No.8681
Meditation works well for me.
Also a tip: if you can't fall asleep within ~30mins, get up and do a light task for a few mins. Then go back to bed and try again.
No.8682
Sorry to hear it sushi, that can really make everything worse in life. I used to have that problem a lot. I think a lot of it was stress/anxiety that i don't have as much of now due to a different situation, but i also found that getting physically tired by exercising at night was good - going straight from that to the shower to bed. I know for a lot of people that makes it harder, but it's probably worth a try.
No.8683
Same situation as you. I've found that laying on my back and not moving helps. I'm guessing it puts your body in a sleeping mood, at least it feels like it with how my arms and legs numb. Besides that, I also try to think about something specific, kind of like counting sheep but better. It could be anything really, just something to take your mind off of sleeping.
No.8685
>>8680I wouldn't worry about it sushi. In this modern world, everything has to be productive. You sleep, you wake up, you work. What's wrong with a couple hours of rest? It takes me even longer to sleep. I like to take a melatonin, do some reading or writing, and
masturbate. If that doesn't work, I usually just stay up doing whatever or lay there until I sleep
No.8712
I don't know where you live and what the weather is like, but I find that if I spend an hour or two out in the sun doing some physical activity, I usually sleep quite well that evening. Exercise a few hours before bed also helps.
Otherwise if I've been inside in front of a screen all day I have trouble sleeping.
No.8715
I open youtube on my phone and put on one of those 24/7 deep sleep music streams and it helps easy my wandering mind and lull me to sleep
No.9482
Sleep at a fixed time. Do it!
No.9488
I'm blessed in that I seem to fall asleep almost instantly, but here's things you can try that should help:
* Don't use your bed unless you are sleeping. Do everything else before going in bed, so your brain realizes that bed = sleep.
* No coffeine within the last 6 hours before you wanna go to bed. Same goes for black or green tea.
* No bluelight within the last 1-2 hours before bed if anyhow possible. This includes no phone in bed or shortly before falling asleep.
* Go to bed at a fixed time, even more important: Wake up at a fixed time. Even if that means 1-2 days of feeling like shit you will start getting tired earlier.
* Make your bed comfy: Change sheets regularly, buy good pillows.
* Consider meditation to learn how to turn off (or at least reduce) thoughts in your head.
There's two ways that people seem to like to fall asleep: Either meditate and try to take away all your thoughts, or do a "dream vacation". Try to vividly and intensely imagine your body getting heavier and heavier, first the feet, then the legs, then the arms, then everything. Then create yourself your ideal chill resort. Imagine the vegetation, the temperature, what you like about it. Then stay in there to fall asleep.
No.9493
I recommend
>>>/kitchen/746an hour before going to bed.
A bottle of beer also works great to calm me down.
Otherwise I just relax in bed, instead of forcefully trying to beat myself to sleep. Think of the time you spend with falling asleep as already a part of your resting hours.
Sometimes I imagine myself to be in a tent on a snowy mountain, in an oasis or a medieval camp, on a space ship or a bunker. This really helps me to appreciate my soft blanket and pillow.
No.9497
A case of beer is OTC Ambien.
No.9499
I solve simple problems (tsumego mostly) in my head and try to remember everything I did that day. Usually I fall asleep. If not I put on some music and read a chapter or two of some manga or book.
No.9577
>>8680It's been kinda hard for me to fall asleep sometimes lately, I always feel like I'm being observed or that I'm going to get jumpscared.
The other night it took me an hour to fall asleep because of the fear. I tried doing something I read about keeping my eyes open until I fall asleep naturally, but it only made me more paranoid, as I saw moving things through my peripheral vision. Thankfully, it was a every once in a while thing and it hasn't happened anymore up until now.
No.9592
Does anyone else experience hypnic jerks? It's an involuntary muscle movement akin to a seizure when you're on the edge of sleep – to me, it kind of feels like I'm falling off of a building or the edge of my bed. They're completely normal, but people don't tend to talk about them.
Sometimes I imagine random scenarios in my head when I can't sleep. It's unconventional, but for whatever reason that makes me incredibly tired.
No.9593
>>9592All the time. I usually feel like I'm falling, riding a bike, or walking just before they happen.
