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Just wondering if anyone has the following problem. When I am in an intensely boring situation, I fall asleep. Today, in Sacrament meeting, I woke up after a long snooze after the sacrament was passed only to realize the entire family was also asleep, except my wife who left early. I see leaders sleeping on the stand, and other people of all ages dozing during the meeting.
Do you struggle with falling asleep all the time in situations which your sensory system tells you are boring?
SilentDawning wrote:Do you struggle with falling asleep all the time in situations which your sensory system tells you are boring?
yup! i think i went years without seeing the movie parts of the endowment.as well, falling asleep can be really embarrassing when you’re supposed to conduct or play the music. (conducting is a little easier as long as the organist hasn’t fallen asleep as well).
That is so me! I do remember when I was a teenager and my dad sang in the church choir which was by the podium. He was in the first row and fell asleep during a boring talk. He started snoring real loud. The choir member next to him woke him up and also told him his zipper was down. Most embarrassing me as a teenager. There were a few times that I did fall asleep in church though. It’s interesting to see how incredibly observant people are in the YSA wards. People seem to feel the need to wake me up. To avoid this embarrassment I made it a habit to take a small note book with me in church. Sometimes I take notes of what the speaker is saying. Other times I will just write notes to myself to plan out my week. Sometimes I draw little doodles and stories or poetry. I think the main problem is that most speakers don’t give talks in their regular voice. They have a tendency to fall into that monotone hypnotic church talk voice. It’s always funny for me to see the bishopric and stake representatives pretending to pray as they sleep through sacrament meeting. It’s always refreshing when someone gives a talk in a happy conversation voice. I think if more people talked like that it would make church more interesting and less people would fall asleep.
[img]http://im-smiley.com/imgs/aloof-and-bored/aloof-and-bored002.gif [/img] I like to compose talks in my head when I get bored by a talk in church (or whisper jokes or slightly off-color comments to my wife). It keeps me from falling asleep – and the occasional punches on the arm or leg help, as well. One time she missed a little bit
😳 (at least, I think it was a miss) – and that definitely kept me awake.😯 Last Sacrament meeting we had a speaker who was so monotone, we were talking about how it would have been a nice touch if the organist was playing Rock-A-Bye Baby or some other lullaby in the background just to close the deal as he spoke. I must never get bored, or don’t have that response. My mind always wanders to mental playgrounds if the input in my environment isn’t important enough to pay attention closely. I rarely feel truly bored though. My mind races 1,000 miles an hour most of the time. You’re lucky. For me, if there isn’t something to stimulate my mind — such as interesting ideas, a book, in my hand, or a vexing problem on my mind that needs solving (usually with pen and paper in my hand to sketch out solutions) it is sheer torment for me for some reason.
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