What to do when you cant sleep

[Djanki]

Hmm...That doesn't happen to me very often...But I do remember it happening a lot when I was in 9th grade (it was stress--I'd go to bed at ten, wake up at around 3:00, and not be able to go back to sleep).

Try drinking some tea, without putting too much sugar in it. Also, try listening to a calming song (I listen to Lilium before I go to sleep).

If that doesn't work, then read or draw, or do something mentally tiring (tetris? Sudoku?).

[MrMister]

Originally posted by DragonBlaze
Sometimes you just can't sleep. Anyway, I went to bed around 5, maybe a little after, I got up at 7, so I got a full two hours of sleep.

REM sleep helps your mind recovery, stage 4 sleeping that comes before REM helps physical recovery.

Anyway, I'm not tired at all. REM acts like a stress reliever, however, other things can relieve stress as well. REM helps store long term memory, but it isn't needed for long term memory.

You can achieve REM purely through meditation, which is what I have to do.

[Razor]

Once I went to bed at 12:15, because I wanted to get up moderately early the next day.
But then me mother came in after about 15 minutes to see (as I later found out) if I could do some inane job. I didn't move, so she thought I was asleep.

So I just lay in bed for the next hour or so. Awake. Only able to think and hear, but not sleep. Then around 1:30 I gave up and turned on the TV, where there was only crappy late night TV informercials and stuff.

Around 2 I have up completely and decided "Hey why the hell not" and watched the Director's Cut Blade Runner DVD I have.
That ended at 4, and then I went to bed and slept till 10.





That night really sucked.

[Archem]

Why not do what I do?
Sleep.
If you don't sleep for a week at a time, it's real easy.

[Revolution911]

I usually draw or chill out to some music. iPods are amazing for chilling w/ yourself. I listen to some really realxing stuff, so yeah. I have alot to choose from that wont rip my ears off if I listen to it. ACIDMAN, baby.

[Spike21]

I have sleeping disorter(sp?) so I mostly just draw and stuff, I might stay up tonight? DB you got msn or aim?

[Desimodontidae]

Well, when I can't sleep, I definatly get "mellow". I smoke a bowl or two. Or seven. Usually works.

[FFL2and3rocks]

TV, PS2, DS, or some combination of the three.

[X_marks_the_ed]

I usually pull out my tapwave zodiac and start reading the posts you guys make overnight. I can't post, cause then my folks will know I was awake late at night and I'd get grounded.........again. :p

[Apex]

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed
I usually pull out my tapwave zodiac and start reading the posts you guys make overnight. I can't post, cause then my folks will know I was awake late at night and I'd get grounded.........again. :p

So, your parrents moniter Charas to see if you posted while you were supposed to be sleeping? Why don't they just check your Last visited?

[DragonBlaze]

Originally posted by Spike21
I have sleeping disorter(sp?) so I mostly just draw and stuff, I might stay up tonight? DB you got msn or aim?

I got AIM drgnblazex

I used to have msn (my AIM with a @aol.com at the end) but I haven't installed msn since I got vista on my computer last month, I'll do it eventually.

I slept really good last night though, but I kinda miss all the free time that I had the night before  

[X_marks_the_ed]

Originally posted by Apex

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed
I usually pull out my tapwave zodiac and start reading the posts you guys make overnight. I can't post, cause then my folks will know I was awake late at night and I'd get grounded.........again. :p

So, your parrents moniter Charas to see if you posted while you were supposed to be sleeping? Why don't they just check your Last visited?[/B]

That is what they do. i never said I logged on while using the Zodiac.

[charaman]

Originally posted by Desimodontidae
Well, when I can't sleep, I definatly get "mellow". I smoke a bowl or two. Or seven. Usually works.

ever try a bowl or two of salvia before sleeping? nice dreams....







How about benadryl or tylonol PM?

[Archem]

Suffocate yourself. If you do it right, you'll sleep good, and you won't die. Can't guarantee keeping your brain cells, though.

[charaman]

Originally posted by MrMister

Originally posted by DragonBlaze
Sometimes you just can't sleep. Anyway, I went to bed around 5, maybe a little after, I got up at 7, so I got a full two hours of sleep.

REM sleep helps your mind recovery, stage 4 sleeping that comes before REM helps physical recovery.

Anyway, I'm not tired at all. REM acts like a stress reliever, however, other things can relieve stress as well. REM helps store long term memory, but it isn't needed for long term memory.

You can achieve REM purely through meditation, which is what I have to do.[/B]

trakata meditation is good for getting in a dream-like close-to-sleep-state