When Sleepy Time Comes, Yet You Can't Go Sleepy,

[yeah_so_no]

I have really bad insomnia sometimes (like, I won't sleep more than two or three hours a night for weeks). For the bad times, I take sleeping pills (but I have to be really careful and take the right brand, because one kind had the opposite effect and I was so wired I was all but bouncing off the walls for a couple of hours), but for nights when I can't sleep because my brain is whirling around too much, I have a special playlist on my computer of soothing music that I put on. It helps distract my brain because I focus on that, and then the next thing I know, I'm waking up because my alarm is going off.

 

[deletemeplease107]

I listen to Goodbye SkyHarbor by Jimmy Eat World

somewhere in those 16 minutes i fall asleep

 

[Vicious Hallway]

Warm milk, cold bedroom, and very quiet ambient noise (usually one track of something put on repeat for me). If that doesn't work, I pop a couple melatonin.

 

[wikicated]

i read escapist forum or listen to pandora radio gary jules (or both)
and if all else fail the life sucker world of warcraft which actually screwed up sleeping patter in first place

If that doesn't work, I pop a couple melatonin.

i has melotonin too behind kitchen sink on window sill i dont use them much though

 

[A random person]

I just think about things with my always active mind. Other than that I generally don't fall asleep easily. Hell, when I don't have to go to school the next day, I stay up until 3, like I am right now.

 

[Heatseeker]

If you're not sleepy at sleepy time then sleepy time it ain't! Sleep when required, fight the "normal" sleep pattern!

 

[Guitar Gamer]

well.....................................the next door neighbours are blasting music for a good 7 hours straight and I can't for the life of me close my eyes, I don't care if it's good music it's 12:00 for god's sake. got any suggestions for that? and they're also all a good foot taller than me so waltcing over there with a bat is no option
normally I blast heavy metal direcly into my ears, it calms me down to hear zepplin

 

[Tattaglia]

Go watch TV for a while until I feel more tired, then go back to bed. If this results in failure, repeat.

I keep trying to dream of pleasurable things I can't describe on this forum.

Warm cookies?

[small]User was banned for this post. That sick SOB.[/small]

 

[Ignignoct]

What do you think about to try to make yourself fall asleep? I end up audiating some song in my head or considering the things I must do the following day.

THIS THREAD ISN'T HELPING!

It's 0323 my time and I don't appreciate you making a thread that's relevant to my immediate condition and goads me into prolonging my self-inflicted torture and sabotage!

...

I do pull-ups and then collapse on my bed repeating to myself:

"I will remember my dreams" x1,000

 

[Ignignoct]

I have fanciful dreams that I actually shake myself out of. Imagine in a dream you're about to shoot a basketball and suddenly you're shaken awake by yourself as you attempt the motion lying down.

I do this sometimes too! Usually it's when I'm really tired because I've just woken up after no sleep and so I fall asleep without realizing it, thinking I've gone off to do whatever, then I rudely awake myself by attempting some complex action. It really is a bizarre feeling.

indeed it is. I usually awaken going "wtf? dang..."

Once or twice I have done it during a rather... "involved" dream. *cough* Weird phenomenon is weird.

I think I'll be heading to bed, now. Judging by my oddly calm demeanor at the moment, I'm guessing that I'll be thinking about the comfy mattress and appreciate its precense.

Good night.

Sleep well. I'm gonna go hit the sack as well. See you later, fellow Escapists.

I remember I was getting chased in a dream, and I woke up and immediately went from laying on my back, to flipping forward into the push-up position, and then sprung my legs forward and jumped up-- looking around and realizing a few seconds later that I was standing alone.

On my bed.

At 4 AM.

I carefully laid back down again, looking suspiciously at my dirty clothes hamper.

There's a monster in there, somewhere, and one of these days, I'll prove it.

 

[Iampringles]

I just reflect on life until I fall asleep.

 

[McBurks]

I usually lay in bed,think about how I want to stay up some more so I can do a lot of other things,and before I know it I'm out.

 

[smithy1234]

USE THE SEARCH THREAD YOU INSOMNIAC!!! I just take a pill

 

[IxionIndustries]

I usually think. A lot. Like really bad.
Sometimes I'll imagine some story or location or something. Other times I'll reflect on things that I've done.
Certain times, like the past week, I've been excited over what would happen next in Half-Life 2.. Because I'm playing it. Even as I speak.

 

[LopezMeister]

I choreograph fight scenes in my head.