Can't Sleep? Tired? Solutions to Help You Sleep

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The discussion revolves around struggles with sleep, with participants sharing their experiences and tips for overcoming insomnia. Suggestions include staying awake to induce sleepiness, listening to music, and practicing relaxation techniques like muscle tensing. Some participants report success in eventually falling asleep after tossing and turning, while others express frustration with their inability to sleep despite feeling tired. There are mentions of personal sleep patterns, with some individuals feeling more energetic at night and finding it challenging to adhere to a conventional sleep schedule. The conversation highlights the complexities of sleep issues and the varying strategies people use to cope with them.
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i'm sooo tired and i can't sleeeeeep. ugh, i want to cry, i just want to sleep and i can't. ugh
 
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Stop trying to sleep. :biggrin: Really. Try making yourself stay awake for something and you'll be dozing off before you know it...always works that way for me anyway.
 
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Stick some headphones on your ears, queue up some songs you like and lay in bed. Sooner or later you just fall asleep.

That's what I do when I can't go to bed.
 
What's wrong, sweetie? Too much caffeine? Stress? I used to have this great book on relaxation techniques you could do at bedtime. I will try to find it for you. There was a great exercise on tensing and relaxing muscles -starting at your toes and working all the way to your forehead - and it works like a charm for me. It takes a long time to do because you go muscle group by muscle group and you have to tense each group for 10 seconds at a time but it really helps!
 
Write E=mc2 on your forehead in Sharpie every 20 minutes you are awake.
 
Just average 6 hours of sleep a day like me and you will have no problem sleeping at night. I promise. (Two days ago I came home from school and took a 'nap,' when I woke up it was 10:30 P.M. whoops.)
 
shhh... she's asleep now![/size]:zzz:
(Darn! we always have to speak loudly since size=1 doesn't work anymore.)
 
i'm not asleep, still up. I'm not even tired any more... its awful...
 
:smile: welcome to my world!
 
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Gale said:
i'm not asleep, still up. I'm not even tired any more... its awful...
Ah, yeah! I can't sleep when I'm too tired and I just don't feel tired after an hour or more! Sounds like the problem is, being too tired.
 
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i'm going to make an 11th attempt to fall asleep. wish me luck!
 
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If you can t sleep, then don t. watch some tv, movie, porn, magazine, chat online, do some homework...blah blah blah.
 
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so, did it work?
 
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yep! i tossed and turned for about an hour, but finally nodded off. i accidently woke up at around 8am, but went back to bed and slept for a good 10 hours. only bad thing is that its a gorgeous day and I've missed most of it! awell, i'll go play some frisbee and it'll all be good.
 
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Lisa! said:
shhh... she's asleep now![/size]:zzz:
(Darn! we always have to speak loudly since size=1 doesn't work anymore.)
Yes it does.
 
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Gale said:
yep! i tossed and turned for about an hour, but finally nodded off. i accidently woke up at around 8am, but went back to bed and slept for a good 10 hours. only bad thing is that its a gorgeous day and I've missed most of it! awell, i'll go play some frisbee and it'll all be good.

You know, you are ****ing cute!
 
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You know, you are ****ing cute!

I am cute, aren’t I?
 
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sure, my dog!
 
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kant said:
You know, you are ****ing cute!

haha, well thanks... don't know what's cute about sleeping all day, but maybe i should do that more often.
 
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Gale said:
haha, well thanks... don't know what's cute about sleeping all day, but maybe i should do that more often.
Nothing is so sublimely beautiful as your love sleeping. It is the single source of all other joy and comfort in the world.
 
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He means you got it a whole lot better than he does right now.
 
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Mk said:
He means you got it a whole lot better than he does right now.
Of course she does! She might have trouble sleeping, but I can never sleep. When I get weary from my many studies and discoveries I can't sleep it off. I must press on and on without respite. Oh dear god, how I wish I could sleep!
 
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When I really need to sleep, I just meditate (laying down). If you don't want to do that (or can't, I guess), exercise.
 
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franzbear! said:
Nothing is so sublimely beautiful as your love sleeping. It is the single source of all other joy and comfort in the world.

Indeed, the peaceful serenity of a sleeping partner beats the grating wail of a whiney hag any day.
 
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can't sleep again. this sucks.
 
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franzbear! said:
Nothing is so sublimely beautiful as your love sleeping. It is the single source of all other joy and comfort in the world.
Show off
At least looseyourname is more honest then you. :wink:
 
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I just woke up! And ate fried fish and beans!
 
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loseyourname said:
Indeed, the peaceful serenity of a sleeping partner beats the grating wail of a whiney hag any day.
Well said.
 
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Mk said:
I just woke up! And ate fried fish and beans!
You sleep?!
 
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Gale said:
yep! i tossed and turned for about an hour, but finally nodded off. i accidently woke up at around 8am, but went back to bed and slept for a good 10 hours. only bad thing is that its a gorgeous day and I've missed most of it! awell, i'll go play some frisbee and it'll all be good.
So you sleep from 5 am to 2pm and then wonder why you can't fall asleep at 11 pm?
 
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If you go to sleep at 4 AM and make yourself get up at 6:30 AM, I guarantee that by 10 PM, even massive caffeine intake won't keep you awake. At least that worked for me yesterday. Today I'm back to not sleeping, but only have to wake up by 7:30 AM. :cry:
 
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dav2008 said:
So you sleep from 5 am to 2pm and then wonder why you can't fall asleep at 11 pm?

i don't know really. I've had mild insomnia even when i was real young. i think maybe my body just isn't made to be sleeping all night and active all day. when it gets dark out that's when i feel the best. my mind feels sharp and i have all sorts of energy. unfortunately, its usually too late to accomplish very much, but if i could take classes at 3am, i'd bet i'd be much more into them.
 
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Gale said:
i don't know really. I've had mild insomnia even when i was real young. i think maybe my body just isn't made to be sleeping all night and active all day. when it gets dark out that's when i feel the best. my mind feels sharp and i have all sorts of energy. unfortunately, its usually too late to accomplish very much, but if i could take classes at 3am, i'd bet i'd be much more into them.

Ya I know what you mean. During the night, there are less distractions, and less commotion taking place around you. For some reason, I've also felt many times that my hearing ability is more keen at night, probably due to less things happening per unit time.
 

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