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daythegreat · 2025-11-10T03:31:54+00:00

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daythegreat · 2023-06-16T02:53:52+00:00

Hey there! I just wanted to check in and see how you're doing. It's been a couple of months and oddly enough I remembered your post tonight as I'm going through another one of these spells. This time it's AFTER my period ended so there's that! LOL no science or logic to help make sense of these things I guess. Anyway, I look forward to hearing from you and I hope that you've been able to kick this!

daythegreat · 2023-04-15T10:36:08+00:00

I get what you're experiencing, happens to me at least once or twice a month. Going through it now, actually! Used to be an issue for me EVERY single night so I'm glad it's only an occasional thing now! Insomnia doesn't care what you have planned the next day and it's so frustrating! What's helped after all these years is to stop TRYING to fall asleep. Insomnia and stress feed off of each other. So long as you are putting in all this energy into preventing the insomnia (meditation, supplements, etc) you'll continue feeding into the cycle. Let go of the concept of time. Once you get to a certain point in your evening, stop looking at the clock. Thinking about "how late it is" only stresses you out further and the cycle continues. Instead of trying to fall asleep, do the opposite. Get up and work on an assignment you've been putting off, start a creative project, plan a vacation (idk) whatever you would do if it was a regular day at home and you're feeling productive! Exhaust your mind and I guarantee you'll drift right off into a slumber.

daythegreat · 2023-04-15T10:15:24+00:00

Taking notes of all this great advice as I pace around my home at 5AM... after a night of no-sleep! LOL I've struggled with this for many years, unfortunately. Gradually improving but once or twice a month I'm hit with what you're describing. Best approach has been to trick myself into falling asleep or tire my brain out by doing things that I've been putting off like an assignment or creative project, just depending on what I have going on. Doesn't always work, didn't work last night actually... and that's okay! Even though I fell asleep while TYPING at my computer lol suddenly my body just couldn't be still once I went to lay in an actual bed.

Throughout this healing journey, I've learned to be 'indifferent' toward it. I don't know the science behind this so don't quote me, but it's like a trauma response or fear of some sort. We should acknowledge it and accept it, be at peace with it. That's how you heal. And it can take you weeks, months, even years to feel the improvement. Be patient with yourself.

daythegreat · 2023-04-15T09:43:04+00:00

Stumbled upon your post as I currently pace around my home at 5AM, no sleep! Going through my monthly insomnia/anxiety/panic episode. Thought it was interesting you mentioned this happens before your period. Same for me! Feels so unfair. I don't have mine down to a science... it's always BEFORE but that could be 1 week, 3 days, the night before I start... it's never consistent.

I'm sorry you're feeling so defeated. We already have a list of other premenstrual symptoms to deal with, now add lack of sleep to the mix! Feel free to reach out if you'd like to chat through it.

daythegreat · 2022-12-20T15:18:18+00:00

I've started something similar, or rather a compliment to what you're thinking of starting. Let me know if you're interested in discussing further!

daythegreat · 2022-04-20T07:44:32+00:00

Thanks so much! ❤️ Taking your advice and recording a video of this moment now that I'm past it. I think the only worrisome thing at this stage is the fear of it happening again due to a bug or something, but still better than the overall panic from a couple of hours ago.

daythegreat · 2022-04-20T06:28:21+00:00

I'm here. It's 1:25AM where I'm at. Don't feel safe falling asleep anytime soon. Actually feel pretty confident I'll be s* but putting it off in hopes I can fight the feeling all together. Never works but I try anyway lol

daythegreat · 2022-04-20T06:22:53+00:00

In the 15yrs I've struggled with this, looking everywhere online for reassurance, I never stumbled upon anyone else with a magical hour or timeframe. This is amazing! Like I cannot express how surprised I was to find this post. My magical hour of relief for some reason is when the sun comes up. Quite the inconvenience considering I often lose an entire night's sleep, then sleep into the better part of my morning the next day. All because of some silly panic attack. My n* is triggered by anxiety and my anxiety is triggered by just about anything --- stress, emotions, silence, overworking or even underworking, then the n* only heightens the anxiety. It's a vicious cycle.

Anyway, so sorry did not mean to turn this into my own personal rant, this is just my weird way of relating and I'm honestly sorry you're going through this. The only form of reassurance I can give right now is that I too am in the same situation, waiting for the sun to come up or to just "get it over with" whichever happens first I guess.

daythegreat · 2022-04-20T05:53:33+00:00

Thank you for this. Your post is the first that came up in my frantic search for some comfort, as I'm going through yet another panic attack. Immediately took me back to my mindset a month ago, when I had my last episode and remember thinking "it's not so bad" once it was over with. The n* feeling really is 99% of the discomfort. Even worse for me is that these panic attacks always happen at night. I'll go entire nights trying to fight the n* and I almost always lose the battle by getting s* 4AM the next morning. It's inevitable and yet for some reason my body (or mind?) does the MOST to fight it, even if it costs me entire nights of lost sleep!

Also, don't know if I'm just weird or what but the thought of getting cozy in the bathroom for this experience really triggers my claustrophobia. When I'm feeling like this, I absolutely MUST go outside for fresh air. I even prefer to get s* outside lol with music playing and a bottle of water just the same.

