It's been a while since I posted here, because I got caught up participating in a sleep study aimed at getting me back into something resembling a normal sleep pattern. It's going ok, but the sleep deprivation stage was pure hell. 5 hours is not enough.



Anyway, so I got to thinking about how much my mood fluctuates, and how often this is reflected in my daydreams and just how much I rely on daydreams to balance out my mood. This troubles me. Somedays, daydreaming is the only thing… Continue

Finally fixed my sleeping problem... I went clubbing.



I stayed out dancing til 2am then went back to my sister's place and crashed there until the room got too bright at 7am. Couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up. And the following day, back at home, a phone call from a very confused person asking if they'd called Hong's Chinese woke me at 7.15am. The day after that, I set an alarm for 7am and *stuck to it*. Then, I decided that 7am might be just a shade early and changed it to… Continue

Alternative title: F*** sleeping, I'm going to daydream instead.



I am currently on a 5am-1pm sleep cycle, desperately trying to break out of it, but to no avail. For the past few weeks, I have been trying to go to sleep earlier, but I end up daydreaming until dawn instead.



To aid me in my quest for sleep, I have tried chamomile tea before bed, warm milk, a snack so I'm not hungry, cooling my room, changing the sheets, changing my pyjamas, setting regular hour for… Continue

Ok, so for as long as I can remember, I have felt somewhat different to my age cohort, never really fitting in and always holding a large part of myself back. I figured that people my age wouldn't understand that most of my life is tangled up in make-believe, and that I'd be even more of an outcast if they ever found out.



I can't remember exactly when the daydreaming began to get out of hand, but I'm pretty sure I was still in my mother country at the time. I always got into trouble… Continue