I have a lot of them. Sleep and I are in an… enemies to lovers kind of relationship.

There’s hate-fucking, is what I’m saying. I hate it so much and it’s all I want.

Some of my advice might be bad advice due to my ADHD but I can’t tell what might work for you so.

Also, I have left off a lot of stuff that I have done that is… not good. If you need harm reduction options, let me know.

1. I wear an eye-mask. The gentle, soft, cool (not cold!) pressure is a reminder to my brain that it’s bed-time.

2. Don’t eat too close to bed.

3. Make sure there’s nothing uncomfortable (like a tag from the sheets) touching me.

4. Play a TV show I find comforting but that doesn’t need my 100% attention, at a low enough volume that I can’t quite hear it unless I’m very, very, very quiet. This helps make me some moving/jittering/jiggling. (I play Futurama. Can’t get a nightmare from Futurama.)

5. I take l-theanine. It’s supposed to make people “alert” and “calm” but my doctor recommended it to me and it’s sedating effect is so strong it significantly drops my blood pressure. (Very useful if I have to take stimulant medication.)

6. Which leads to I take prescription medication. It doesn’t quite do it, and is hit-or-miss, hence the list.

Mine made me capable of surviving almost anything. Which is terrible. But you can spin that, for your resume.

No but I edit for readability for ADHD, and also I limit the wordcount.

I’ve been using stuff like “capable in a changing environment” and “adept at multitasking” to mean “I have CPTSD and ADHD” for years.

This, and other equally valuable reasons, are why I choose “I Will Survive,” by Gloria Gaynor.

I still say “Hamstray” to myself whenever I remember Homestar Runner.

“It’s dot com!”

I mean… Marvin is highly entertaining.

But no, I wouldn’t want him actually around me.

Same.

Executive dysfunction be like.

A “degree of nervousness” among corporate executives is just what I need to get my motor running.

I always tell people that!

“No one is coming to save you. You need to start saving yourself.”

Fuck! How did I miss the most unhelpful option?

And now I’m here to fight with both of you, not about what you’re arguing about, but I’m going to police your tone and call you both stupid because you didn’t argue in the arbitrary fashion I’ve determined is “correct!”

This is the least helpful contribution I can make, while simultaneously attacking you both!

Medium answer: you bet.

I told a story about how one of the only time I stood up to my awful mother was about this very thing.

I spent time complaining about Bush, and my mother would always whine that you “have” to support the president.

The minute Obama won, she came to me parroting some sort of Fox nonsense, and I engaged her for a while before realizing, “You have to support the president!” She pointed out that I didn’t blindly support Bush, and I answered that I believe it’s the job of all citizens to question their government (as I openly criticized Obama many times), but she believed you have to “support the president,” so when she didn’t, she was a hypocrite.

One of the few times I pushed back, and one of the few times she was actually silenced by logic. A memory I hold dear.

Well that person said no man is an island, and the ones who want to be are assholes.

Does that describe you? Do you want to be an island?

Or Stardew Valley getting new content 9 years later.

Appreciate it but luckily it was like 30 years ago.

I immediately thought this is a person on opiates.

Source: saw my mother do this when I was young.

Hyperintelligent aliens should understand that comedy shouldn’t punch down!