Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone ellse tend to have an overactive brain before they go to bed? Like if your staying some where different like at a relative's house you can't sleep well unless it's your own bed. Other people's houses freak me out at night time. I can literally here everything from pipes creeking to floor boards to the wind outside. Then my over imagination kikcs in and thinks there must be somone there when reality I do t beleive in ghosts but old Victorian propperties really creep me out. I sleep fine in my house but when we stay at families houses not so much.
I actually sleep much better in hotel rooms than at home. Don't know why.
Why not?
Indeed! I like the translations ‘grim spirit’ and ‘border-stalker’ - not that that’s very different to the translation you gave.
I often think I’m stalking along a border, treading a line between two different planes, sometimes trying to bridge a gap, sometimes trying to find a home I suppose. Maybe sometimes just finding joy in ‘holding the marshes, fens and strongholds’ and ‘guarding the realm of monsterkind a while’
“se þe moras heold, fen ond fæsten; fifelcynnes eardwonsæli wer weardode hwile”
Also, the term was used again in a book I read called ‘Culture Care’ which spoke of artists as such border-stalkers, and also bees too. I like both of those things.
Plus I like what you said about ‘dwelling at the edges,’ between people and wastelands. I think there are important things from the wastelands that need communicating to the people and most people don’t seem to be aware of or notice that. I like to think I try.
Anyway, sorry for going on. I love the word! It’s nice to meet a fellow friend of old English folklore and poetry!
squirt the cats
That's so mean it's funny!!! Cat's are meant to be Autistic. You'd water squirt your own kind? :-) It reminds me of when one of the neighbours cats was luxuriating in someones driveway. They blasted the horn to be able to park. I've never seen a cat expand and jump so high. It was beyond hilarious - poor mog. He's a lovely cat too.
having a kid would probably drive me nuts
My daughter's pretty amazing. Her toddler years were tough but we have a similar sense of humour so I'm blessed to have this little human in my life. I think it's a different feeling when it's your own wee beauty. I love her more than I ever thought possible.
To keep the birds away get a cat.
Get a water pistol and squirt the cats. Harmless (fun) and they will learn to stay away.
I didn't want to interrupt her.
It is very easy to have a philosophical objection to science that is proven to work for NT folk. Unless you have actually tried it properly though for a sustained period it is not really worth anything. That smacks of being obsessive over our condition; it does not define us but it is a key part of us. We all need to work out what works for us. Dismissing stuff out of hand seems a bit silly to me.
Naaah, that's what I do when I've had enough of people. Isn't that normal? Mwwwaaaa haaa haaa.
I haven't spoken to my wife in three months.
Who is that standing behind you?
Oh no it isn't - oh yes it is. :-)
Testify. I have a kid and I am nuts.
It's usually the one carrying a dead body to the woods at night. So if you spot that I reckon it is 50/50 they are a psychopath.
I went back to sleep and the nightmares returned, all mixed up with people I used to know.
I used to do this all the time and it still happens occasionally if I am stressed/anxious. Going over and over bad times and how I dealt with them. It is one of the things I hate the most, one’s brain not being able to let the past stay in the past.
I had six hours sleep, midnight to 6am, which by my standards is good. It's a shame about all my nightmares, I woke up exhausted and quite frankly I don't want any more sleep because I'm afraid of any more nightmares.
My brain does that too even if something Petty like an argument or something or if I made a twat of myself and embrased myself some how along with if people were mean to me too then it plays on my head in a loop but think that's more of an ADHD trait than an autistic trait as I have both maybe you do too?
Yeah that's fair having a kid would probably drive me nuts too one thing I have always done my best to avoid ever having one stress levels would throw me over the edge I guess