hiimben Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Hi everyone. For as long as I can remember it has taken many hours tossing and turning in my bed to finally get to sleep. It get's annoying because I wake up in the morning to go to school sometimes and I'm very tired and find it hard to concentrate. And so everyone knows, I have tried going to sleep earlier and it doesn't work. I think what might be the reason for this is that I heat up very easily. In winter I wear barely anything, and have the fan right next to my bed. If I turn the fan off I heat up and have to sleep without a sheet or anything and I still heat up. The Purpose of this thread :?: Discuss methods on how you get to sleep easier, Share Stories about consequences that have arrised from over/undersleeping and discussing sleeping. If it helps to solve any of my problems, I'm 13. Remember to keep it appropriate and to the topic. I don't want my thread locked :) Thanks Everyone ~Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmser Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 As for the heating: I have it too but not as bad as you. I have it all the time though. I could walk in 5 degrees C in a T-shirt and not feel cold.. According to my gf I just radiate a lot of heat (and that's just literally, not going into other stuff on this board). No idea howcome. But I get too warm really easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikzelf100 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 :-w but dirnk warm milk it really helps it is proven scientifacaly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThoseTheBrokes Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I don't have any methods as such. But I find it easier to sleep when music is playing, Otherwise my mind just starts thinking about life, then that slowly turns into bad things.. And I start to worry, So the music takes my mind of it. My dA account..retired, as of the 1st January 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warri0r45 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Try to breathe in a regular and deep pattern. In..out...etc. It kind of helps me. As for the heating problem, I use a fan and it works for me. This may sound stupid but meh, i've had sleeping problems too and it sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipflop121 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 a few things i do is have a cold shower before bed (not 2 cold but lukewarm sorta thing) or i stay up late. u could try getting a really soft pillow, that helps me Started new account: flipflop v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wachtwoord Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Personally I can't sleep, if I haven't done enough that day (in terms of physical activities). I can always predict whether I can sleep or not. If I haven't done something like that for at least an hour I can't sleep. Maybe this works for other people too. When everything's been said and done, more has been said than done.All skills 80+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade_With Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I personally prefer to nap for an hour, wake up, do something - and repeat that for a few hours. Sleeping for 9 hours, that's like a third of your life gone if you sleep that long everyday. And i can't do it, it just doesn't seem right... The only time I sleep solid is when I'm ill or hungover. As for trouble gettng to sleep, try doing some excercise just before you try to sleep, failing that, just stay awake and do something constructive! @Trade_With Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Haha so I suppose your going to be up late tonight with the weather in Sydney today. Geez it was a scorcher! I'm going to have the fan full blast on me tonight as well.. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assassin_696 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Normally I can't get to sleep because my mind is too active, so I just focus on dreamy sleepy thoughts. Oh and T-Roach, keep it clean :P "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusqi Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 These are my tips: - Get in a sleep routine. Always sleep at a certain time and wake up at a certain time. - Try to only use your bed for sleeping, not for watching TV in or playing computer games in (I'll allow some fun with the gf though... :P ). - If you do wake up half way through the night, just tell yourself that this isn't the time to wake up, and you've got another x hours to either sleep or just lay there being bored, so you might as well just get on with sleeping. Don't give in and get up and do something. - Possibly read for half an hour before going to bed to tire your eyes out, and take your mind off what you did that day. Don't watch TV or a DVD, because this is a mindless activity that won't tire you out (your brain is less active while watching TV than it is while you're asleep.) - Try not to have random naps during the day, unless you have a routine and always nap for half an hour after lunch or something. - One strategy that has recently been discovered is to say the word 'now' at random intervals, i.e. "now... now...... now... now... now..now.......now". The human brain isn't very good at being random, and needs to concentrate to do it properly. This will interrupt any thought patterns that you have. For it is the greyness of dusk that reigns.The time when the living and the dead exist as one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astro Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 :-w but dirnk warm milk it really helps