When I can’t sleep, I turn around and sleep “upside down” - moving my pillows to where my feet were beforehand, and my feet to where my head was beforehand - and I stick with that for a week or so. It gives me a week or so without insomnia and then wears off, so I have to turn myself back around for the next 7-12 day period.

Admittedly this could just be a me thing, but let’s put our faith in this method and let the power of placebo effect take hold. Boom, minor bouts of sleeplessness are cured.

What are your own examples of this?

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    If you can’t find a comfortable temperature when you’re sleeping under blankets, just stick one foot, and maybe part of your lower leg, out from under of the blankets. It acts like a radiator, and will release much of your excess heat.

    A kid showed this to me at a childhood slumber party, and it’s been a useful tip ever since.

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      But then the monsters might eat my foot!

      Really though: I have a visceral aversion to having my feet exposed like that. If I’m lying down or even sitting on the couch, my feet must be covered. I could have no other blankets, except on my feet.

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    If you get that feeling where you need to sneeze but it’s not quite enough for a full sneeze, say the word grapefruit. 60% of the time it works every time

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        Ha, for me it’s the opposite. I have to cover my eyes, not just close them because I can still feel the brightness through my eyelids, so I have to physically cover them with my hands.

        Also, if people talk I can’t sneeze either. So if I’m around people I’m comfortable around, they know I’m about to sneeze and stop talking. That’s very sweet of them.

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          I imagine this looking really adorable. Talking to someone who then suddenly covers their eyes and sneezes.

          I often sneeze two times but when someone’s bless you comes between them, my second sneeze is cancelled most of the times. So most people who know me will wait in anticipation wether I sneeze a second time.

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            Haha, it gets annoying real fast!

            Yeah, it’s good to sneeze around people who know you well enough to not disrupt your sneezing, because there’s nothing more frustrating than not being able to sneeze.