get tired for a long time | ||
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