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Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
October 01 2020 11:43 GMT
#1
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.

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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6860 Posts
October 01 2020 12:04 GMT
#2
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
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10668 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-01 13:05:07
October 01 2020 13:03 GMT
#3
You should try Cocaine.

edit : JK LOL , I would suggest watching a tv show / movie that gives you a lot of mental motivation.
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Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
October 01 2020 16:07 GMT
#4
Can we ask why you need to stay awake?
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
CadenZie
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Korea (South)545 Posts
October 01 2020 16:22 GMT
#5
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~~~
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10668 Posts
October 01 2020 17:42 GMT
#6
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
Profile Blog Joined June 2016
United States1405 Posts
October 01 2020 18:14 GMT
#7
On October 02 2020 02:42 TelecoM wrote:
Show nested quote +
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


reverse psychology technique
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-02 02:49:51
October 02 2020 02:49 GMT
#8
the more i 'try' to fall asleep the less success i have. maybe there's something there
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Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
October 02 2020 06:24 GMT
#9
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
Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
21959 Posts
October 02 2020 06:49 GMT
#10
Maybe it isn't the coffee and tea that make you anxious, but just staying up for longer upon taking them?

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.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
October 02 2020 07:54 GMT
#11
Eat healthy and get fresh air and exercise. I find that it makes both staying awake easier when I want to, and falling asleep easier when I want to as well.

You can try different teas as well. Green tea or white tea might make you feel better than coffee or black tea.
Incomplete..ReV
Profile Joined August 2017
Norway632 Posts
October 02 2020 08:55 GMT
#12
On October 02 2020 15:24 Anc13nt wrote:
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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


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!
It's ok. I still love you <3
JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria408 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-02 09:42:29
October 02 2020 09:37 GMT
#13
Indeed, do not try to rebel against nature, at least 6 hours and 30 minutes of sleep is required for us. Less sleep even for a short amount of time brings severe side effects. It is what it is and we have to respect our biology. It it utter nonsense to sleep less in order to get more work done. This is you saying: "I want to impede my mental and physical health so I can work more."
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.
The subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6860 Posts
October 02 2020 09:40 GMT
#14
It also really depends on the quality of the work. When I'm in the office, everything I do after 10 hours of work, I can pretty much delete the next day because it's awful
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
October 02 2020 11:14 GMT
#15
Yes, ironically, the key to staying awake is getting enough sleep. My suggestion is go to bed as early as possible at the same time every day. If you go to sleep at 10pm or something, you'll find yourself waking up extremely refreshed. You'll never have a more productive time than from 6-8 am after a good 6-8 hours.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
FaZiNaTe
Profile Joined August 2009
Germany290 Posts
October 02 2020 16:24 GMT
#16
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
Profile Joined July 2020
26 Posts
October 02 2020 21:41 GMT
#17
Io la attendeva intra, ma illa stava supra
art_of_turtle
Profile Blog Joined September 2012
United States1183 Posts
October 03 2020 00:57 GMT
#18
have you tried playing video games?
Flash should fear Sacsri
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24885 Posts
October 03 2020 10:30 GMT
#19
On October 02 2020 15:24 Anc13nt wrote:
Show nested quote +
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

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
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
_fool
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands676 Posts
October 03 2020 14:59 GMT
#20
Try the Espresso Nap(tm)!

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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