it is proven scientifacaly that works for me as well. some experts say reading in dim light helps. do that for 10 min and you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmser Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 :-w but dirnk warm milk it really helps it is proven scientifacaly that works for me as well. some experts say reading in dim light helps. do that for 10 min and you should be fine. That either makes you sleepy or gives you a horrible headache... Dunno if its worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikzelf100 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 :-w but dirnk warm milk it really helps it is proven scientifacaly that works for me as well. some experts say reading in dim light helps. do that for 10 min and you should be fine. That either makes you sleepy or gives you a horrible headache... Dunno if its worth it. a horrible head ache of warm milk :o then you are allergic for something in the milk i think and in dutch it is called anijs i dont know what it is in english but put "anijs" in the warm milk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushrock Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Grr...I have bad sleeping problems sometimes. I don't think I heat up, but I just don't get to sleep that easily. Many times, I'm so bored at night tossing and turning that I walk over to my computer at 1:00 AM and use Tip.It...:roll: (On a school night.) On a non-school night, it's up 'till 4:00 AM! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikzelf100 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Grr...I have bad sleeping problems sometimes. I don't think I heat up, but I just don't get to sleep that easily. Many times, I'm so bored at night tossing and turning that I walk over to my computer at 1:00 AM and use Tip.It...:roll: (On a school night.) On a non-school night, it's up 'till 4:00 AM! :P you sleep on non school nights :shock: and you go to bed at 1 am :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star. Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Luckily I am Aneamic so I fall asleep/get tired easily. Waking up early makes you sleep easier at night. ☢ CAUTION ☢ CAUTION ☢ CAUTION ☢ CAUTION ☢ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viktorkrum77 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I hate it when your biological clock is off, that's the worse. Usually I try a meditating session right before bed. I'm still practicing to get it perfect, but for now it's fine. It helps me relax enough that I can just lay in bed and usually fall asleep a few minutes later. Also, sometimes soft music on my iPod is good too. But I can't go to sleep with music playing. Me doing staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Too Far Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 wel i have precisely the same thing im 13 and always sleep with only my underpants and no bed sheet i always just open my window on cold nights (preferrably freezing) and then close it on al warm days and when its cold again open it (helps thoug annoying to never have your door open) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deloriagod Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Tylenol PM I develop a sleeping disorder once in a while and this stuff is great. No more waking up every half hour or laying in bed for hours before I finally fall asleep : Internet Marketing For Newbies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonking Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Make sure you have an easy first hour class with a lenient teacher, that way you can sleep through first hour, thats what I did lol. ~^v^~Ex-Leader of the Divine Flames of Redemption~^v^~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolgool Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Supposedly the smell of lavender makes you sleepy, and I'm going to try it again soon. The routine is a good idea, and if you usually excercise a lot in one day, but you don't, then it's going to be hard to sleep. The code in my sig should say 1032 not 0132. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinslayer777 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 A while back I was having more difficulty sleeping. I really find soft ear plugs help, along with deep breathing. Soft earplugs, I think, helped most because they amplified the hearing of my own breathe over other things. Another that helped me was trying out a trial for a program, the music was called "energizer nap" and I just edited out the beep in the end with audacity designed to wake you back up [nap] so i continued sleeping. It was pretty relaxing. I believe, but am not sure, that the company i got the tracks was Pzizz, http://www.pzizz.com, but they don't seem to have the same 30 minute track that i had. They do have several 15 minute tracks for listening though. If anyone knows how, I can upload the trial track i found [somewhere]. It is perfectly intended though to be used as trial [the track] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman089 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Though it's not something you should get into the habit of taking, benadryl really helps to knock me right out when I can't sleep (when I get it through IV it's a godsend)). Gamertag: King Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Make7upu101 Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I used to be the same way. Now, I either just stay up until i'm ready to go to bed or I try to work out a couple hours before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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