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Sleeping tricks

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katalina
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newschoolers.com: how do you sleep?!

any tricks of the trade? how do you get yourself calm and relaxed before bed?


i always seem to have trouble with this. i have googled, but i'm just curious to see the different responses. maybe i can find something that works for me, too.

Jun 16 2011 4:25AM
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SteezTech
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Midnight snack usually helps me or a cold room.
Jun 16 2011 4:34AM
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theabortionator
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I wait till I'm tired.

Even then i don't fall asleep right away. But laying in bed trying to sleep doesn't work for me. Even if I turn the tv off I'll get wrapped up in my head stuck in thought. Sometimes a few beers helps me. Only thing that sucks is when i get drunk I wake up super early sometimes hungover, then have to go back to sleep again.


try hitting yourself in the forehead with a brick a couple times. IF you do it right you'll wake up in the morning after a good rest
Jun 16 2011 4:45AM
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morpheus
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focusing on my breathing.  becoming aware of it is odd, you never notice until you think about it.  i think of long, steady, consistant breaths.  it helps
Jun 16 2011 4:51AM
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steezology101
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I listen to music. Just put my headphones in and listen. Works well for me.
Jun 16 2011 4:51AM
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disastertourism
Posts: 2402 - Karma: 135
I read/go on my laptop without my glasses on.
Strains my eyes and makes them feel super tired.
Jun 16 2011 4:58AM
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feihlination
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read something. at best without perfect lighting (its a myth that this is bad for the eyes). BOOOOM
Jun 16 2011 5:00AM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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Get some hand time in. You get a little tired from it it makes you feel sooo good then you just shut your eyes and all is right in the world. negatives, fall asleep with hand on junk, junk out of your pants, junk just junkin around. nice way to enter dream land though
Jun 16 2011 6:01AM
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Dan.P
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Hypnosis vids on youtube, work so well
Jun 16 2011 6:41AM
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maximiliaan
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havent sleep well for like 2 years now :( really really frustrating and bad for my college
Jun 16 2011 6:55AM
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SenditSerg
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read a book and im out in 10
watch a show and im out in like 5
if you dont have anything to read or watch and are just going to bed i read on google that it helps to relax your jaw muscle because its always so tense during the day and just count the number of breaths that you make. Definetly relaxes you when you cant sleep
Jun 16 2011 6:57AM
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O-A_s
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Try working out so that you are physically tired, though not too late. It's important to slow things down before you go to sleep. Also have a comfy bed.
Jun 16 2011 7:04AM
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Black.Bird
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Drink a glass of milk before going to bed. It makes you relaxed and induces sleep.
Jun 16 2011 7:13AM
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BIGben*
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Inb4 fap.
Jun 16 2011 7:13AM
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razors-chaz
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i watched a documentary thing on people who had problems sleeping (it was a shit day for tv) and there are a couple of things that help like if you take a long hot bath and then try to go to sleep it helps as you raises your body temperature with the bath and when you get out your body temp begins to fall and so your body compensates for this and so uses energy to slow the temp decrease and so makes you tired. making sure that the environment you are trying to sleep in is as quiet as possible and as dark as possible. If your having major sleep issues set yourself a set period of time you are "allowed" to be in bed and trying to sleep and your not allowed to leave your bed or return at another time and eventually you will get tired enough and you will get back a regular sleep pattern. it takes commitment but it works.
Jun 16 2011 7:26AM
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Jonny7
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still waiting for someone to embed that pillow position video
Jun 16 2011 8:24AM
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inactive
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too late
Jun 16 2011 8:26AM
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colleenator
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i relax my body and concentrate on my breathing. then start thinking about random things and then you slowly drift away.
Jun 16 2011 8:55AM
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.spaghetticat.
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YOUR BACK OMG OMG
Jun 16 2011 9:08AM
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sbhr
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smoke a bowl
Jun 16 2011 9:28AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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i was having a really hard time falling asleep during exams in the winter cause i was really stressed, and a couple of time i just held my breath till i passed out, which in retrospect is probably really dangerous or something, but it worked
Jun 16 2011 9:29AM
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skia4life91
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She is a girl, hopefully she doesn't have any junk hanging out of her pants...
Jun 16 2011 9:33AM
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feihlination
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theoretically no big deal, because you get unconscious (did you really manage to hold it that long?) and then you start to breathe again.

but WTF?
Jun 16 2011 12:37PM
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danimal5
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this works everytime
Jun 16 2011 12:40PM
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skithesprings
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sex is the best


