Deli lyfe v.10 let's share our life problems edition because apparently we're all miserable
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Woke up the other day. Was tired. Found a case for The Golden Compass or something like that on my floor. Daniel Craig was on it. Thought to myself: What the fuck are you doing Bond?
Also found myself on the floor one morning on the bottom floor of my house about 3 weeks ago. Not sure how I got there seeing as my bed's on the second floor. Happens every few months or so. Starting to think my uncle wasn't lying when he said I sleep walk.... My brother claims he can hear me yelling loudly in my sleep too. Generally nonsense that's ever so slightly related to the day before according to him. 0-0 Halp.
Edit: Before you suggest it, I don't drink. I'm 17 for christ's sake.
[QUOTE=Timebomb575;46389141]yes, because realistic spying makes for pretty boring movies by and large[/QUOTE]
...You know I have it on pretty good authority that this isn't the case. I mean, yeah, the grunt work usually isn't exciting, but there are a lot of real-world stories that would make great fodder for films (Read about Downey and Fecteau for example), and stuff like Syriana and The Good Shepherd show that you can make entertaining films about things more plausible than supervillains with death rays. That's really all I'm looking for but they seem to be few and far between.
Im finding more and more I'm horribly lazy and completely lack the focus or drive to do anything but sit and play video games all day. Which I feel like shit about, because my parents are paying for all my college.
I also completely didn't do my math homework so thats a massive fucking hole in my math grade now (I hate online shit so much). And while I want to become an Aero and Astro engineer working for an astronautics company I cannot for the life of me connect that dream to my reality and get motivated about it.
I mean, in the rare moments I focus I can get decent work done but thats few and far between. And even when I force myself to sit down and do hw, my mind goes somehwere else and I don't feel I retain anything done (which is what I'm doing now for my physics test on monday, doing ALL the HW problems for each chapter we covered)
[QUOTE=TheMrFailz;46389181]Woke up the other day. Was tired. Found a case for The Golden Compass or something like that on my floor. Daniel Craig was on it. Thought to myself: What the fuck are you doing Bond?
Also found myself on the floor one morning on the bottom floor of my house about 3 weeks ago. Not sure how I got there seeing as my bed's on the second floor. Happens every few months or so. Starting to think my uncle wasn't lying when he said I sleep walk.... My brother claims he can hear me yelling loudly in my sleep too. Generally nonsense that's ever so slightly related to the day before according to him. 0-0 Halp.
Edit: Before you suggest it, I don't drink. I'm 17 for christ's sake.[/QUOTE]
Talk to your doctor about getting in to see a sleep specialist and see if he feels there's reason enough to schedule an NPSG. Chances are nothing will happen on that particular night but there might be something going on worth keeping an eye on.
On the topic of crazy parties, I had one last night.
I ate some tortellini, we watched some Family Feud and Silence of the Lambs, we set all the clocks back an hour, and then we went to sleep.
I've never experienced a "crazy" party.
[QUOTE=TheMrFailz;46389181]Also found myself on the floor one morning on the bottom floor of my house about 3 weeks ago. Not sure how I got there seeing as my bed's on the second floor. Happens every few months or so. Starting to think my uncle wasn't lying when he said I sleep walk.... My brother claims he can hear me yelling loudly in my sleep too. Generally nonsense that's ever so slightly related to the day before according to him. 0-0 Halp.
Edit: Before you suggest it, I don't drink. I'm 17 for christ's sake.[/QUOTE]
You've pretty much got the same problem as me except I yell every/ every other night and I thrash about in my bed. Which really bums me out because if I sleep over at someone's house I'll wake'em all up and if I share a bed with anyone I might punch them in face or kick the shit out of them. At least I don't sleep wake :v:
I've already seen a sleep doctor and they're either going to tell you in the end that you have sleep apnea or it's something else and you'll have to stay the night for sleep tests and such. fyi the only method of treating sleep apnea is to hook you up to a machine to keep your air ways open and they're loud af.
Also drinking doesn't influence this at all because I've had this problem since I was a wee baby.
[editline]2nd November 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=paindoc;46389278]Im finding more and more I'm horribly lazy and completely lack the focus or drive to do anything but sit and play video games all day. Which I feel like shit about, because my parents are paying for all my college.
I also completely didn't do my math homework so thats a massive fucking hole in my math grade now (I hate online shit so much). And while I want to become an Aero and Astro engineer working for an astronautics company I cannot for the life of me connect that dream to my reality and get motivated about it.
