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  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nztoMemes@sopuli.xyzOften
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    9 days ago

    I had terrible insomnia as a late teen/early 20’s guy.

    What “fixed” it for me was rock climbing (indoor sports walls). It’s both physically and mentally challenging. When you are climbing you are focused on the climb and noting else. The exercise helps tire you out and gives you a boost in endorphins when you a done.

    I’m still a very light sleeper 20 years later; but I rarely get less than 5 hours a night these days.

    I still climb once a week.

    The root cause of my insomnia was rumination; I literally couldn’t stop thinking about all the stuff happening. Rock climbing forced my mind to focus on something productive the exercise helped tire my body out so that it was ready for sleep. Getting both body and mind ready for sleep helped so much.

    This is my experience; I hope it can give you some help.



  • Miss, your shirt has a slur on it. Which one is it? Um, it’s all of them.

    “Oh I know, I’m satirizing the propensity of westerners wearing clothes with words on them they don’t understand”

    “But, but, they are all terrible slurs, doesn’t that make you a bad person? You could have picked any random shit!”

    “Yes, but then you wouldn’t have said anything, I get much more of a reaction this way” (thinking smugly, I am so smart)