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gmack24
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It takes me forever to fall asleep, hence this thread at nearly 4a.m.  My brother passes out in less then 5 minutes, it takes me sometimes hours. I'm in boston right now and can't f'ing sleep, any advice on how to pass out faster? How long does it take you guys to fall asleep.
Jan 10 2011 3:42AM
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MN_Nice
Posts: 3824 - Karma: 56
It takes me for fucking ever. My body clock is terrible for my schedule. I sleep in class way too much.
Jan 10 2011 3:44AM
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LIL-WAT
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i feel your pain brother.
Jan 10 2011 3:47AM
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Static
Posts: 8560 - Karma: 4,138
so ez to z,

if I hold a blink too long I might not make it
Jan 10 2011 3:47AM
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eheath
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I usually have a hard time, i watch tv shows on netflix to try and calm my mind so i can sleep or try to think about one thing while im trying to sleep, like skiing or filming and it works sometimes. I never pass out quickly like some people do, so jealous.
Jan 10 2011 3:50AM
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SgtSteamy
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I've ALWAYS found it hard. My mind is always running too fast. I used to think podcasts / playing video games would help. But I've found it does the opposite. It just ignites my brain. Music is especially bad late at night.

What I've found works best for me is this:
[Even though it's 2:00 am here haha this works when I follow]

Try to keep a semi-normal sleep schedule.
Keep a planner so you can write things down that you need to get done the next day. That way you don't stress about it while lying in bed.
Instead of listening to music / podcast / watch tv. Download SIMPLY NOISE.


You can generate background noise which actually does help. I highly suggest their free thunderstorm download.

Well :/ hope that helps.
Jan 10 2011 4:36AM
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Toonoman
Posts: 265 - Karma: 20
I'm also having problems with this as my sleep rythm is totally fucked up. just plug in your Ipod and play some calming music.
What really helped for me for like 1 year: (may sound gay) I had 5 tracks of the band 'Saybia' on my Ipod, it's really calming music and i always listened to those when going to sleep and seriously i always fell asleep somewhere along those 5 songs. May help for a while but after a while the songs get annoying
Jan 10 2011 4:57AM
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Tha_Wizard
Posts: 836 - Karma: 1,249
take a Tylenol PM an hour before you go to bed and you will fall asleep quickly.
Jan 10 2011 8:48AM
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no_steeze
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i don't have a hard time falling asleep but i don't pass out the second my head hits the pillow. it's actually good to have SOME time between when you get in bed and when you fall asleep, it means you're not overtired, but you shouldn't toss and turn for hours

the absolute worst is knowing you need to sleep and not being able to and then getting mad about it which just keeps you awake longer
Jan 10 2011 8:53AM
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Nuketeacup
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I've had a super hard time falling asleep lately (screwed up my sleep schedule due to timezones and bunch of stress). I find rain makes me fall asleep almost instantly (or seeing snow fall outside my window), just helps relax.
I found this playlist which helped me to just chill out http://8tracks.com/guilty/the-list. Just focus on the music and/or think of falling snow or something, and let all your negative thoughts fall away. I also found focusing on relaxing your body step by step, like starting with your fingers then moving onto hands etc, seemed to help. (Just looked out the window and it's snowing, fuck yeah)
Jan 10 2011 9:19AM
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clark.
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Background noise helps a lot. I usually have an easy time falling asleep, especially after a long day or working out. But last summer I was biking in Colorado for a week. Slept fine the first few nights because the house was literally 5 feet from a bar. But once we got out into the wilderness I didn't sleep at all because there was absolutely no sound.
Jan 10 2011 9:20AM
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*Johnny
Posts: 403 - Karma: 19
After a good day at the mountain, I fall asleep right when my head hit the pillow.. But in general, I've a hard time falling asleep.
Jan 10 2011 9:31AM
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Peach.
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Story of my life. Literally almost every single night.
Jan 10 2011 9:38AM
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soulskier
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i fall asleep almost too easily, i dont know as far as advice though. school has me on a very regular sleep schedule, that might be a good place to start. that, and cut down on the energy drinks and other crap
Jan 10 2011 10:13AM
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daskis
Posts: 1828 - Karma: 356
Smoke a blunt and fall asleep to a movie or music playing quietly.
Jan 10 2011 11:11AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
on regular days i need to watch about an hour of series before i get sleepy, however when i've had an active day skiing, climbing, or doing some other activity, i just put down my head and i'm off !
Jan 10 2011 11:14AM
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maximiliaan
Posts: 7711 - Karma: 2,857
cant sleep everyday till 3 am
every fucking day!
and the worst is that i walk in my sleep and shit and put my alarmclock off shit is so fucked up
Jan 10 2011 11:16AM
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samwise
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Sometimes I just can't fight it any longer and fall asleep while I'm still chillin with people. It's kinda bad.
Jan 10 2011 11:17AM
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GeneralT
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Make sure you don't have the computer/tv/phone on. They say that electronics make it a lot harder to fall asleep. As for a phone I think it has something to do with the way cellphone signals work.

