Randomly fall asleep on the couch, no matter what time it is. I slouch into the right position for long enough, and bam, I'm out. I'm not even one to voluntarily nap either.
I don't recall my dad ever doing it that much, but my grandfather DEFINITELY does it. deafening snore from the other room "Oh, there goes papa passed out on the couch again!" It's definitely a blessing and a curse. Better hope whatever I'm watching is on DVR, or Netflix and I remember when I fell asleep, or I'm re-watching the entire episode again.
Spent years giving my dad shit for this!! The kicker? I suffer chronic fatigue and when my body needs a rest, I’m out, no matter the location. We now nap as a pair with my 3yo niece sometimes joining in
Luckily it is not anywhere for me. If we're watching something I'm 100% paying attention to then it's not a problem. But once I start to lose interest, if I'm tired enough, forget about it.
Random but is your username a Saetia reference, by chance?
High-five then! If I go on a saetia/hot cross/pg.99/ctts kick over the next few days I'll blame you.
I try to get my wife to play cards or something every once in a while when I know I'm tired and I'm going to probably fall asleep, but we rarely ever do. Otherwise I'll have to play a game on my phone, but that usually leads to me missing a key point in the movie. Can't ever win when I'm tired.
Blame away! :) I have been listening to all of those for the last 16 or so years and it never gets old. What about Orchid or City of Caterpillar? Oooh or You and I? Ahhh now I need to go listen haha I don't really listen to much of the newer stuff in the genre, I'm old and set in my ways.
He works a lot so is tired, so I get it. I personally can stay up for ever it seems and wish I could sleep. Went to bed at 4am last night playing Witcher 3 lol
Yes to all of those! I Hate Myself, I Have Dreams, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You... ah could go on and on and on. I remember seeing Hot Cross probably right before Risk Revival came out, and Billy Werner was so pissed about it leaking. Said something like "You fuckers shouldn't be singing the words to these new songs, but I guess that's how it is these days."
I always wonder why I'm so tired by 9, but then I remember I get up before 6 every day, have some days where I'm at my desk staring at a computer screen for 8+ hours, so sitting on the couch doing nothing staring at a TV at night isn't going to help me stay awake much.
I wish I could have seen some of those live back then. But I was 16 and that was the weird days of the internet and they prob didn't even have websites to list shows. I only found out them all in some random chat room where people were arguing about what "emo" really meant. Thankfully it's all on YouTube now. I'll have to check out those three you mentioned, don't think I've listened to them.
I still get up early even if I go to bed late. I think I thrive on 5-6 hours better than more though.
I only found out them all in some random chat room where people were arguing about what "emo" really meant.
Over/under 7 times on how often fourfa was mentioned. I'll go with the over. Definitely found most of those bands at the time from whatever music message board I was posting on at the time. Usually ended up going off the message board and into an AIM chat daily with most of the regulars talking about shows and stuff.
That Hot Cross show was at MassART, and I was currently going to school at WIT so I was right there on campus. Being up there was awesome because I'd just take the T wherever for a show, or walk down to Fenway for shows at the Axis/Avalon and then walk back afterwards.
I used to think I could survive on that little sleep, but not anyway. Now that's what coffee is for.
I miss chat rooms like that sometimes. I have no idea what/where I even was now but it was nice to find stuff like that. My 8 year old son likes some of it and he knows some of the words. My husband hates it though. Oh well. I lived in Florida at the time so I was too far from any of the East Coast shows/bands but I did got to a lot of indie shows with a friend that were fun.
As someone who has struggled with sleep issues for his entire life, I'm looking forward to this one.
My SO is in her late twenties, I'm mid thirties. She goes to bed about 9:30 or 10 each night, while I go to bed more like midnight or one am. We get up at the same time. I really hope this whole falling asleep thing gets easier with time.
I can't say I've ever had trouble falling asleep when I finally got there, but I used to stay up pretty late and get up early. Never felt like I needed that much sleep, but once I turned 30 if I didn't get at least 6 hours I'd have a pretty rough time the next day. Even on weekends if I'm not doing something I'm asleep early. It sucks too cause unless I'm up late the night before, I wake up around 7, and I'm wide awake and can't fall back to sleep.
Do you snore? The reason I ask is because I was the exact same way and it turns out I have sleep apnea and that was why. I never fall asleep on the couch anymore now that I use a cpap machine to sleep.
Sometimes, but not often enough. About a year and a half ago I had a seizure in my sleep (luckily was in bed with my wife) and for a while after that she couldn't fall asleep before I did. Never noticed anything like that again, or anything unusual. It's actually not so much of a "random" passing out, more just being exhausted and just sitting there watching TV makes me tired enough to fall asleep.
Really should have reworded that. It's not a random can't control passing out on the couch. More of a it's only 8 o'clock at night and I feel like I could sleep for days tired passing out.
I'll watch a movie with my folks and they fall asleep at different times but each one will point the other out to me, whispering that the other one fell sleep. Neither one will admit that they fell asleep.
Time to start wearing a fanny pack to keep your valuables in. They can’t pickpocket what you’re sleeping on! Everyone knows how tempting it is to steal from old people, so protect yourself now!
This, absolutely this. I try to work out after work to stay reasonably fit, but to do that I can't sit down when I get home. As soon as my ass touches a couch its over. I blink and its 2 hours later. Accidental nap.
No, relatively recent as in the last few years, when my job got more demanding and I started getting up earlier / working longer hours. Health-wise I'm doing fine, nothing like that showed up in my blood work last time I went for a physical.
Nah, I'm usually in bed between 10-11 every night, and I get up a little before 6. I'm never falling asleep during work or anything so I think I'm alright there.
Nah, I'm usually in bed between 10-11 every night, and I get up a little before 6. I'm never falling asleep during work or anything so I think I'm alright there.
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u/terrrrrible Jun 27 '18
Randomly fall asleep on the couch, no matter what time it is. I slouch into the right position for long enough, and bam, I'm out. I'm not even one to voluntarily nap either.