I mean, in the rare moments I focus I can get decent work done but thats few and far between. And even when I force myself to sit down and do hw, my mind goes somehwere else and I don't feel I retain anything done (which is what I'm doing now for my physics test on monday, doing ALL the HW problems for each chapter we covered)[/QUOTE]
Remind yourself of the reason why you chose to continue your education and what kind of future you want to have /don't want to have.
an entire abandoned town at our disposal for next sunday's airsoft game
Sounds like a plan to me
And on topic of deli life, I'm becoming pretty good at cheating tests, which I am not sure is a good thing to say.
[QUOTE=paindoc;46389278]Im finding more and more I'm horribly lazy and completely lack the focus or drive to do anything but sit and play video games all day. Which I feel like shit about, because my parents are paying for all my college.
I also completely didn't do my math homework so thats a massive fucking hole in my math grade now (I hate online shit so much). And while I want to become an Aero and Astro engineer working for an astronautics company I cannot for the life of me connect that dream to my reality and get motivated about it.
I mean, in the rare moments I focus I can get decent work done but thats few and far between. And even when I force myself to sit down and do hw, my mind goes somehwere else and I don't feel I retain anything done (which is what I'm doing now for my physics test on monday, doing ALL the HW problems for each chapter we covered)[/QUOTE]
Might want to get tested for ADHD, I used have the same problems and I didn't find out I had it until I got tested earlier this year
[QUOTE=StolenArc;46393181]Might want to get tested for ADHD, I used have the same problems and I didn't find out I had it until I got tested earlier this year[/QUOTE]
I had this same problem throughout all of school and my doctor diagnosed me with it earlier this year and put me on meds for it.
I'm being diagnosed for it with the meds for it. Fun!
Marijuana is the only medication I need. Any time I discontinue use, I immediately go back to needing my medicine multiple times per day. I only smoke at night, alone, in the privacy of my home. The lasting effects from each night leave me feeling great the next day. Very rarely will I have problems with my anxiety or depression following a night that I used marijuana. Its truly wonderful. I hope medical passes in Florida. I know I'll be voting for it on Tuesday.
Well, the problem is is that ADHD can be horribly overdiagnosed since a fair portion of doctors just throw medicine at the problem to avoid lawsuits. My parents also refuse to allow me to get it anyways, since im on their insurance Im kinda fucked.
also some of the side effects arent very pleasant, and it can cause personality changes in some individuals
Well you can look into treatments like neurofeedback, that's the treatment plan I'm on and I don't have to take any medicine at all
[QUOTE=paindoc;46393318]Well, the problem is is that ADHD can be horribly overdiagnosed since a fair portion of doctors just throw medicine at the problem to avoid lawsuits. My parents also refuse to allow me to get it anyways, since im on their insurance Im kinda fucked.
also some of the side effects arent very pleasant, and it can cause personality changes in some individuals[/QUOTE]
Yeah, taking medications willy-nilly is scary. I was prescribed an SSRI, and it completely changed who I was. It turned me in to an asshole and made me even more depressed than I was. Also anorgasmia. Fuck anorgasmia.
I tried medication to deal with my ADHD.
Worked really well until the effects wore off at late evening, and during that period I was EXTREMELY easy to piss off and it often ended up with huge fights where things broke.
I'll have to try that. Seeing a close family member get fucked up mentally by meds (totally 100% not her fault) has made me wary of medication as a method of treating stuff like that. And yeah, I already have anger issues as is so maybe shouldn't poke that further :v:
Nuerofeedback it is!
Good choice, my family was also reluctant to put me on meds because a lot of them have been recently linked to Gynecomastia and don't work at all for treating ADHD.
This entire day has been bullshit and I wish I could have skipped it.
Jesus, I have ADHD too. Everyone has it.
I honestly think it has to do with the constant reinforcement of shorter attention spans with electronics.
I think it can have its advantages, as it allows you to multitask and manage several streams of thought at once but I personally am very forgetful and absent minded (through several moves and international travels almost all of my teachers have called me the "absent minded professor").
[editline]2nd November 2014[/editline]
also I may disprove my own laziness thing here, I may be unfocused as fuck but I've spent the last several hours working problems for physics. Hard problems on the HW seem piss easy now, and I've been checking all my answers to make sure.
3 chapters down, 4 to go! Also post-lab and tutorial worksheets ._.
ADD/ADHD is bullshit
my friend who i met at cadet summer camp with had adhd and if he didn't take his pills he would get in fights every day but when he did he wouldn't eat anything at all and he passed out from lack of food or something
[QUOTE=paindoc;46394979]I honestly think it has to do with the constant reinforcement of shorter attention spans with electronics.
I think it can have its advantages, as it allows you to multitask and manage several streams of thought at once but I personally am very forgetful and absent minded (through several moves and international travels almost all of my teachers have called me the "absent minded professor").
[editline]2nd November 2014[/editline]
also I may disprove my own laziness thing here, I may be unfocused as fuck but I've spent the last several hours working problems for physics. Hard problems on the HW seem piss easy now, and I've been checking all my answers to make sure.
