A lot of times when I can't stay awake in class I pinch myself on my forearm around the wrist area. I had to do that today in Romantic Poetry. I think it works some of the time. But you really can't be afraid to hurt yourself. You have to pinch really hard till you feel excruciating pain. It can't just hurt...it has to make you squirm and cringe. Well after class today I had to participate in a Psych experiment, and when I rolled up my sleeves I realized how sketchy the situation was because it looked like I was a victim of relationship abuse or was a self-mutilator. On a side note, the psych experiment was extremely uncomfortable, intense, and painful.