Jan 10 2011 11:21AM
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Lemuel
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Usually not too long, but if there is something on my mind, I will barely sleep.
Jan 10 2011 11:23AM
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niSE7EN
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jack off and maybe it will help you fall asleep, works for me.
Jan 10 2011 11:36AM
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ECB
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I once read in a book about this, something like I think if you fall asleep in 5 minutes or less you are really tired, not health. If it takes you longer than 15 minutes, you are not tired enough. The ideal time was 5-15. It explained why, but I don't remember where I saw this, maybe on ted. Anyways, for you, you should turn off the tv in your room if it is on, turn off your cell phone, turn off your computer, etc. IF any of those are on they could be distracting you from sleeping, even if you don't intend to say use your phone.
Jan 10 2011 11:39AM
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no_steeze
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looking at a screen before bed makes it harder to go to sleep
Jan 10 2011 11:41AM
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find
Posts: 431 - Karma: 27
having sex works even better, but not many of us can afford that luxury.

i find that i have trouble sleeping if i spend a lot of time in bed during the day. if your mind associates your bed with something other than sleep (watching movies, playing video games, doing homework, etc), it's harder to get in the mindset for sleep when the times comes.
Jan 10 2011 11:48AM
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Out2Pasture
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I've been working 12 hour days without a day off since the beginning of May I am usually asleep as soon as I can get in bed.  If I'm having trouble a little music helps
Jan 10 2011 12:28PM
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Sheets-mmm
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i usually fall asleep relatively fast..but i do smoke weed a few times a day..which always puts me out the second i close my eyes. but if i get off my routine and nap or something, ill have trouble falling asleep or if somethings on my mind thats stressing me out. my brother always had trouble falling asleep and he cant really find any medication that truely works..so i guess its how you go about your day and how your body works

