I need help to sleep.

[RpgGamer]

fellow insomniac here.

 

I go to sleep at 4-5am everyday and wake up around 9am for school/work. How do i manage? I fall asleep in class, and at random during the day. How would I fix this? sitting still in a chair for more than 5 minutes. If you stay up long enough, your body will eventually force you to sleep. So, try doing a hard reset on your body clock. stay up all night without even trying to sleep, then when the next "bedtime" occurs, just find somewhere comfy and relax.

[tripsis]

A warm shower or bath always works for me!

[Zierro]

Think of how much life sucks and how much you want to get away from it all, then rest your head on the pillow.

[Dupin]

Think of how much life sucks and how much you want to get away from it all, then rest your head on the pillow.

An interesting insight into the life of an Zierro.

 

OT: Skip a night. If you get up at 4 PM, then stay awake all night and stay awake for the rest of the day, then go to bed at 8 PM. The trick is to continue going to bed at the beginning of the night, and not fall back into your old habits.

[EarthySun]

Sweet god, who necro'd this thread?

 

That said, I use Melatonin.

[Zierro]

Think of how much life sucks and how much you want to get away from it all, then rest your head on the pillow.

An interesting insight into the life of an Zierro.

 

I like to think of it as temporary suicide. Because real suicide is way too extreme, people will have to deal with your corpse and your death, you miss out on the future, it's not a reputable way to go, too painful and scary, etc. Too many cons when you can just go to sleep in order to avoid the chaos of life, even if it's only for a while. Plus you get to have dreams.

[Dupin]

Think of how much life sucks and how much you want to get away from it all, then rest your head on the pillow.

An interesting insight into the life of an Zierro.

 

I like to think of it as temporary suicide. Because real suicide is way too extreme, people will have to deal with your corpse and your death, you miss out on the future, it's not a reputable way to go, too painful and scary, etc. Too many cons when you can just go to sleep in order to avoid the chaos of life, even if it's only for a while. Plus you get to have dreams.

Yeah. Opium works too.

[Zierro]

No no. Opium often leads to accidental suicide - and that's the worst kind.

[Dupin]

No no. Opium often leads to accidental suicide - and that's the worst kind.

OPIUM HAS NO NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS YOU TROll. I know because I read it on the internet. It's just the conservative government try'na keep us down, man.

 

The worst kind of suicide is the kind that you wake up from. Failing at life can be pretty depressing, but failing at death just sucks.

[Zierro]

It's not that I fail at life. It's life that fails me. :boohoo:

[RpgGamer]

I don't think this stale copypasta is staying down. Shoulda checked the expiration date. Damn, that cunning navigrassor...

[Giordano]

It's not that I fail at life. It's life that fails me. :boohoo:

Seriously...touching. :eek:

[Assume Nothing]

I've heard that white noise usually helps in falling asleep, not like radio static or a ticking clock, but something like a whirring fan

[Dupin]

I've heard that if you get a some white noise, a red light, put the halves of a ping pong ball over your eyes, and wait thirty minutes, you can hallucinate.

[Assume Nothing]

I've heard that if you get a some white noise, a red light, put the halves of a ping pong ball over your eyes, and wait thirty minutes, you can hallucinate.

 

Yep.

[The Runar]

I've had problems getting to sleep for years. I'm almost never tired, unless I stay awake for over 30 hours.

 

Recently I've found a good way to get to sleep: I grab my iPod and just listen to music eyes closed laying on the bed until I get tired. Usually it doesn't take very long, I know that I'm tired when I forget that I'm listening to music (once happened three times during one song) :D Once I even fell asleep while still listening :lol:

 

I also make sure that the last few songs are something I call inspiring (usually some light power metal songs about dragons and stuff like that - I ♥ fantasy very much). I have much better dreams if I do that. :)

[Lenticular_J]

The only times I get a good night's sleep are after I've had an exhausting day. I need to be tired as a dog physically and mentally, fully fulfilled emotionally. That is always a great sleep.

[doomy]

I have trouble getting to sleep alot, have had it for years and its really frustrating. I think its because I think about things alot more and alot more in depthly, and also because supersensitive to an itch or a crease in the sheet for no apparant reason :P I think its mostly because I think too much though.

[michel555555]

playing some light music ususally helps me when i'm trying to get to sleep. Anything but country or heavy mettle.

[Assume Nothing]

Never play songs that you would sing to, play something that is relatively neutral. Don't go playing something like Airplanes or Don't stop believing.

 

I think the best things to listen to whilst sleeping is either smooth jazz, or the sound of rain. Hmm

[Skeptical]

I have to do something physical during the day: work out, hockey, dig, split wood, haul something, bike.... I find relaxing by reading or listening to music in the lowest light possible (not in front of a computer screen) is very helpful if I'm not feeling tired.

[Guest Rob]

I've heard that if you get a some white noise, a red light, put the halves of a ping pong ball over your eyes, and wait thirty minutes, you can hallucinate.

 

Yep.

Iirc, it's equal to LSD. (The high, I mean)

[Howlin0001]

Wow this is old, but I'm still having the same problem :( I have kind of learned to live with it.

[Hawks]

I take 3mg of Melatonin every night at the advice of my doctor because I have issues sleeping too. It's sort of natural, your body makes it as well. I want to say it's also in turkey and milk but I might be wrong.

[Bows]

After sleeping with a fan on for the past twelve years I find it almost impossible to fall asleep without the noise in the background. It sits at the foot of my bed, roughly two feet away from my feet. I use the remote for it to turn it on right when I get into bed, set it to medium at first, and then as I get more tired I gradually lower the intensity until it's hardly more than a whisper; right after that, I fall asleep.