#like im sure im having sleep attacks but idk if my experiences line up w narcolepsy or IH or something else

[www-girl]

Question about Narcolepsy from someone who has been trying to get a sleep study for well over a year (unsuccessfully, obviously):

After a sleep attack is it normal to feel back to normal or still tired? Or say after a round of sleep attacks? How long do they last, and do you dream/hallucinate during them? Or really what's your experience with sleep attacks + with energy levels post sleep attack.

Btw if you prefer to submit anons about it, those will be on. Any help, well, helps.

[weirdlizard26]

For the ask meme? All of them.

jay,,,

give me a sec to edit this post ok

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

wine glasses are like reading glasses except you wear them while drinking wine

i’d say water bottles but only the ones that can handle heat and stuff and not poison your drink with plastic or whatever

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

i havent had a lollipop in a good while so thats my choice

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

havent tried either but boy i’d love to try just a little bit of cotton candy at leastonce

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

bro,,,,,, that was like 10 years ago, how am i supposed to remember that,,,,,,,

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

i usually drink soda from plastic cups but honestly? nothing beats the experience of sipping that sweet sweet ambrosia from the bottle,,, but also i’d love to try soda in a can some day!

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

idk what half of these would look like but sportswear always wins in my book

7. earbuds or headphones?

ok i actually googled whats the difference and im more of an earbuds person! theyrejust safer i think and it makes me kinda anxious when im home listening tomusic and cant hear anything going on around me

8. movies or tv shows?

tv shows! well, unless the episodes are like 40 minutes or a full hour because its hard to focus for that long kfjsndkfs

9. favorite smell in the summer?

pavement after rain and also. grass.

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

haha thats a funny joke you made there *starts crying*

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

just a couple of meat+cheese+mayo sandwiches! if its summer mom cuts tomatoes or cucumbers for us and as they start getting more and more expensive we replace them with pickles!

12. name of your favorite playlist?

sorry i couldnt choose!

13. lanyard or key ring?

key ring!

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

aaaa i love fruit flavored ones!

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

aaaaaaaa i dont remember if it was elementary or middle school but we were assigned this really cool ukrainian book that ive actually read before they assigned it. well, nobody here will recognize it but it was Тореадори з Васюківки by Всеволод Нестайко and it was about 2 boys who were best friends growing up in the countryside and they went on adventures and had fun and their friendship made me so happy,,, i guess i was all for cool friendship portrayal even back then! it was mostly laughs and jokes but some moments were actually serious and hit me really hard and i remember them to this day actually

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

its a myth, sitting was created as a personal attack on me

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

my trusty old sneakers!! theyre all black and the sole is very soft and nice

18. ideal weather?

when the sun is out and its just warm enough to show off your new graphic tee and also very soft and nice

19. sleeping position?

i just lie on my left side like a fool

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

notebook!

21. obsession from childhood?

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES!!! AND DANNY PHANTOM!!!! i even made a ghost fighting costume once,,,, tho it wasnt much of a costume, it was just fingerless gloves i cut out of paper. they were extremely uncomfortable. but very effective in fighting ghosts!

22. role model?

kfjsdnfk i have a bunch! might sound weird but one of them is bdg i think??? and the other 2 are some online acquaintances whom im too afraid to interact with more often than i do

23. strange habits?

repeating silly lines i hear on tv / in anime/cartoons? and also i never touch food with my right hand unless its plums?? and there are more but. you know. bad memory.

24. favorite crystal?

all of them!!!!!

25. first song you remember hearing?

my grandma used to sing this to me over the phone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUPnqqPXQsw

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

go for a walk!

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

slep

28. five songs to describe you?

we are the people by empire of the sun

home by cavetown

strawberry blonde by mitski

smile like you mean it by the killers

afterlife by arcade fire

29. best way to bond with you?

wash your hands very thoroughly and make jokes

30. places that you find sacred?

i see nature i go crazy from how much respect i have for it

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass andtake names?

*wearing hinata cosplay* im here to play volleyball and kick your ass and as you can see ive already played today’s match

32. top five favorite vines?

road work ahead

a avocado!! thanks!!!!!

REBECCA THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK

i fell can you help me :(

that vine where ukulele sounds like human voices and people sounds like ukuleles

33. most used phrase in your phone?

idk how to check that??? sowwy

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

the stomach meds ad they keep showing on tv

35. average time you fall asleep?

3am? 4am? idk for sure

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

t-trollface…

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

havent used either (cause ive never traveled anywhere too far away) but the latter looks pretty and i feel like it would fit more stuff

38. lemonade or tea?

depends on my mood!

