STUPID BRAIN TURN OFF KTHX
For over a month now, I have trouble falling asleep because my brain just won't shut the smurf up long enough for me to sleep. I end up drifting a bit but snapping right back into the waking world. Mom suggested I take Benadryl if I can't sleep but I really don't want to have to resort to taking benadryl just to get a decent night's sleep.
What do you do in such situations?
I mentally exhaust myself. Insomnia is so lovely.
I usually end up laying in bed thinking for hours, writing down random ideas and such on post it notes.
Or I read for hours.
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Reading isn't such a bad idea, actually. I might do some of that.
Usually I stay up playing a game until i'm too exhausted to keep my eyes open, so I may go with that too, once my brother leaves the 360 for the night.
Check Facebook, read, watch Buffy, or take a walk because the night's sky is my favorite part of summer.
I close my eyes and pretend to dream until I trick my brain into dreaming for real.
Or I follow the advice that driving for more than 2 hours of a time can cause microsleep so I imagine im driving down a long road.
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
I have nights like that a lot, probably the majority in fact. It doesn't usually interfere because it's so common I'm used to it, but sometimes I can't wind down even a little bit. Usually I just try and reset; sometimes all I have to do is make my bed and that does it, sometimes I have to be up for an hour doing stuff. That's my best advice though, get out of bed, do something else, and try again.
Post on EoFF or read long posts. Try to read BoB's mega long posts, you might fall asleep much easier!
Otherwise you can try eating a bedtime snack or listen to some music or have some warm milk.
I do a lot of things.
Read, write, draw, but mostly I go online and hope someone else can't sleep either. Sometimes, someone is there.
Enya's music have been proven to have a soothing effect on the brain, so who am I to argue against science. I listen to Enya.
Night nurse.
That's some sleep medicine stuff, in case you guys didn't realise that.
I am not a man
All you need are some OTC sleep aides. I recommend cutting one in half, though - in the morning you're super groggy and sleepy all day. But atleast they do the trick!
I normally listen to music or think up little stories in my head.Sometimes it's really weird because I wake up the next morning and I'm not sure whether I had a dream about that little story or whether I did think it up the night before.
Reading or playing games also helps with me too.
I do that too xDOriginally Posted by vinnie's mini's
I normally listen to music or think up little stories in my head.
But sometimes thinking up stories backfires and I get to excited to sleep.
Talk to PG (his deadline for sleep is 1am though!)
Do exercise until you pass out
Take meds and become dependent on them
Accept that your sleep schedule is different than what is expected for a 9-5 life (like mine - my sleep schedule is naturally at 4-10am; otherwise I sleep for 7+ hours for no reason other than alarm clocks)
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