What gets you to sleep!?

[saheh]

Hey everyone
Firstly I dunno if this is on the correct board

If you're anything like me...then the stress is probably building up as as you try to sleep you have a million things racing through your mind
How do you put this tension aside and be able to drift off??
I've tried a bit if meditation and breathing, I'm listening to a bit of instrumentals/impro jazz quietly which is very calming but not putting me to sleep
But it's just not working
What's your tips!!???

Sleep easy buddies

[pi]

I usually sleep at 4-5am out of exhaustion, so I usually sleep well. However, I find the following useful if I am having trouble:
1) My uni gave me this CD that has one of my lecturers talking for about an hour. It's brilliant, absolutely brilliant. His voice is sooooooo boring that I just have to fall asleep to avoid listening haha. N.B. the CD was intended for something educational/stress-reducing -> mindfulness.
2) Leave the AM radio on

[Bhootnike]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfkpjdTqDIs&feature=related

[MJRomeo81]

SBS weatherwatch. I have been watching it since year 7. In bed looking at all of those beautiful places in the world gets me to sleep easy. Even better when I can hear the sound of rain while watching it.

[Special At Specialist]

I go to bed late so that I'm already really tired, then I do 50 pushups until I'm puffed out and want to sleep even more. Only after my body is practically begging me to sleep will I go to bed.

[Dejan]

When your room is really cold and you snuggle so much with your blankets helps so much I fall asleep much easier

[brenden]

IRC til 3am.

[TrueTears]

fap -> tired -> sleep

it's true

[saheh]

Thanks everyone!
I finally fell asleep!


And I'm planning on recording my history notes so hopefully my own voice is boring enough :p

And I dunno how you all stay awake so late! I'm exhausted by 10pm :p

[Eriny]

I use tea (sleep time tea from T2), and occasionally over-the-counter sleeping pills (they're technically anti-histimines). Also, it's a good idea for me at least to not be on the Internet right before I'm going to bed and do things to calm my brain instead, like nothing.

[Russ]

Meditation and breathing won't help you at all if you're not willing to try it long term. If you do it for a few days it won't do anything but long term it's one of the easier and better ways to improve your sleep patterns.
Also, don't use a computer or your phone in the hour before you go to sleep

over-the-counter sleeping pills (they're technically anti-histimines).

Oh wow, this is genius haha

[Chease]

I count sheep.

[Starlight]

Hey everyone
Firstly I dunno if this is on the correct board

If you're anything like me...then the stress is probably building up as as you try to sleep you have a million things racing through your mind
How do you put this tension aside and be able to drift off??
I've tried a bit if meditation and breathing, I'm listening to a bit of instrumentals/impro jazz quietly which is very calming but not putting me to sleep
But it's just not working
What's your tips!!???

Sleep easy buddies

ah classic symptom of year 12, don't even worry about it, the more you worry the less likely you'll be able to sleep.

I got like 2 hours sleep on the day before my uni bio exam (this always happens to me in exam times), but I knew the material back then so it didn't affect my score.

I try to finish all my hw before about 10:30 then I can watch a tv show for like an hour before bed and for that hour I pretend i'm on holidays. You should try it!

[#1procrastinator]

I used to have insomnia, there was period where I couldn't sleep unless I hadn't gotten any sleep the night before. Not so bad anymore but I need to be tired to be able to sleep so sometimes if I get one of those rare 'good' sleeps (not necessarily long, I mean the ones where you wake up and aren't still sleepy) the night before, it might be hard to sleep the next night.

[RTandon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfkpjdTqDIs&feature=related

Of course you suggested that!!


I normally just fall asleep these days because I am so tired all the time, but I used to read a book before going to sleep. That almost always got me to sleep!