View Poll Results: What do you do when you need sleep, but you can't go to sleep for whatever reason?

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  • Tough it out. Be a man/woman/whatever/I don't want to offend sorry

    13 48.15%
  • Coffee. Bro. Coffee! Coffee? Bro...coffee.

    7 25.93%
  • Energy drinks and I am drinking the E Tank like Mega Man

    2 7.41%
  • 5 Hour supplements or the like. Like like like like like like

    0 0%
  • Drink some cold water. That helps. Seriously. I'm not joking. Look it up.

    0 0%
  • I'll make an excuse to go to bed. Go to bread. Ginger sleep house.

    0 0%
  • I refuse to answer this poll.

    4 14.81%
  • Take a sleep aid. Doesn't matter if prescription or over counter. Become the Dragon King.

    1 3.70%
  • Ever think of the bunk bed?

    0 0%
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    I was going to say coffee until I saw cold water was an option. Drinking it seems like a good idea, but cold showers will wake me up.

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    I prefer unsweet iced tea over coffee.

    I usually will tough it out if going back to sleep isn't an option.

    Usually it is though. So I can go back and nap.

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    This just doesn't really happen to me very often these days at all, but I tough it out, yeah.
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    I only don't get sleep because I have to wake up and change diapers a few times a night :P

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    I just drink some coffee.

    And then maybe an energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink, and then maybe another coffee, and then maybe another energy drink.
    everything is wrapped in gray
    i'm focusing on your image
    can you hear me in the void?

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    the best way to sleep is to trick yourself into sleeping. you need to find a documentary that is mildly interesting, interesting enough for you to want to watch it, but not too interesting so it keeps you up because you're so enthralled. best to watch using your laptop because you want to be laying down in your bed in a sleeping position for this, so you can place the laptop somewhere you can see it.

    if you sleep with a partner, use same directions as above, but use headphones, just have one in one ear. if they can't sleep with light in the room, tell them to stop controlling your life.

    find things that are suited to your interests, or just things you're mildly interested in. such as: ancient egypt, buddhism, were giants real, loch ness monster, tribes that exist in modern times but are still in the stone age, etc. those are some of my favourites. absolutely nothing like; the boy whose skin fell off, the girl who's body is melting, the person who's life is a living hell and everything is sad. you will have nightmares because it's sad and unhappy! and nothing like secret diary of a high class call girl, you will become aroused, and spend an hour playing with yourself. don't leave your laptop plugged in, and it will probably turn itself off during the night, or just go to sleep, just like you are hopefully by this point

    radio is also great. whatever source of radio you have, stick one of the more obscure stations on, (find it online,) where they talk constantly about strange things. best part of this is you wake up in the early morning and they are talking about even stranger things.

    most of the time, not being able to go to sleep is a psychological thing. trick your mind into thinking you're gonna pay attention to something, lay down in a sleeping position, and you will likely start to feel tired and drift off naturally.

    otherwise, check with your doctor first, but valerian root can be okay for that. not to be confused with valyrian steel; something that can be used to kill white walkers.

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    The dark stuff.

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    I tough it out until the second wind kicks in, then it's POWWWWWWEEEEEEEERRRRRRR!!! as soon as I get home I crash.

    Right now it's like 2:40am... I need to be up at 5:15 latest!.... waiting on my second wind!

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