Deja vu all over again...

[laligin]

Right. So. Lali hasn't been sleeping well recently. Lots of nightmares, including a variation on the old "giant spider on the pillow" one, in the form of "spider dropping towards your face from the ceiling". That kept me up a bit, looking for the blasted thing. Kept me awake longer than the giant robot hell bent on smashing my house down around my ears so it could get to me and kill me. (Torchwood made a brief appearance early on in that and were utterly ineffectual. Even in my dreams they can't achieve basic competence.) But not as bad as last night's combination of house-falling-down-with-me-in-it and SADAKO IS TRYING TO KILL YOU! (Yup, the creepy dead girl from The Ring. She had a go at strangling me while I tried to strangle her and the house fell over.) Which is never fun.

And I think I know why I've been stressy and fitful and having such lovely anxiety dreams and other random waking-up-at-three-in-the-morning stuffs, but never mind.

Anyway, the point is, I got up this morning in a hurry and went to evict Mum from the bathroom as soon as she was finished, with the fateful words, "Could we swap places, please, 'cause I'm about to keel over otherwise."

Mum managed to open the door, at which point I keeled over.

I should point out that this is the second time in my life I've ever fainted. The first time was... standing in the self same bathroom doorway. Then, I woke up on the floor with my head an inch or so from the bathroom scales, and a nosebleed. This time, for a little variety, I went in a different direction. Ie, headfirst into the landing window, apparently bashing my ribs on the windowsill, and collapsing on the stacks of books underneath.

Nothing bleeding, nothing broken, but my nose does hurt.

Gave Mum a hell of a fright, too. :/ She insists it was heat-induced and proceeded to steal my duvet and fling my window open so wide I'll have whole hordes of actual!spiders descending upon me tonight, never mind the hallucinatory ones.

Anyway. Torchwood's back on the radio next week, and on TV the week after, so the Radio Times promises me. It depresses me beyond belief that there haven't been lots and lots of adverts for either. :(

Comments

[phantomreviewer.livejournal.com]

Oh you're not being very lucky at the moment are you?

*hugs*

So have you got any idea what caused it? (My fainting spells have always been because... actually I don't know either)

Tad depressed about TW as well but never mind.

[johanirae.livejournal.com]

LORDY O_o Hon you gotta take care of yourself!

Man, I'm not sure how one is meant to deal with reoccuring nightmares though... maybe it would help if you slept in the same room as your mom tonight?

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you're having anxiety problems. And that Torchwood 3 couldn't sort it for you (not even Ianto?!) *hug*

It's disturbing that the BBC isn't promoting Torchwood. Meanwhile across the Pond, BBCAmerica has been promoting it heavily. But they're not the ones funding it. *worries*

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

Have you considered sleeping a stuffed animal? When I'm really upset it really helps. Have you done the hot milk or soothing tea at bedtime? Put a poster on your ceiling. You can look at Capt Jack or someone else as you fall asleep. Sleep with a night light.

Maybe you can get a small dose of mild tranquilizers?

[verasteine.livejournal.com]

Yikes! For the spider fear. I share it. I share sleeping badly too. So, yikes! Hope it gets better soon!

And the Beeb? Totally want to see ads! The Radio Times has a nice (spoilery) photo series of it, though, which eased my anxiety a bit. But still, when I turn on Eastenders, I want to be surprised by lots of creepy kids going, "We are coming...!"

[twinklestah.livejournal.com]

yikes! that sounds quite scary!
*squishes* i hope you're doing okay now.
i miss my Lali. and Sarah. AND EVERYONE. come back okay?
xoxo

[charlotte3006.livejournal.com]

*hugs*
Hope things improve, hun.
:) xx

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

o, spider dreams! that might be worse than zombie dreams
at least when i wake up i know there aren't actual zombies trying to kill me (probably)

i have passed out like that a few times before, it's always a lil bit WHOA!

[daphne121.livejournal.com]

*hugs tightly* I hope you have better dreams!

[tripartite.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you aren't sleeping well. Have you considered interpreting your dreams? Dreams are usually metaphorical and I've found that if you figure out what the dreams represent and fix it in real life the dreams tend to fade. I mean if you think you know what it is you might try resolving that first but if that doesn't work this is better than nothing.

I'm glad there was nothing bleeding & nothing broken. Your nose will stop hurting. :)

We don't get Torchwood on the radio. :( Please explain.

[ranamag.livejournal.com]

Lali, no! *hug* Bad dreams and fainting, oh my. Not watched any weird videotapes recently, have you?