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

dont kick me but im not sure if ive ever tried either ;w;

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

the school’s cat who hates most people actually kinda warmed up to me even tho im terrible with animals

41. last person you texted?

jay uwu

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

afabs cant have both huh

but i want both. please give me both.

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

all of these sound nice but my lazy ass will always go for hoodies

44. favorite scent for soap?

aaaaaaaa im allergic to a lot of soaps but i like flower scented ones

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

i love all of them dearly but lately ive been more into superheroes i think. im not sure really sure what exactly i feel

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

something really really long

47. favorite type of cheese?

there are different types????

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

i hope im a pear

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

become a good person. thats all.

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

i dont remember what it was but i remember i was with my friends and we couldnt stop laughing for several minutes and ive never felt happier

51. current stresses?

UNIVERSITY FUCK OFF!!!

52. favorite font?

i like comic sans

53. what is the current state of your hands?

they arent doing so hot tbh, my dermatitis is back again

54. what did you learn from your first job?

i dont have one!

55. favorite fairy tale?

gonna be honest chief, i dont remember too many of them ;w;

56. favorite tradition?

on new year’s we turn the lights off, light up a candle in the kitchen, laugh at president’s speech and only then starts eating

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

getting over a lost friendship, passing high school finals and uni entrance exams and coming out to my best friend

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

singing!! being able to learn how to do most things pretty quickly!!! and i cant think of anything else but honestly these two are quite enough for me

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

uh oh! guess what! i dont have a catchphrase and im very self-conscious about it!

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

im torn between sports anime and slice of life

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

because humans dont have wings we look for other ways to fly

from haikyuu

obviously

62. seven characters you relate to?

tsukishima kei from haikyuu

mae borowski from nitw

apollo justice from ace attorney

flame princess from adventure time

donatello from tmnt

sokka from atla

kageyama shigeo from mob psycho 100

63. five songs that would play in your club?

mr brightside, bohemian rhapsody, smile like you mean it by the killers and allof haikyuu ops and eds

64. favorite website from your childhood?

if social media counts, vkontakte i guess?? i didnt really go anywhere else and it still exists and i thriving so im not sure if it should count fkjsndkjf

65. any permanent scars?

yeah, the one from my very first vaccination from when i was a few months old i think and also some traces of when i had chickenpox

66. favorite flower(s)?

idk a lot of flower names but i really like tulips

67. good luck charms?

dont have any at the moment but i’d love to get one!

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

whatever fish mom used to buy when we were kids >:(

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

bro my memory isnt good enough to remember those,,

70. left or right handed?

im a righty but i had to become a lefty for like a month when i broke my pinkie

71. least favorite pattern?

i like traditional ukrainian ornaments

72. worst subject?

history :P

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

ice cream + fries

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

idk how pain levels work but i try not to take meds unless the pain is interfering with studying

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

idk but i had a box full of my teeth for so long they turned to dust and i had to throw it away

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

RHNGRHGNRHGRNH EVERYTHING except for freshly made mashed potatoes

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

if its green it can stay

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

have never had either of those and i hope i never will cause they sound gross!

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

i dont have a license, so.

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

kfjsndfks depends on the mood tbh!

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

fireflies!

82. pc or console?

i WISH i had a console but this is too broke for that,, i played a couple of times tho and it feels more fun than pc!

83. writing or drawing?

please dont make me choose, ive abandoned both and its making me feel bad

84. podcasts or talk radio?

podcasts :O

84. barbie or polly pocket?

idk what polly pocket is but barbie rules!!!

85. fairy tales or mythology?

i feel like sometimes fairy tales are kinda like watered down myths so i have a right to say i like both

86. cookies or cupcakes?

my heart goes to cookies

87. your greatest fear?

finding out im faking any part of my identity

88. your greatest wish?

get through whatever’s going on right now

89. who would you put before everyone else?

mom

90. luckiest mistake?

when i recorded an undertale medley and got a few notes wrong but it actually ended up sounding better than originally

91. boxes or bags?

boxes!

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

fairy lights……

93. nicknames?

never really had many? my bff calls me mr smith sometimes but thats all i can think of fkjsdnfs but also! steve used to be my nickname before i decided my life my own and i get to choose my name

94. favorite season?

spring ;w;

95. favorite app on your phone?

sudoku

 96. desktop background?

