Midnight Insomnia Options

[Admiral FCS]

I do feel that if we had a philosophy sub-forum, this might go better there... or just stay in general discussion. The mood's just too heavy for spam.

Some of you may remotely remember me as a hot-headed kid from around '08-'10... well, it's been 7 years, long enough for me to have finished high school and get a bachelor's degree. Heading towards a master's degree... but that's not quite relevant.

It's just that in some ways, I owe the people of this forum - and of course Fallout - my first steps into the cyber world and talking to a mature crowd, so I don't quite know where else to put this. I hope you can put up with this, and thanks for silently reading the thoughts of this somewhat sentimental midnight, insomnia-induced rambling.


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My bachelor's degree gave me an unhealthy habit of not really falling asleep at all before 1am. Alas, today is one of those days.

I often find myself thinking about matters of life and death as I go to sleep, and today isn't really that different. Also happens that a competition I'm participating deals with the problem of impermanence, preservation and memory... and I find myself thinking back of my early days on the Internet, and inevitably, that led me to think about James.

James Brown - CommanderJB - passed away long before I was a mature person. I don't remember much about him, even with the forum search tool. What I do remember, however, was a knowledgeable, kind and gentle soul, an integral part of the forum and the RoTR team, and despite my naivete and short-temperness at the time, he allowed me to become a friend of him on the forum. Then, all of a sudden, he just passed away. Gone. I never forged a deep relationship with him; all I have to remember him is fading memories.

Memory is such a confusing and utterly mind-wrecking thing. I barely graduated, and already the memories of those past five years are either repeating themselves in my mind, making themselves more beautiful than I swear they were, or gradually, but certainly, trickling away. The night certainly isn't helping. It starts to rain quite frequently around this time of the year, and it becomes rather bleak. Days kind of just blend into each other without ever being bathed in sunlight. A torrential rain might help with putting me to sleep, but that gentle shower outside certainly doesn't help, because in the darkness, I hear my thoughts so much more than I would want to. I feel the need, the urge to write it down somewhere, to purge it from my thoughts.

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Do you let memory go? Do you purposely forget? Or do you consider memory to be a duty, even if it is painful to remember?

[(USA)Bruce]

Well first of all, dont worry.Unless this gets too heavy or personnel we can move it to Pm's.

Honestly I thought someone more say well suited or better then me would've answered this way before me.As Im more of a patient of the same condition that's yet to smash it under my boot heels.You see I travel alot and these days Im trying to set up a deal/partners in china which does'nt help me with +5 hours of difference alongside talking to friends or family back in the US -10 hours-ish, oh and add the fact that I still have a life here in the middle and stuff to deal with in europe/middle east.

I remember your briefly, I think when you did play some ROTR you played ECA and USA.
CommanderJB was a great guy, I think I came on board too late or I didnt have much interaction with him if I was around back when he graced these threads.
But from what I heard, from higher ups in the SWR's development team to the meesly new guy (I think your one of them) praise him alot.
Thats how life is friend, theres a local saying in the place where I live.It goes as;

"Güvenme güzelliğine bir sivilce yeter güvenme zenginliğine bir kıvılcım yeter.Gençliğine güvenme direksiyonda bir sarhoş ayyoş yeter"
Which translates to; "Dont trust your beauty a zit is all thats needed, dont trust your fortune, one spark of fire is all thats needed, dont trust your youth only a drunk retard is needed behind the wheel"

So you never know what will happen, things can happen that you cant plan for, Its as simple as that.


If your having problems with going to sleep, the school of life youtube channel had an episode that suggested the largest reason for insomnia is that even if our muscles/body gets tired, we cant get to sleep (peacefully and normally) unless our mind is challenged.Maybe thats why a good hard stressfull game puts me to sleep like a baby at times.
Try to calm down, get some fresh cold air and some showers to soften you up can also do wonders.

For the last questions, No I dont...I wont...Even if each time I remember it gets corrupted. That's how the human mind works sadly, so I try not to remember the great days of yesterday as well so that I don't forget or disrupt it to fairy tail levels.
Good or bad Its best not to forget as long as it has some importance or significance, I have lost friends and people I loved to both time and the times.
People change over time to an unrecognizable state as well, which I would argue worse because then they're pretty much a stranger to you, like a zombie whos body remains but just as a husk.

Anyways I hoped this help, Its allright to hurt and to feel.Dont let some testosterone heavy gym junkie say otherwise.If you cant feel then you cant move on, and yes friend It gets better.
The world keeps turning and it will throw new challenges and opportunities your way.Also, you can always honor people in your life by even just adding a tiny reference or tribute to them depending on what you busy yourself with.Say a name in a story, or the name of the song you just wrote etc etc.

We're here for you buddy, but if that is'nt enough, consider seeing a shrink. (as much as I dislike/don't believe the practice I saw it does good to some people)

This post has been edited by (USA)Bruce: 12 Oct 2017, 15:31

[Incinerator1]

"Güvenme güzelliğine bir sivilce yeter güvenme zenginliğine bir kıvılcım yeter.Gençliğine güvenme direksiyonda bir sarhoş ayyoş yeter"

Do you live in Turkey, Sir Bruce?

[(USA)Bruce]

"Güvenme güzelliğine bir sivilce yeter güvenme zenginliğine bir kıvılcım yeter.Gençliğine güvenme direksiyonda bir sarhoş ayyoş yeter"

Do you live in Turkey, Sir Bruce?

Travel alot but yeah in between work and stuff I reside in izmir.Got some realestate here.But keep posts on topic.

This post has been edited by (USA)Bruce: 13 Oct 2017, 10:46