Quick Way to Fall Asleep: Tips to Hear Your Alarm

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The discussion revolves around strategies for quickly falling asleep without being overly sedated, which could prevent waking up to alarm clocks. Participants share various tips, personal experiences, and humorous suggestions related to sleep habits and aids.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification
  • Humorous

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest thinking of boring stories or people as a way to fall asleep.
  • There are inquiries about caffeine consumption during the day, with one participant proposing it might affect sleep quality.
  • Establishing a consistent sleep routine is recommended by some as a method to improve sleep onset.
  • Several participants humorously suggest extreme measures, such as banging one's head against a wall or getting drunk to induce sleep.
  • One participant mentions the use of Ambien, noting that it can be effective if at least six hours of sleep are achieved.
  • Another participant discusses the concept of "borrowing" sleep hours, suggesting that insufficient sleep can accumulate and require extra sleep to recover.
  • There are mentions of using alcohol as a sedative, with varying opinions on its effectiveness and consequences.
  • Some participants express frustration with the lack of straightforward or healthy solutions, preferring humorous or unconventional advice.
  • One participant shares a personal anecdote about insomnia and its impact on dreaming.
  • Another suggests using reverse psychology on oneself to induce sleep, although this is met with skepticism.
  • There are playful exchanges about the absurdity of some suggestions, highlighting the lighthearted nature of the discussion.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion features multiple competing views on effective sleep strategies, with no clear consensus on the best approach. Participants express a range of opinions, from serious recommendations to humorous or exaggerated suggestions.

Contextual Notes

Some suggestions may rely on personal experiences and may not be universally applicable. The discussion includes a mix of serious advice and humorous commentary, reflecting varied attitudes towards sleep and its challenges.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals seeking unconventional or humorous advice on improving sleep, as well as those interested in exploring different perspectives on sleep habits and aids.

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Does anyone know of a quick way of falling asleep. I went to bed at like 4:00am yet wasn't able to get to actually sleep until like 5:30am. Anyone know a quick way to fall asleep that doesn't knock you out so badly that you don't hear your alarm clocks go off? ugh!
 
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Thinking of a very boring story or person! :zzz:
 
Pengwuino said:
Does anyone know of a quick way of falling asleep. I went to bed at like 4:00am yet wasn't able to get to actually sleep until like 5:30am. Anyone know a quick way to fall asleep that doesn't knock you out so badly that you don't hear your alarm clocks go off? ugh!
How much caffeinated stuff are you drinking during the day(or evening)? Could that be giving you a problem?
 
Relax... think nothing...
 
Sounds to me that you do not have a routine for sleeping.

I found the best way to fall asleep is to have a routine of going to bed at the same time everyday, and getting approx. the same amount of sleep everynight.

I always go to bed about 11-Midnight. It works great. If it was any earlier, I would have a hard time staying up past Midnight, which isn't good if you are out on Friday night.
 
bang your head against the nearest inelastic wall till you pass out
 
Sleep, she is for the weak.
 
AMBIEN!
As long as you get at least 6 hours of sleep, there's no grogginess (they say 8 hours, but I've been fine after only six). You need a prescription, but Dr's are happy to dispense this one. Bravo for drugs!
 
I heard that 8 hours of sleep is actually 20 % reduction of actual sleep our body needs, i.e. 10 hours. And let say you didnt sleep egnough today, for example, lack 2hours of sleep, you will have borrow sleeping time from ur tomorrow. And if the next day, u still lack of sleep, u will borrow more hours from the next next day. However, to return those borrow hours, you need to sleep more hours than you borrowed. If you continue borrowing the hours, your health will detoriate faster, age faster...
 
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I like sleeping. I try to sleep through class whenever possible. Today, however, I was underslept and muddled, as a result I was very confused in math class (it was saddening). Which emphasizes the point I made - classtime is for sleeping. Soft pillows, or hard, convex polyhedra and their triangulations in n-space: you choose.
 
  • #11
Whenever I can't sleep I just read some of your old posts.
 
  • #12
Get Drunk!
 
  • #13
brewnog said:
Get Drunk!
Actually yeah that works well. Just get really wasted and you'll pass right out. Of course, you'll also be vomiting a bit.
 
  • #14
If you can sleep for 7-8hrs every night, I would try some sleeping aids, as I think someone already suggested, and then do what Jason says and sleep consistently. I personally go to be at around 11:30-midnight, and wake up just past 7am everyday and have no problem falling asleep. I used to have a problem going to be when I was not consistent.
 
  • #15
If it's just getting to sleep, rather than staying that way, I've found that 2 or 3 ounces of scotch fired back as a shooter acts as a mild sedative. It doesn't seem to work if you just drink slowly.
 
  • #16
I'm going to have to go with Danger's suggestion.
 
  • #17
Well that better work, i don't want to get drunk for nothing.
 
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  • #18
quit smoking crack, close your eyes and lay down. see what happens
 
  • #19
You could always try reverse psychology on your brain, try to stay awake (even though you are tired) until you eventually fall asleep.
 
  • #20
don't do that. bad advice.
I tried using reverse psychology on my brain once and got caught. Me and my brain haven't talked since.
 
  • #21
I think PF has an important role in falling asleep and our dreams. For a long time I just fell asleep 3 AM and then I had lots of crazy dreams.Not being able to sleep is better than having bad dreams. (dreaming about Danger's avatar or penguins! ) But believe it or not, when I wasn't much around, I fall asleep whenever I went to bed. BUT now I have insomnia again! :devil:
 
  • #22
oh man come on guys :D I wanted to hear like "oh just mix tablespoon of lime juice, 10 g of sugar, 1/2 a cup of milk and drink up and you'll be out like a light" and not "bleh bleh bleh, quit smoking crack, stop drinking". I'll stop my drug habbits when I am good and ready :P

:-p
 
  • #23
This is pengwuino trying to sleep...

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/macaroni.jpg


And I agree with Tribdog, no one likes a pipe hittin' penguin.
 
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  • #24
Pengwuino said:
oh man come on guys :D I wanted to hear like "oh just mix tablespoon of lime juice, 10 g of sugar, 1/2 a cup of milk and drink up and you'll be out like a light" and not "bleh bleh bleh, quit smoking crack, stop drinking". I'll stop my drug habbits when I am good and ready :P
:-p


Actually it was quit smoking crack and START drinking. Alcohol is a depressant. As I always say, a bottle of rum a day keeps you passed out and vomiting, a state in which all other things that ail you don't really matter.
 
  • #25
franznietzsche said:
Actually it was quit smoking crack and START drinking. Alcohol is a depressant. As I always say, a bottle of rum a day keeps you passed out and vomiting, a state in which all other things that ail you don't really matter.

Oh yah, you go to cal poly...
 
  • #26
Pengwuino said:
Oh yah, you go to cal poly...

And finals are just a week away :mad:

And then I have to go back home :mad:

January needs to hurry up and get here.
 
  • #27
eat a quarter gallon of ice cream, preferably rocky road, then run around the block while doing jumping jacks, quickly repaint a room in the house, book plane tickets online for Tanzania, and by then you should be sound asleep. Then to wake up the next morning, cancel the plane tickets, repaint the room back to the original color, and make a run to the grocery store. I've tried many things, but this always does the trick for me.
 

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