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How do you get around having trouble sleeping?

arcenite

arcenite

Lifer
I jumped in bed around 12:00a and did not fall asleep till apprx 4 (had to be up at 8 for work). What are some proven methods to help fall asleep faster?

I have no trouble sleeping otherwise, but when I have something on my mind falling asleep is very difficult.

Bill
 
i have the sam problem. I have found that focusing on clearing your mind helps me. How i do that is how an old therapist taught me.

Pick your favorite color, and view it in your mind, like it is taking over all you other thoughts. really focus your mind on keeping that color there. then start counting numbers and actually view the numbers passing from left to right in your mind. keep focused on the number crossing the color. only count to 5 though. so count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and then repeat.
The hardest thing is focusing on the numbers.

This works (for me anyways) because i make myself only think about the numbers and color and not the issues that were on my mind previously.

I hope this helps. If noy, just try taking a few spoonfuls of NyQuil
 
Anxiety gets to everyone these days. Alot of my family takes pills for it. I don't like medication in the least, so I just resort to taking a hot shower before bed.
 
If nothing works. Try this:

1) Take a Baseball Bat
2) Sock it to your head
3)...
4) Profit

Although no guarentee you will be up at 8 😀
 
Originally posted by: meltdown75
the only time i can't sleep is right after hockey.
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same here... it takes me at least 2 hours after a game to even feel tired again... must be adrenaline or something... it sucks when you get home at 1130pm from a game.

Anyway, if you're a guy, I'm thinking the answer is obvious... it starts with master. Biologically proven to make you feel sleepy afterward. 😀
 
I stop thinking.
I'm in control of what goes on up there and can change it whenever I like.
It's taken some practice and perseverance, but I can just simply stop thinking now.
 
Originally posted by: shilala
I stop thinking.
I'm in control of what goes on up there and can change it whenever I like.
It's taken some practice and perseverance, but I can just simply stop thinking now.
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Judging from some of your posts, I say you do a EXCELLENT job! 😉

(sorry I couldn't resist, and you should have seen THIS coming! 😛 )
 
Diphenhydramine HCL - 50mg. Otherwise known as the main ingredient in Benedryl and the stuff that knocks you out in Tylenol PM, Unisom, and others.
 
eat something small, then a small glass of red wine with it. then, take a shower, then lay in the bed and watch a movie just for the sounds... you will be right out.
 
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
i have the sam problem. I have found that focusing on clearing your mind helps me. How i do that is how an old therapist taught me.

Pick your favorite color, and view it in your mind, like it is taking over all you other thoughts. really focus your mind on keeping that color there. then start counting numbers and actually view the numbers passing from left to right in your mind. keep focused on the number crossing the color. only count to 5 though. so count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and then repeat.
The hardest thing is focusing on the numbers.

This works (for me anyways) because i make myself only think about the numbers and color and not the issues that were on my mind previously.

I hope this helps. If noy, just try taking a few spoonfuls of NyQuil
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that sounds like a wonderful plan. I will try it tonight. I dont know if it will work for me because I cannot use my mind to imagine pictures. I cannot see pictures in my mind. For example.... if you were to close your eyes and imagine ... a duck. most ppl can see the pic of the duck in their mind. I cannot. I get words and ideas of duck feet, bills and feathers... etc. but the actually pic of it...i cannot.

weird, huh?
 
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