Falling Asleep
<div class="IPBDescription">How do you do it?</div> Well, it's currently... *checks*... 2:08am here in the UK, and i'm not in the least bit tired. This isn't usually a problem as i can sleep in every day, but tomorrow i've got something that i can't miss which i have to leave for at about midday. Staying awake is out of the question, i know i won't stay up all night and i'll most likely sleep in.
This is all mainly due to the fact that my sleeping pattern is pretty screwy, i wake at 1-2pm and go to sleep at about 6am or so.
So yeah, how do you make yourself fall asleep when you don't feel all that tired? This is something i've never really been able to do.
Before, watching Blade Runner would make me fall asleep without fail (Great movie, just has that effect on me) but i don't have a DVD copy of it and no VCR. Bleh!
This is all mainly due to the fact that my sleeping pattern is pretty screwy, i wake at 1-2pm and go to sleep at about 6am or so.
So yeah, how do you make yourself fall asleep when you don't feel all that tired? This is something i've never really been able to do.
Before, watching Blade Runner would make me fall asleep without fail (Great movie, just has that effect on me) but i don't have a DVD copy of it and no VCR. Bleh!
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Unfortunately, I've always wondered the same thing. (about falling asleep)
If there's music i listen closely to the music, it keeps my attention which keeps me awake, and just lying i just think, again, that just keeps me up too. I'm one of those people that only sleeps when it happens.
The real trick is to not let it get to you, keep some schedule, insist on going to sleep the same time every night unless you really have to do something else. That way you keep the time you go to sleep from migrating towards 6 in the morning over a few days.
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Or watch TV in bed if you can.
Normally the more tired I am, the harder it is for me to sleep. I had been paintballing all day long once for a 24 hour scenario, got home, threw myself if bed, and sat there for three hours trying to fall asleep.
Now, if you want to fall asleep:
Imagine something (not related to falling asleep - though, thinking about what I'd like to dream about can work). As long as it's not a pressing issue it will usually get you tired.
Watching TV seems to work for most people (my vision sucks, so it's basically a big blurry picture without my glasses, and therefore is more of a nuisance than aid).
Most people say you shouldn't eat a while before bed, but if you're really having trouble getting to sleep, you could try eating stuff. Especially big meals and warm meals seem to work best.
Try to exercise until you're tired - although, this can backfire sometimes, and you may end up with too much adrenaline.
Last: clean. Clean your room, your bathroom...whatever. Usually works. Sometimes you might find an old notebook or book or something and you can look at the stuff you're cleaning up and generally get bored doing it...so you'll end up wanting to sleep. This usually takes about half an hour, at least, though.
that leads me to either falling asleep infront of the tv or falling asleep out of boredom <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
i begot j00
j00 begot sleep
Though I'm guessing a hangover is a no-no for whatever you're doing tomorrow... <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
2) Jump into bed a half hour earlier and just listen to <b>calming</b> music. Not that rock or rap ****.
That only works on other people.
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I use this thing for meditation and going to sleep, really nifty.
and count back from 100 or 200 to zero really slowly
i eventually end up sleeping
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I don't have that kind of attention span, amazingly enough. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->