not being able to sleep

[cinist]

ill bet it was the movie that kept you up mikey, it was the darkness!
..... i had a horror movie moment when we got to the parking garage last night. we went and got a beer at_______, not a landmark...and then we lost each other in the parking garage, and every level we each checked we couldnt find the car and then i found it but didnt know where willis went and the place was empty, still and quiet. so i drove the garage looking for willis bumping N.W.A so that the ghosts would know i was a gangster and not fuck around, and then i found him and wasnt scurrred no more


then i sleptAHA

[benyamean]

Fuck, I hate not being able to sleep, used to not be able to sleep for years in elementary school. Anyways, my dad recently taught me a breathing technique that really seems to help (it can also wake me up, or calm me down,lol)
Breath in for 10 seconds through your mouth, then hold your breath for 10 seconds. Finally, exhale through your mouth for 20 seconds. Hope that helps..

[veN]

Originally Posted by benyamean

Fuck, I hate not being able to sleep, used to not be able to sleep for years in elementary school. Anyways, my dad recently taught me a breathing technique that really seems to help (it can also wake me up, or calm me down,lol)
Breath in for 10 seconds through your mouth, then hold your breath for 10 seconds. Finally, exhale through your mouth for 20 seconds. Hope that helps..

I learned a breathing technique in yoga (I'm groggy and forgetting the name right now) but it has a similar principle. You plug one nostril and breath in for 4 counts, then hold the breath for 4 counts and then release the breath out the opposite nostril for 8 counts. Then breathe 4 counts in that same nostril you just reeased the breath from, hold for 4 and breath out the opposite nostril for 8. U should calm yourelf by doing this, not pass out. My instructor said it helps settle u for sleeping and I have used it a few times myself. I'm not sure if I described this well - it may be better with an in-person demo. At any rate, controlling your breathing and focusing on it is a body-calming strategy no matter how u do it (with the exception of repeated quick, shallow breathes).

I woke up lots in the night last night and Matt said I was tossing and turning a ton. I attriubte that to the scary movie! Thanks for the passes to Darkness, Mikey! Scary stuff. I nearly broke Matt's hand!