I saw a hack, years ago, probably on reddit since I was there at the time (so, long ago) that was like thinking “since I’m awake, let me just get up and do some chores”, like washing yesterday’s dishes you left in the sink to soak. Apparently at the prospect, you then sleep like a baby It’s a similar brain glitch to like once the alarm goes off and you hit snooze, I fall asleep in seconds. Stupid brains…
The best way to sleep when you can’t is calculate a trajectory where you run, jump and hit the headboard so hard you get a concussion, works every time! /s ofc
Man, I’m tired as shit and it’s only 1:38pm
Turn on pink noise and scroll Lemmy
Thrash.
Get up, wash my face, then read. Have to get your mind off sleep.
If it’s just one night, I meditate to try to clear my mind and keep it from racing and keeping me awake, and if that doesn’t help I take diphenhydramine. If it happens over many nights, I quit drinking alcohol and caffeine, and maybe take nyquil to get me through any discomfort from quitting those.
Drink heavily
DO NOT FUCKIN TAKE THAT AS ADVICE
Samesies! It’s a terrible idea but I do it anyway!
Nothing like waking up at 6am with a massive hangover when you couldn’t fall sleep at 2!!!
I wish I could die 🙃
Heard this trick on the radio a few months ago and it seems to work for me.
Think of a word, I usually do something short like “cat” or “dog”. Let’s use “dog” for this example.
Take the first letter and list every single word you can think of that starts with the same letter. So, for “dog”, think of all words that start with the letter “d”
Once you run out of “d” words or are taking more than a few seconds between each one, go to the next letter and do the same thing. So, all words that start with “o”. Continue until you’re asleep or have to pick a new word.
Slow paced docs, reading a book, listening to sounds of rain, low/no caffeine hot tea, weed
If I’m stuck worrying about something or reliving an event, I need to get my mind out of the fear or problem solving mode. I use the alphabet game where you pick a category then give an answer for each letter. Desserts, plants, countries, anything like that. If you can’t get one, skip it and come back. If it doesn’t work, a horny version tends to help one-track my kind.
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Audio book. Preferably something slightly boiring but interesting. Also there’s a first generation antihistamine called Stahist-T. It sucks for sinuses but damn is it great to speed you to sleep.
You’re lookin’ at it.
Its funny how pretending to sleep can so often turn into sleep. Fake it till you make it.