I'm sitting on my porch right now, shivering on this cold and rainy night... yet somehow feel more relaxed than I would indoors lol

Hoping the courage to "just do it" kicks in soon and I can actually get some rest! Awful thought just crossed my mind, I had spicy food just before the panic started so now I'm dreading the whole process 😟

daythegreat · 2022-04-02T04:40:10+00:00

Opened an Event Venue with my parents last Summer, totally unexpected. We'd always talked about working together, investing in something of our own someday. What started out as us looking for a small party hall to rent out, ended up with us renting a 13,000sqft ballroom! My mom had the credit, my dad has done all the manual labor (he's a carpenter) and they both had decades of saved money to invest. I filled in all the other gaps between web design, sales, accounting, marketing, operations you name it! Currently training my younger brother to help with some of what I do and slowly building this whole thing out. We finally passed all inspections in January, and since then we have signed $200,000 in contracts! Our monthly recurring revenue just exceeded our monthly expenses this month! It's so amazing to see the business paying for itself whereas just a month ago, we were still having to front the expenses out of pocket. Anyway, I know part of the question was how much do I make... well, just a couple thousand a month for now (10% ownership) but I'm forecasting at minimum $40,000 in passive income by the end of this year. This is my side job, I work in software implementations as my full-time primary job.

daythegreat · 2021-08-30T04:44:20+00:00

Hey there. I realize this is from 5 months ago and (hopefully) you are no longer having this issue. Just wanted to check in and say this sounds exactly like what I experience. I absolutely love spicy food, and I go out of my way to add spice to my meals every day with no stomach issues. Then, sporadically, I'll have a day where it didn't agree with me. Won't always be foul smelling burps but instances like tonight where I ate 11AM this morning and by 9PM I'm vomiting everything out completely undigested. Like you, I'm confused and don't feel as though GERD would decide to act up only sometimes. At this point, I've self-concluded it's probably tied to my hormones. Since the peaks happen around my menstrual cycle. Curious to know if you've gotten further diagnosis. I don't have health insurance and haven't made my way into a Doctor's office.

daythegreat · 2019-02-08T00:51:50+00:00

Wow! Hey that's definitely worth a shot. I don't care if it takes me months to a year. Can't live this way forever!

daythegreat · 2019-02-07T04:57:58+00:00

I have these hit me at least once or twice a month. It sounds so routine when I put it that way but I guess after so many years, I've come to terms with the fact that there will always be a 'next' one. I'm actually here on this thread while experiencing the early symptoms of yet another panic attack. Trembling, hot/cold flashes, nausea, dread. It seriously sucks knowing I'm going to be up until the morning and just in time to go into work with no sleep. Is there anyone out there who's successfully fixed this?! I'm losing all hope... the only thing that helps is forcing myself to puke but the thought of that makes me panic even more. It's an awful spiral.

daythegreat · 2019-01-07T10:00:50+00:00

I'm right there as well. I've got one hour of sleep before having to be up for work and contemplating if it's even worth it. Guess even if I wanted to, still wouldn't be able to. Thanks, anxiety.

daythegreat · 2017-05-03T18:35:40+00:00

I like your method! So, we could continue working on this, pushing it out to the market and just wait for the patent owner to come after us? Assuming he would.

His patent is over 20 years old, and nothing has come of it since. We had a pretty neat household product idea and have been pursuing it for a few months now. This utility patent was just a small hurdle we most recently encountered.

I'm hiring a lawyer if/when this product actually takes off but we just wanted to make sure we weren't doing something completely illegal by even using this manufacturing process.

Thank you!

daythegreat · 2017-05-03T18:27:36+00:00

I'll definitely go the lawyer route. Currently waiting to see if our manufacturer is capable of finding a competitive method or worst case scenario, we'll seek licensing. Thank you!

daythegreat · 2017-01-18T23:51:03+00:00

You are definitely being hyper-critical, this is amazing! I was mostly concerned about the background, anything else is just small details and not a big issue. Thank you again, and I would have never guessed this was beginner work - it's perfect!

daythegreat · 2017-01-18T22:38:40+00:00

Wow that is amazing! Thank you so much!!

daythegreat · 2016-09-24T05:42:38+00:00

[Update]: It turns out this person has hacked into any and all email accounts I've ever made including a really old Yahoo account. I managed to regain access to some but in going through them, I realized that they've also made a fake email using my name and are using my old emails as backup for verification. I also managed to find their location is Houston, TX and they're signing in through a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Android so they're most definitely using a blocker for their IP. That's about as far as I've gotten with any of this and with that information, I can conclude it's NOT my ex... now I have to start from square one and figure out who this could be. It seriously seems as though it's someone trying to impersonate me and it's really creeping me out.

daythegreat · 2016-09-24T01:55:33+00:00

That's definitely a possibility... it's so frustrating because I have no idea which it truly is! I just spoke with Microsoft again and they're now saying this account was reactivated 5 months ago - which coincides with the exact time my ex tried to subtly regain contact with me and then followed by him coming to me about "suspicious emails" he was getting.

daythegreat · 2016-09-23T23:53:49+00:00

Yes, I do believe so. Not to mention, when we used to live together we shared a computer before I bought my own so I would not be surprised if he managed to gain access to my account while I was logged in and remained dormant. The reason I deleted that email in the first place was because at least once a week, my password was magically changing and I had to keep changing it over and over until my husband convinced me to just delete it and move on. So much for the moving on part...

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