Jan 10 2011 12:29PM
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skithesprings
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Jan 10 2011 12:33PM
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bakedpow
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I fall asleep right away usually. Sometimes it takes me longer but I fall asleep really fast.
Jan 10 2011 12:34PM
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SkiThe603
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When my head hits the pillow, i am completely gone until my mom breaks down the door in the morning
Jan 10 2011 12:36PM
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Gnarshred
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I have an addiction to watching movies or shows when I fall asleep. If I don't have something on it is really tough for me because my mind just races around randomly. In really bad situations, I resort to Nyquil or other less legal substances. I don't recommended this, but it does work, so w/e
Jan 10 2011 12:39PM
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ace_
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holding your breath in certain intervals slows brain activity and helps you go night night
Jan 10 2011 12:40PM
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RubberSoul
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you're retarded
Jan 10 2011 12:45PM
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IanAdams
Posts: 281 - Karma: 89
I am the lightest sleeper ever it sucks. I wake up like 54365436 times per night and it takes usually like an hour to fall asleep
Jan 10 2011 12:50PM
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ForrestW
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threads. i lay in bed for prolly an hour nightly trying to sleep and sometimes more.
Jan 10 2011 12:50PM
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lineskier10
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the easy solution here is drinking until you pass out
Jan 10 2011 12:51PM
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.jesus.
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the. fucking. best.
Jan 10 2011 12:52PM
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thebeesknees
Posts: 3660 - Karma: 160
takes me so much longer then others.
Jan 10 2011 1:08PM
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Anathema
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depends on the woman im with
Jan 10 2011 2:23PM
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Talacious[Tally]
Posts: 1686 - Karma: 189
Enya. I'm out like a light in one song.
Jan 10 2011 2:28PM
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yuck
Posts: 8384 - Karma: 2,090
clever
Jan 10 2011 2:29PM
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bustinthejus
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Man my sleeping it totally fucked. On weekends I wake up at like 3PM and so I can't get to sleep Sunday night until like 1... That fucks me up cause then I can't wake up in the morning with only like 6 hours of sleep (hence why I'm at home right now when I should be at school...). But then on Monday night, when I know I should be getting as much sleep as possible, I go "alright I'm gonna sleep at 10:30"... then it's 11... then 11:30... and it's like midnight before I even start heading to bed. THEN when I'm in bed, it takes me at least another half an hour before I can fall asleep... Shit sucks.
Jan 10 2011 2:29PM
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tall_t
Posts: 1036 - Karma: 15
i once i slept with my boots on
Jan 10 2011 2:30PM
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eastAR5
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AMBIEN


before it loses its magic......
Jan 10 2011 2:31PM
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Huck_Norris
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Usually by the time I get to my bed I'm so beat I don't even remember getting in... 

I can usually sleep on command in chairs, cars, planes etc. etc.  It really helps pass the time, and I get where I'm going well rested.  I need my sleep or it just isn't pretty. 

Jan 10 2011 2:33PM
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1337
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takes me forever as well
Jan 10 2011 2:38PM
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Dobies.
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your circadian rhythm is all kinds of fucked up i'm guessing. Do you take naps? If you do this could be why. You take a nap and that makes you go to sleep later, wake up later and then when you have to wake up at a normal time you are all sorts of fucked up.

This worked for me.

1.) Don't take naps, no matter how tired you are.
2.) go to bed at a reasonable hour (when possible)
3.) don't watch TV or anything before bed, just go to bed to minimize racing thoughts and shit
4.) wake up at the same time every day
Jan 10 2011 2:45PM
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theabortionator
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I don't really sleep. I rage. It's fun but it sucks sometimes. If I'm really really fucking tired sometimes I just pass out. I can't take naps like some people do, just won't fall asleep. It's fun sometimes if other people are raging all night as well, but sometimes it blows. Who wants to be partying solo at 5:30 am because everyone else crashed.

At one point I actually got on a good sleeping scedule where I consistently wentt to bed/woke up around the same time. That didn't last long though. I need to start myself into an opiate addiction.
Jan 10 2011 2:47PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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God, I thought I was the only one. I can't sleep for shit. Thank the good lord for my friend Xanax. I wish I didn't have to drug myself to sleep at night, but it's honestly the only thing that works for me. The only other thing that works is rippin' waist deep pow lines for like 10 hours a day, but unfortunately I can't do that every day, so I must resort to drugging myself.
Jan 10 2011 2:54PM
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introvert
Posts: 4718 - Karma: 1,482
I have Sleep Insomnia.
Jan 10 2011 3:08PM
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EAST~COAST
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if i need to sleep i start texting someone and usually after a half our or so im out hahahha
Jan 10 2011 3:09PM
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Benjo
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Ive nearly never had to do with that problem since my puberty.
(God thanks!)
Jan 10 2011 3:12PM
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