Jun 16 2011 12:40PM
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deleted5
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i used to have this problem then a learned self hypnoses. It sounds dumb but i works.
Jun 16 2011 12:45PM
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naturday
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i try to hypnotize myself by thinking about my feet being really really heavy, and really just concentrating on how relaxed my body is.
Jun 16 2011 12:52PM
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Wheaty214
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I turn my tv down really low so I can barely hear it, set the timer, overall just relax and listen and by the end of 30 minutes I am out.
Jun 16 2011 12:55PM
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sammy_
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listen to music
think about stuff that doesn't stress me out or figure out situations to not be stressed
concentrate on my breathing
or if i curl up in a ball i pass out in like 5 minutes
Jun 16 2011 2:13PM
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JIBpsy^^
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I f you live somewhere where its cold at night open your window so your room gets cold then just snuggle up in some blankets works like a charm
Jun 16 2011 2:17PM
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Petersaurusrex
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Read a book with a soft light. It's proven to help you get to sleep.

And also, don't watch TV or use the computer right before you go to sleep.
Jun 16 2011 2:21PM
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Piste.Off
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take a melatonin and you're out
Jun 16 2011 2:21PM
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yupp
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this.
Jun 16 2011 3:11PM
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erica
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count sheep.

I just go to bed when i'm tired, the issue for me is getting comfortable, but once i'm comfy, its easy to fall asleep while relaxing
Jun 16 2011 3:15PM
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BMB
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FAP
Jun 16 2011 3:19PM
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.spaghetticat.
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also i like to have a fan or an airconditioning on because
1. it keeps the room kewll

2. the noise helps me sleep
Jun 16 2011 3:21PM
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Dan-Man
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LUL

or

pick your poison

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Jun 16 2011 3:25PM
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soulskier
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my head hits the pillow and i'm out
Jun 16 2011 3:30PM
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B-runge
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smoke a bowl
listen to npr
listen to a audiobook

if i cant fall asleep in like 5 minutes of laying in the dark i get pissed, i guess i just take falling asleep really easily for granted
Jun 16 2011 3:31PM
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3-6-steeze
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Cold room is proven to help. It always works for me. Just open a window and get a bunch of blankets, as long as your head is cool you should fall to sleep quickly
Jun 16 2011 3:33PM
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sammy_
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oh and this^
Jun 16 2011 3:34PM
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.frenchy
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Flip dat pillow to the cold side! Every night
Jun 16 2011 4:40PM
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k-rob
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chloroform.
Jun 16 2011 4:57PM
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Anathema
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get into a routine. it's like eating at fucked up times during the day and wondering why you aren't hungry when 6:00 rolls around. get into the habit of going to bed at the same time every night, and wake up at the same time every day. your body will get used to it.

and if your internal clock is all fucked up, go to bed late one night and wake yourself up at 6am the next morning. i guarantee you'll be tired the next night. sometimes that's what it takes to reset yourself.

and dont think too much as youre falling asleep. sometimes falling asleep requires active effort. you cant just lay there and expect to sleep. you need to try to sleep. i'll get myself into a comfortable position and start focusing on my breathing, or ill think of the different parts of my body and try to relax them as much as possible. ill wiggle my toes a bit and then relax, and then ill flex my legs and relax, and so on. really helps mellow you out and gives you that feeling where you're just sinking into your bed with nothing on your mind but how relaxed you are and letting yourself doze off.
Jun 16 2011 5:03PM
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theabortionator
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That's true but I'm too random to ever be going to bed at the same times
Jun 16 2011 5:38PM
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katalina
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all good responses. some of them are helping... thank you guys!
Jun 18 2011 1:32AM
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katalina
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all good responses -krob's.
haha damnit kevin.
Jun 18 2011 1:33AM
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StreetsOfRage
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This guy knows whats up.
Jun 18 2011 1:35AM
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rudager
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I found the best way is to just let your mind go, don't think. I don't think when I go to sleep most of the time, and when I'm not thinking about something, I have a song run through my head.
I find, if you let your thoughts just wonder, you don't pay attention to it, and just fall asleep.
But when you think, your brain gets active and going again, preventing you from falling asleep since your occupied and focussing on specific thoughts.
Jun 18 2011 1:42AM
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Anathema
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try a bit of background music too. something soothing that doesnt get you all fired up or into it. it usually helps drown out the noise of the world so that you can just drift.
Jun 18 2011 1:45AM
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