Monday, September 21, 2009

A Complete Guide to the Diagnosis of Sleep Deprivation

1. Subject exhibits a sense of detached euphoria, and may or may not jitter like she has Parkinson's.
2. Subject will unconsciously and furiously clench jaw, often to the point of pain.
3. Subject's extremities, particularly the feet, are cold and sore with reduced capillary reflex.
4. Subject appears to be smuggling large game animals in the bags under her eyes.

Symptoms brought about by the "all-nighter" phenomenon, which is in turn caused by chronic poor judgement and inadequate time management skills. Subject will likely demonstrate a propensity to avoid work through purposeful distraction, overcome only by approaching dawn and deadline.

Treatment as follows:
Sit.
Write.
Write more.
Eat.
Sleep.
Edit.
Write.
Edit.
Edit.

Never take more than 2 doses daily - treatment is to be spread out in the weeks approaching trigger events.

Should treatment fail, beat subject around the head with a big stick.

1 comment:

Hermit said...

Oh man! I really think they need to make meds for procrastinators, its such a bad thing.
Says she who likely needs to get an extension on course she has procrastinated on for too long. *bangs head against wall*