No.9612
>>9592Yeah! It usually happens when I am right about to fall asleep. I feel extremely cozy, I start thinking about something and then… BAM! I think of something hitting me like a train and I snap back where I was before; on my bed, awake.
It doesn't happen often. Even tho it isn't really a dream, (sorta) I keep that event in my dream diary.
No.9624
>>9592I didn't know this had a name, I thought there was just something wrong with me.
No.9768
>>9592I don't actually feel like falling, it's usually more like I'm walking down stairs and miss a step and my leg jerks really hard.
No.9886
I used to have this sort of problem too, I found that reading for an hour or two (A book not your phone) worked pretty well. Also agree with the other posts about getting up and doing something rather than tossing and turning
No.10176
>>9592I didn't know it was called that. Yeah, it happened several times.
No.13733
>>9895Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
No.13781
>>9895Everything is worth more a good nights sleep to go with it
No.14133
>>8680>but a problem I've run into is that it can take me 1-2 hours to go to sleep.same. There're nothings what can disrupt my sleep. But I can't still get into.
But yea. throw away electronics like smartphone is really helpful while I don't have a phone lol.
I guess ADHD makes me annoy or be suffered by thoughts. Thus, this make me not to focus on sleep – to focus on many things that contains informations can make a flood
No.14172
I've started thinking about, like, the content of the working memory at the time of sleeping. If I just go right to sleeping my mind will be full of thoughts and plans from the day, and that's usually a recipe for focused thinking that keeps me up. So I'm trying before bed to wash out the content of my mind wwitha bit of music and anime or manga. Cgdct works best. Soft thoughts that dont keep me awake.
No.14177
Yeah it's best to go out and look at the sky for half an hour to an hour before going to sleep. Or something, the point is to go without stimuli for a while.
No.14202
i prefer stimuli til the edge of my lids shut from exhaustion. i like to know im doing something til the very cusp of sleep
No.14210
Just don't sleep. Simple as.
No.14214
I use medicinal CBD and THC oil but I've found it can give me brain fog the next day. Nothing beats warm milk with honey, a good short story or chamomile tea with a dash of vanilla essence.
No.14215
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No.14269
Try watching reviews/essays/retrospectives of older rpgs games like:
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dEkPOJ-LlzYor gameplays.
No.14339
>>14288That would be acceptable.
No.14893
I just upgraded from the twin-sized spring mattress I've owned since childhood to a king-sized foam mattress. Still no bedframe, but even just laying it on the ground is a far more comfortable experience than my old spring. I can finally stretch my full body, it's wonderful.
No.14894
I've suffered from intermittent insomnia for a long time. They had me on thc oil and all kinds of things but I think a lot of it is having a bedtime ritual. I read manga or a book before bed, put a little lavender oil under my nose. Sometimes when things are bad a piece of toast.
No.14905
>>14893Got a foam mattress a couple years ago and it's pretty comfy, can sleep for longer without my bones getting sore. I've never really had trouble falling asleep at night though, unless I drink too much caffeine.
No.14917
>>14905I can fall asleep pretty easily, but I also wake up easily since I move around a lot. Especially on my old tiny bed, since I would often roll right off the bed to a rude awakening. Now, on my big new mattress, I can roll around as much as I please. Feels great!
No.16835
Time for lucid dreaming…
No.16851
For a while I've been using melatonin but recently it's been giving me particularly deep and disturbing dreams so I've stopped. I've found that if you get some exercise, eat okay, and manage the light you're exposed to at night, you will actually get tired and be able to sleep. I say this as someone who has had pretty awful insomnia in the past.
It's usually a simple problem to fix. And I do mean simple, not easy.
No.16853
>>16851I usdd melatonin just as an aid to recover my sleep schedule, and only for a week at most.
No.16854
>>8680I have cues that help me.
I put my tech away, drink some calming jasmine tea and take a warm shower before bed. Always go to sleep and wake up around the same time. It’s simple, but sometimes hard to remain consistent.
No.16875
>>16853That's probably the responsible way to do it. It's just hard not to start to rely on it when sleep is so critical to being functional. Just gotta be careful.
>>16854That sounds comfy.
No.16890
I take valium and drink
No.16891
I don't have anything specific I do to go to sleep. Not sure if I like staying up or if I just don't like going to sleep, but I'll tend to just keep going until my body is completely exhausted. Then I just need to put my phone down for 10 seconds and I'm out.