 97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

my own and my mom’s

 98. favorite historical era?

eh im not very fond of the past because not every time period had soap

[queenreginascontour]

Any tips for being homesick at college? It's been a month and I'm having kind of a hard time

ya totally !!!! i’m always happy to help but i just want u to know that idk ur situation, but i personally don’t go to college too far away from my home (it’s out of state, but about a two hour train ride back). so, i’m not sure how good my advice will be if u life across the country, but i hope it still helps !!!! i’m a freshman and i’ve also been in school for about a month, just for context. gonna put this under the cut bc it might get long.

my number one tip would be to wait at least a month before going home. i knew this going in, but still went home about two weeks in. i’m a pretty independent person, i’m not too attached to my hometown, and i’ve been away from my family for long periods of time before college, so i thought it’d be no biggie. but, going home that weekend was the first time i’d felt homesick. being home made me homesick- it was weird to live out of a suitcase in my own home. i locked myself in my room and started sobbing as soon as i walked inside. don’t get me wrong, i love my college and had by no means been having a bad time, but i think that it was so early that i had not had enough time to adjust to college life yet, and coming home just reminded me of all the things i was missing- my dog, sleeping in a room with just myself, having alone time, driving, food, a sink that had knobs and didn’t need to have a hand constantly waved in front of it to release water. the week after that weekend was kind of a disaster- for example, i was off campus one day and went to the maps app to put in directions for something. u kno how it always shows how long it would take to get home from ur current location ? since arriving to college, that banner had always read something along the lines of “2 hours to get home.” that day, i noticed that it said “38 minutes to get home,” was greatly confused, and realized that maps had begun to recognize my campus as “home.” i deadass had a panic attack bc of that shit. that being said, i’m actually home for  columbus (ew) day weekend right now, and i’m having a totally different experience. i’ve had adequate time to adjust and i actually kind of miss college right now. so, if you’re in the position where you can go home readily, wait at least a month. also, remember that your home will always be your home, no matter what apple maps says. your home is your home, but college can become home too.

i also want to stress the importance of keeping busy and going off campus. i kind of blacked out and signed up for like half the shit at the club fair. i obviously didn’t stick w all of them, but some good did come out of it- for example, i’m writing for an (actual) blog and i got a job “teaching” a class at the high school across the street from my campus. these two things in particular have kept me pretty busy, and i think it’s really good to have things to occupy urself other than schoolwork. i’m also p shy around new ppl and have never made the first move in any kind of friendship or relationship, but those things and clubs have helped me meet a lot of cool ppl, and it’s deffo important to have people to talk to to help w homesickness !! holing urself up in ur room will have the opposite effect and just worsen ur homesickness. sidebar: if u want another post abt being an introvert in college, i can deffo make one.

go off campus !!! im lucky (or unlucky, depending on the person) enough to go to school in a big city, so i can literally go on the subway, get off at a random stop, and find something to do. even if ur in a smaller town, go out and explore ! not only will it keep u from feeling trapped in ur campus, it will help u make ur college town ur second home. find a restaurant that u love and can confidently recommend to people when they visit, become a regular at a coffee shop. also, find little hidden nooks and crannies- off campus or on- that can become ur “spot.” going to school in a big city, i really wanted to find some undiscovered gems where i could just go to chill for a bit and get out of all the noise and the pervasive smell of halal, roasting nuts and sewage. i wandered around one saturday and found some places to call my own, and it’s really helped make college feel more like my second home.

eat !! im still working on this one tbh. im getting better, but for most of my days in school, ive consumed less than 1000 calories per day as a result of being too lazy to go get food, not wantjng dining hall food, and not having anyone to eat with. this is not healthy !!!!! ive had terrible headaches and had trouble focusing in classes. it made me feel shitty about college in general. it’s not high school anymore- it’s perfectly acceptable to eat alone. it can even be kind of nice after being around people constantly. try to establish a routine, at least for dinner, so it feels more homey.

decorate ur room !! u wont feel at home in a white shoebox. put up posters, pics of ur fam and friends, pics of ur pets.

if you have one/some, bring a stuffed animal !! i have a stuffed rabbit that i’ve had since i was a baby, and i brought him. i kind of hid him at first, but i eventually noticed that my roommate and a lot of other ppl have one too and we had a good laugh about it. there’s no shame in it ! everybody wants a little comfort.

if u want to, don’t be afraid to call/facetime ur parent(s)/guardian(s)/hometown friends/siblings/anyone u love !!! i didnt at first bc i didnt want to look weak. but there’s no shame in it- literally everyone does it or wants to. plus, hearing from u would make ur people’s day, i promise !

remember, whether they show it or not, everyone feels a little homesick and out of place in college. sometimes, it goes away in the first week, but for others it could last for both semesters. it’s ok to feel how ur feeling. i know these are kind of generic tips, but i hope this helps !!! i love u, and im always here if u want to talk !!!!! good luck b !!