Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
Unfortunately the story of my life seems to have two negative themes. When it seems impossible to hit farther all-time lows, it eventually happens. I'm at a lower point probably than ever before. The other negative common reoccurring theme is on paper people might read about me and think I would be happy because of my accomplishments. But I'm not; everything I've accomplished feels like so what?
Right now I'm just mentally fried between work and school. Like the title says, even when I sleep good I'm still tired. The reason I went into a PRT(Parks Recreation Tourism field was because it's what I love to do in my persona life. Consequently, maybe I cope more poorly with not being able to fish, workout, etc. Some people's hobbies are easier to find time for and stuff and right now I'm just in a part of my life where I'm busy there isn't a lot of time combined with opportunity(i.e being out of town without any of my fishing equipment/etc). I just can't seem to wrap my mind around this or cope with it. It doesn't matter to me if it's just a short term situation or if it will pay off in the long run.
I'm just so tired every day. It doesn't seem possible to coordinate between work and school. For work now I'm frequently working far away from home and the window of opportunity to do anything is so small and since everywhere is so far away from each other ; it isn't just a time issue. It's a resource issue. For example, when I'm out of town or even working far away there isn't really anyway to carry or have possession of little things you need to do things like a gym bag, lunch, etc. My supervisor for this internship is cool and all but even supervising an intern is new for him. Right now I don't work consistent hours at all and don't know my schedule in advance; the only give is that its going to be 40 hours or more per week. Right now it's just impossible to plan anything is my personal life when I don't know my work schedule in advance.
Even if I figure out how to coordinate between everything I don't even know if I'll have the energy to do anything I want or if it would be detrimental. I'm not sure if I'd just be running my mind and body into the ground. I've been up for over 24 hours straight working on a final project with a friend that's work 35% of our final grade and due tomorrow. I'm just not doing well at all right now and honestly I just want to cry. I've hit an all time low this year, again. It doesn't seem like a good reality no matter what. I either can't sleep and am exhausted or sleep well but am still exhausted.
Right now I'm just mentally fried between work and school. Like the title says, even when I sleep good I'm still tired. The reason I went into a PRT(Parks Recreation Tourism field was because it's what I love to do in my persona life. Consequently, maybe I cope more poorly with not being able to fish, workout, etc. Some people's hobbies are easier to find time for and stuff and right now I'm just in a part of my life where I'm busy there isn't a lot of time combined with opportunity(i.e being out of town without any of my fishing equipment/etc). I just can't seem to wrap my mind around this or cope with it. It doesn't matter to me if it's just a short term situation or if it will pay off in the long run.
I'm just so tired every day. It doesn't seem possible to coordinate between work and school. For work now I'm frequently working far away from home and the window of opportunity to do anything is so small and since everywhere is so far away from each other ; it isn't just a time issue. It's a resource issue. For example, when I'm out of town or even working far away there isn't really anyway to carry or have possession of little things you need to do things like a gym bag, lunch, etc. My supervisor for this internship is cool and all but even supervising an intern is new for him. Right now I don't work consistent hours at all and don't know my schedule in advance; the only give is that its going to be 40 hours or more per week. Right now it's just impossible to plan anything is my personal life when I don't know my work schedule in advance.
Even if I figure out how to coordinate between everything I don't even know if I'll have the energy to do anything I want or if it would be detrimental. I'm not sure if I'd just be running my mind and body into the ground. I've been up for over 24 hours straight working on a final project with a friend that's work 35% of our final grade and due tomorrow. I'm just not doing well at all right now and honestly I just want to cry. I've hit an all time low this year, again. It doesn't seem like a good reality no matter what. I either can't sleep and am exhausted or sleep well but am still exhausted.
First there is a difference between tired and drowsy. Because you say you can sleep well (at times) I presume by tired you mean fatigued, as in physically fatigued.
Sleep apnea can be one cause of this. In other words, people with apnea often tend to feel like they slept but still awaken unrefreshed and feel fatigue during waking hours. Not sure if you've been checked for this or not. It is treatable.
Second, what this really sounds like to me is depression. That would explain the lack of energy and all the negativity you're expressing. Not sure if you've been evaluated for this, but depression is often correlated with sleeping problems as well. Also treatable, and often responds especially well to drug-free cognitive therapy.
As always, trying to get at the true root of your issues is the best way to make it better.