My brain is functioning, but slowly
Aug. 4th, 2002 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jayAfter a nap this afternoon, following a movie outing with DK, mouseman and purplecthulhu to see "Signs".... a bit religiously heavy-handed, perhaps, but very well produced suspense/horror, almost Hitchcockian. And with funny moments... "They're 30-year old nerds who've never had a girlfriend! They form secret societies..." Hm... so that's how the cabals get started. patgreene will like this movie, I think.
Over the past couple of weeks, I've felt slightly numbed, slightly slowed... not quite my-brain-is-turning-to-mush, but perhaps it has lost a half-step. I'm missing openings in conversation and muttering inanities... this morningtherealjae noticed and jumped on this, asking me if I'd become a Rogerian psychologist (a la the Eliza program), simply paraphrasing and repeating back what was heard rather than adding any value to a given conversation... at Haughton, I'd sometimes withdraw from conversations over the past two weeks because I didn't feel that I had anything worth saying. Or the energy to invest in saying it.... a marked change in behavior.
Simple example: wheneck asked me this afternoon what music I liked, and then what CD I had most recently gotten... I just blanked. On something that simple...
At the same time, physiological coordination has waned slightly, as well.... in the field, I took a couple of pratfalls. And my typing has gotten worse lately, slower and with many more typos. Four just in writing (gr, make that five) this entry. And my toes are still numbed and tingly.
Prolonged sleep deprivation or stress? Endorphins? Lack of exercise reducing blood flow to the brain (drat, that's six) and extremities? I don't know what's going on. Right now, I wish I could just curl up and do nothing for about two or three days, then do some vigorous (seven...) exercise. Instead, I'm off to Minneapolis tomorrow for business, then home for five days, then off again to Washington, DC next week.
mouseman and purplecthulhu to see "Signs".... a bit religiously heavy-handed, perhaps, but very well produced suspense/horror, almost Hitchcockian. And with funny moments... "They're 30-year old nerds who've never had a girlfriend! They form secret societies..." Hm... so that's how the cabals get started. patgreene will like this movie, I think.Over the past couple of weeks, I've felt slightly numbed, slightly slowed... not quite my-brain-is-turning-to-mush, but perhaps it has lost a half-step. I'm missing openings in conversation and muttering inanities... this morning
therealjae noticed and jumped on this, asking me if I'd become a Rogerian psychologist (a la the Eliza program), simply paraphrasing and repeating back what was heard rather than adding any value to a given conversation... at Haughton, I'd sometimes withdraw from conversations over the past two weeks because I didn't feel that I had anything worth saying. Or the energy to invest in saying it.... a marked change in behavior. Simple example: when
eck asked me this afternoon what music I liked, and then what CD I had most recently gotten... I just blanked. On something that simple... At the same time, physiological coordination has waned slightly, as well.... in the field, I took a couple of pratfalls. And my typing has gotten worse lately, slower and with many more typos. Four just in writing (gr, make that five) this entry. And my toes are still numbed and tingly.
Prolonged sleep deprivation or stress? Endorphins? Lack of exercise reducing blood flow to the brain (drat, that's six) and extremities? I don't know what's going on. Right now, I wish I could just curl up and do nothing for about two or three days, then do some vigorous (seven...) exercise. Instead, I'm off to Minneapolis tomorrow for business, then home for five days, then off again to Washington, DC next week.
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Date: 2002-08-04 07:20 pm (UTC)Out of curiosity, have there been any physiological studies done on how people are affected by 24/7 daylight? This may just be your biorhythms readjusting, combined with the stress and sleep dep. FWIW, I didn't have anywhere near the conditions you've had to endure, though I had the long hours for a while -- and I feel pretty sluggish, too.
I suggest we take a day off and just go to Kiva. That, and try not to do anything that requires loads of energy, and hopefully catch up on sleep. Other than that, if you want to hold that party at your house sometime after you come home, let me know and we can start planning.
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Date: 2002-08-05 09:12 am (UTC)Some of this is post-crisis crash, or could be messed-up rhythms, but it began (at a low level) before I left home and before we tested in FFC.
Kiva sounds like a good prescription, along with nothing too taxing this week ;-) The party... in two or three weeks, but I'll need to check with