3 chapters down, 4 to go! Also post-lab and tutorial worksheets ._.[/QUOTE]
Honestly sometimes thanks to my ADHD I can't go to sleep sometimes as I'm thinking about 5 other things at once and last week was terrible I spent my time in my school's library and got distracted to the point that I got none of my work done and I got even more distracted when I tried finishing it at home but I've noticed lots of other improvements thanks to the treatments I've been receiving. But when I'm hungry I can't concentrate even if it depended on my life
The hunger thing! God damn it's annoying. I can sometimes force through it, but usually I just eat something or wait for dinner.
protip for anyone taking physics or high level math: Seriously do the fucking problems. EVERYONE SAYS IT. And they say it for a reason. Start with the basic ones, if your textbook is structured nicely the intro problems will slowly introduce you to concepts and tie it all together with the final, difficult problems. Except instead of being bone crushingly difficult they'll just require a bit of thought.
Also, with physics and high level math it is all about dat problem solving process. And practicing that is crucial. Yeah it sucks and is a lot of work and I'd so rather be playing KSP (except now I can do the math for hohmann transfers!) but it helps your grades and your understanding. SO DO THE DAMN WORK
I should have done the damn work from the start :v:
[QUOTE=Repulse`;46395424]ADD/ADHD is bullshit[/QUOTE]
As a camp counselor I worked with kids who have ADD/ADHD. I'm firmly in the discipline-your-kids camp and I know ADD is overdiagnosed when it isn't applicable, but there are actually people who just straight up cannot focus or concentrate and it's not just bad parenting. People who will do things like set off the smoke alarm because in the time it took them to go to the fridge they forgot about the pan on the stove, or miss things as important as weddings because they got distracted on the Internet. There are a lot of over-indulged kids raised on videogames and constant entertainment by shitty parents who are much quicker to trust a diagnosis and drugs than a frank evaluation of their parenting strategies, but there are also a lot of people who have a seriously life-affecting condition because their brain chemistry fucks them over.
For most of the kids (elementary to college) I've met whose supposed ADD/ADHD manifests as an inability to stop playing videogames and do their homework, it's a bullshit excuse. But it isn't just some nonexistent pathology invented to sell drugs, because there are a lot people for whom it's a real problem.
[QUOTE=paindoc;46396110]protip for anyone taking physics or high level math: Seriously do the fucking problems. EVERYONE SAYS IT. And they say it for a reason. Start with the basic ones, if your textbook is structured nicely the intro problems will slowly introduce you to concepts and tie it all together with the final, difficult problems. Except instead of being bone crushingly difficult they'll just require a bit of thought.
Also, with physics and high level math it is all about dat problem solving process. And practicing that is crucial. Yeah it sucks and is a lot of work and I'd so rather be playing KSP (except now I can do the math for hohmann transfers!) but it helps your grades and your understanding. SO DO THE DAMN WORK
I should have done the damn work from the start :v:[/QUOTE]
Damn, that reminds me I have to annotate a book for English class before tomorrow -_-
Deli Lyfe v.ADHD edition
I have ADD too and have been off my meds since elementary school, they turned me into a completely different person and I will never take them again. Bonus points for having a background in the medical field and knowing how complete and utter bullshit the modern idea of prescriptions is - treat the symptoms, not the underlying condition. Why? Simple: It's more profitable to treat symptoms. Never cure an illness if you can make oodles of money by simply treating its symptoms.
It's not right, but anyone who works in modern healthcare will tell you that's how it's done pretty much all across the board.
I'm late to the alcohol discussion but if my house was trashed and shit like that I'd murder somebody, which is why even though my property is 200% perfect for parties, I don't hold any.
People are fucking ridiculous though, especially throwing up into drawers. What the fuck is even the train of thought there? One night I was worse than ever before and I still sprinted outside and threw up (although not a lot, it was just a shot of Svedka straight that threw me over the edge.) even though stupid me was 10 feet from a bathroom.
On the flip side I've seen when people can't handle or pace and throw up everywhere and all I can say is "god damn, even on my worst nights that doesn't even happen to me"
It's crazy. I understand if someone is new to it, and I've been there and done that, sometimes it just happens, but it kind of amazes me sometimes. I drink and I always have a great time, it helps me unwind a [I]lot[/I] in a good way. Helps with a lot of anxiety I have built up, too. Although too much alcohol too often tends to be terrible.
I've tried weed and alcohol at the same time though. I still get nightmares and flashbacks. Kath knows exactly what I'm talking about. eughghhhghgh
All I ever drink is Whiskey, Everclear, and Rum along with other assorted non-beer drinks.
Boy, do I love mixing Captain and orange soda, that shit is delicious.
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