When you have a sleep disorder, you naturally feel estranged. It can feel like everybody else has it so good while you have it shit. Imagine being a high school teacher holding your math classes and suffering from narcolepsy. Or realizing on your way to work that you sleepwalked again last night.

Sure, you may feel weird. But sleep disorders are nothing uncommon so get it out of your head that something is fundamentally wrong about you. Nothing is.

It’s a disorder. Something you can do something about. Something that, while it may elude you to find a permanent solution, you are not powerless to change to something a little bit better.

When unlearning a habit, the best way to accomplish the task is by replacing it with something new.

If you are a procrastinator, start by replacing the habit’s manifestations in the small and banal things like:

1. After your alarm clock goes off, get up from bed

2. As soon as you get up from bed, make your bed

3. Right after you eat, clean the dishes

4. As soon as you notice dirt in the house, clean it up

5. Settle your bills as soon as you get them

Begin attending to things immediately by applying it to the small, inconsequential things.

Later, as the new habit begins to take hold, notice bigger things where you often put off action and start with the easiest ones you can handle.Forget fixing your life all in one shot. It never really works. Quick fixes are as easy to quit as they are to dream up.

Forget waiting for inspiration. It doesn’t come to the idle. Inspiration amplifies action but it never spurs it. Notice how much more passionate and involved you become the more you engage in something. Action brings the insights grounded from experience, never the other way around.

One problem with self-help is a lot of them are just plain too weird. The reality for most of us is we’re co-existing with people we love and care for and, while doing odd things that challenge the norm is healthy both in the short and long runs, being too weird is just a recipe for disaster.

Over the years, I’ve tried a lot of personal development tools. Some of them were simple and straightforward. Some were mystical and otherworldly. Others were just unique and strange. Here’s a list of some of the wildest ones. A few of them gave me some results, others none, and some, I continue to use (sometimes unconsciously) to this day.

1. Amygdala Clicking

This one, I still use to this day. This predicates on the scientific theory that the amygdala controls the flight or fight instincts in mammals. The amygdala is a part of the brain located on both sides of the frontal lobes, a little above the base of the ears. When clicked backwards (scientifically validated), it triggers the body’s “fight or flight” mechanism. When clicked forward (the theory goes), it triggers states of joy and creativity and allows access to untapped resources of the brain.

The technique is pioneered by T.A. Lingo and documented in products from Neil Slade. While I cannot vouch for the validity of the technique (or the history and science behind it, for that matter), I can vouch for the positive things it does for me. I notice now, in times of concentrated efforts and focus, my amygdala clicks fully forward and locks there for a few minutes at least. When I’m feeling ill or down, I consciously do the clicking and my focus usually changes and my mood begins shifting a little.

You can check out Neil Slade’s site for a few free articles and the guide on how to click it forward. It was actually quite easy for me when I first tried it two or so years ago and you can literally feel it in your head.

2. “Multiple Self ” Self-Image Exercise

In this one, you imagine your image appearing everywhere. Like, everyone around you is you. There’s two of you behind you, three of you in front, and several dozen of you falling gently from the sky. The idea is to improve your presence (by taking so much space) and get used to seeing yourself doing different activities. I really liked it a lot.

3. Physical Angles

This one courtesy of the pick-up artists from Fast Seduction. When you’re beginning conversation with anyone, whether alone or a group, angle your body away from them. You can keep your head facing them, even give eye contact, but angle your body away. This sets you up as the less needy party, as your posture suggests a readiness to walk away at any time.

While this is weird and a little freaky, it works amazingly well. Additional variations include angling your body away when the other person starts exhibiting behavior you don’t like, turning your back completely while staying in the conversation, and angling away when you’re speaking dismissively.

4. Intending During Orgasm

An old book I studied by Margo Anand taught stating your intentions for manifestation during that peak point while making love. The idea is, during orgasm, you reach a peak meditative state, your mind is clear and your heart is wide open. In such conditions, sending out your intentions makes them more likely to manifest. I did try it a few times but found sex a bit too weird with it. I am almost 100% convinced it works, even though I’ve never successfully done it. I’d love to hear from people who have done it, though.

5. Stop It! Stop It!

This is one of those short and simple Richard Bandler recommendations. I never really got the hang of it since i never liked being mean, even to the thoughts in my head. Everytime you have a thought pass your mind that you don’t want, just fucking scream at it in your head. “Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!” If you’re in the mood, take it even further, “Stop it, you motherfucker!” LOL!

6. NLP Pattern Language

While this isn’t exactly as weird as the others, for me, it’s one of the most amazing things ever concocted. When I first read about them, I always thought they were conversational hypnosis intended to influence whoever was listening to the languaging. I don’t know if you’ve ever read samples of them but they are really fun and sound so weird to recite during regular conversation.

Once I tried them, it turns out it works a bit more obliquely than that. It’s supposed to influence me which drops me into the target state which would then prompt whoever I was interacting with to mirror the same state. It was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had about relating with people. When I want to create a positive interaction, all I have to do is go into my desired state and, most of the time, those around me will follow suit.

7. Mantak Chia (Male Multiple Orgasm, etc)

Dude, that thing takes so much discipline and reads so cryptic I have no idea how you can enjoy the fucking sex without distancing yourself from what’s in the moment. But maybe that’s just me, Mr. Quickie!

8. Remote Seduction

This is one of those weird stuff that you read and you think to yourself, “This is fucking stupid and totally inefficient.” Yet something gnaws at you to try it anyway. Then when you try it, you realize it’s actually really stupid and inefficient that you don’t want to admit you ever did it.

The system includes a lot of magick-based visualization and rituals and well, I don’t want to admit I ever did it, all I got to say.

9. Write it Till Your Hands Bleed

I read a book from around 4 years ago by Stuart Lichtman and Joe Vitale which presented a manifestation system. A large part of the system involved writing down your intentions a thousand times, readng it to yourself then editing it and writing the edited version a thousand times more. It became one of the most painful exercises I ever fucking went through, my hand hurt like shit. I got so freaking tired of the whole exercise that I couldn’t care less how my intentions went, I just wanted to be done with the fucking weirdness of it.

I never enjoyed that process and I doubt I ever will. I respect both those guys and what they tried to impart ( it was a good book with great bonuses as well) so thank you for the music but that song just ain’t for me.

10. Jacking Off Without Ejaculating

Some dudes from a forum suggested not ejaculating because it keeps your masculine energy and does not deplete you. It’s from some man-centered guide (I don’t wanna name it because I didn’t actually read it but A LOT of people think it’s great.) The only thing it’s done for me is act like a natural viagra. I get hard so fucking fast. Then I just do my world-famous breathing and relaxing to last a decent fuck. Arrrrrr!

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