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take a pill
I smoke weed lol works for me
Depends on what I want to accomplish when I can’t sleep.
If I don’t have to be up early the next day and/or don’t have anything terribly demanding the next day, I will embrace the insomnia to an extent. Play a game for a bit. Maybe go do some work on the computer. Empty the dishwasher. Just find useful things to do that will help make the next day(s) a bit lighter.
If I do have to get up, have a heavy day, or just would prefer to sleep, then I do fairly standard things. I’ll go grab something to read (sans a screen). I’ll find something relaxing to listen to (no videos, just audio). I’ll try various visualization / relaxation / counting techniques.
And if all else fails, I’ll just find some random movie to watch and sit/lay on the couch or in a recliner to veg out.
For me, not being able to sleep sucks, but lying down with my eyes closed and embracing my thoughts still leaves me feeling better the next day compared to getting up, moving around, etc.
Listen to a audiobook for a book I’ve read before. I have a sleepy mask with headphones built in so I don’t bother my partner.
I find a comfortable position, close my eyes, and let my mind drop me somewhere in my imagination.
Most often, its a frozen lake surrounded by evergreen trees with snow swirling. In this I’m usually skating along the ice at the pace of my breathing. The sound of my breathing in and out is like the sound of my skate making each push on the ice; the fan in my room feels like the cold wind on my face.
But it can be other places my mind goes and I find this incredibly peaceful. Before I know it, I’ve actually drifted off to sleep. I’ve been doing this for about two months and have begun to keep a journal on where my mind goes in these moments each night
I start planning D&D ideas for campaigns or think about my character in the campaign I’m in is going to react in the next session.
Usually this works to put me to sleep pretty quickly.
Make up stories in my head.
Rub one out.
Practice meditation.
A good night is when I do all three in order :-)
Make up stories in my head.
This is super effective to help get to sleep. Just waking fantasies of being a superhero, or in a zombie apocalypse or being super rich. Any fictional narrative to keep the mind from wandering to racing thoughts or stresses. Gets me to sleep every time.
This, apparently.
Yup. It is currently the time for sleep, and yet here I am.
Ur looking at it.
If I don’t have a book to read. Just finished Rendezvous with Rama which was sooo good.
i scroll lemmy… yeah i should stop doing this
All the most effective stuff you can do to get better sleep is done ahead of time (like daily exercise, not spending time in bed when not sleeping, keeping a sleep schedule, avoiding caffeine/alcohol etc), so if I get to that point there isn’t that much to be done. Getting up and doing something nonstimulating other than lying in bed for ten minutes can help a little bit sometimes. If there’s something in my sleep environment that is abnormal and it’s possible to correct it that will help. Lowering the temperature can help.
Fully agree, that part helped the most with improving falling asleep time and sleep quality.
More melatonin and breathing exercises i referenced in other comment are for those abnormal, one off occasions and usually the cause can be pointed back to some daily activity.
Yeah, tbh I also take .5mg melatonin before bed regularly and add a valerian root tablet on top of that occasionally
Same, 1,9mg of melatonin, but if any of the preparation during the day isn’t on point. That melatonin does absolutely nothing. With the preparations It’s providing a slight push to speed up falling asleep.
I read many years ago that insomnia is a survival mechanism due to low calories.
I get up and have a light meal. Seems to work for me.
Smoke some weed
Gym these days. I’ll do a 2.5km jog/run and then row for 2k and if I still have the good brain juice, 5k on the bike. That’s usually enough to at least get me a fair bit tired.
My sister is a registered nurse, and she has a pro tip. Electric blanket. I wrap myself, and I am out like a light.
Also, I am a “sleeper” after r/Futurama_Sleepers when I was over there, so I just download episodes of my favourite tv shows, usually American Dad, Family Guy, Venture Brothers and what not, onto this old phone I have, and set the screen to the lowest brightness, sometimes the screen is off, and the volume low and I watch till I fall asleep. I have not made it past 20 minutes yet in the years I have done this.
Electric blanket as in a heated blanket? How would that help you sleep? I sleep on a heated blanket but u only do that because otherwise the bed is too cold for me but I don’t feel the heat does anything to help me sleep.
Well, the cosy warm feeling tends to lead me to sleep. It works like a charm.
Yes, heated blanket. Around me.
Go Team Venture
Go Team Venture.
