… I just wanna sleep
Obviously it’s person-dependent. I find what helps me most is turning on audio to something I actually want to listen to. That gets my mind off going to sleep. And I fall asleep instead of listening to the things I want to hear. So I’ve got a bunch of audiobooks from Audible. I’ve recently cancelled that, however. I’ve got so many, and plan to use the phone app Libby in conjunction with my local library. Also, I subscribe to a bunch of podcasts.
When I lie down I just set the timer to 30m or “end of chapter”, and I rarely have to extend that.
I went to the doctor and told them I had insomnia. Got diagnosed with depression. So now I take Seroquel and sleep ok. My point is to get a doctor’s opinion to rule out a medical condition.
- Daily Exercise
- Concept Album musics
Consistent daily exercise
When I close my eyes and see my demons, I engage them in a staring contest and fall contentedly asleep.
For me, what works is an ADHD medication along with not trying to fall asleep. Trying to fall asleep causes me something in the area of anxiety and guilt, so I end up frustrating myself awake. If I focus on a mindless task like scrolling through Lemmy or reading a book, I get engaged in that and end up accidentally falling asleep. The funny thing is that I have to keep doing my mindless task until I fall asleep, so many times, I wake up looking like I passed out in the middle of something with my glasses still on and my phone laying around. I’m actually curiously impressed that my glasses or phone haven’t broken yet.
I feel you bro/sis, except the glass part. I woke up over a phone or a laptop to discover what random things my body did. Once I was debugging a crashing function and waking up I saw the offending test passed. It took a while to discover that the ‘miracle’ was my asleep body deleting some other code somewhere in the callchain ;)
Achieve alot during the day
Drink for 48 hours straight.
New years was fucking way to much this year.
Drugs hard core prescription sleeping pills. I’m sorry but if you’re as desperate as I was and have tried everything then hard sleeping drugs typically with a benzodiazapine in it
I had sleep issues for years, almost failed high school because of it and then I was late to my own graduation. Now I have a routine that serves me well: Wake up and go to sleep at the same time every day, no caffeine, no sugar at night, nightlight on my monitors at night, listen to boring audiobooks with a sleep timer, don’t lay in bed watching TV.
Close your eyes. It’s impossible to stay awake with your eyes closed. True fact. They’re hardwaired right to your brain eventually your brain is like “aight, I’ma head out.”
but the brain still hardworking to think about something
Previously I used the 4-7-8 method (take a deep breath for a 4-count, hold it for a 7-count, exhale for an 8-count). I did that until I fell asleep.
Recently I started deep breathing/exhaling (no counting) and it works just as well.
Write about the things that worry you the most.
My (probably not very healthy) hack is to watch YouTube. My brain focuses on one thing and all the thoughts keeping me up just stay quiet.
If you have persistent sleep problems even after applying all the advice, if you can afford it, consider taking a sleep test/study to learn what’s the core issue
First your bed is for sleep and sexy times and nothing else. That way your body is conditioned to go to bed whenever you lay down. Doing other actions in your bed reduces this impulse.
Second, monitor your stimulant usage which includes tea, soda or coffee. Caffeine impacts your sleep more than many realize.
Finally stop lolking at screens an hour or so before bed.
If you want to jumpstart a sleep hygiene routine, complete physical exhaustion will help.
