I swear to you that this is an honest answer and not a joke. I'm in college, so I'm quite virile still, so this doesn't take much work. When I can't sleep (stressing over a test or something else) I masturbate. Get into bed, put a sock over your you know what and go to town. Do it in bed so you don't have to move around after. Sometimes I don't make it long enough to take the sock off, I just pass out. Best sleep method ever.
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How do you get around having trouble sleeping?
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shilala
Lifer
sourceninja
Diamond Member
I do a Ki breathing technique to put me to sleep.
Step 1, sit in seiza or indian style with a good relaxed straight back.
Step 2, breathe in really deep and lift your shoulders and drop them as you exhale to relax.
Step 3, Breathe out completly until you can not breathe out anymore.
Step 4, Wait 5 seconds without breathing
Step 5, Breathe in slowly for 10 seconds filling your lungs as far as they can go, make sure you breathe into your belly.
Step 6, Pretend to breathe in for 5 more seconds while holding your breath
Step 7, Exhale slowly (sometimes it helps to make a slight noise) for 15 seconds until you are out of breath.
Step 8, Pretend to exhale for 5 more seconds
Step 9, Repeat as much as you can stand, but for at least 10 minutes.
It helps to think of your hara (one point) while you do this and imagine a silver string being drawn into your mouth and around your one point and back out your mouth. (For those who don't know, your one point is about 2 fingers below your belly button, it is the center of human balance.)
Step 1, sit in seiza or indian style with a good relaxed straight back.
Step 2, breathe in really deep and lift your shoulders and drop them as you exhale to relax.
Step 3, Breathe out completly until you can not breathe out anymore.
Step 4, Wait 5 seconds without breathing
Step 5, Breathe in slowly for 10 seconds filling your lungs as far as they can go, make sure you breathe into your belly.
Step 6, Pretend to breathe in for 5 more seconds while holding your breath
Step 7, Exhale slowly (sometimes it helps to make a slight noise) for 15 seconds until you are out of breath.
Step 8, Pretend to exhale for 5 more seconds
Step 9, Repeat as much as you can stand, but for at least 10 minutes.
It helps to think of your hara (one point) while you do this and imagine a silver string being drawn into your mouth and around your one point and back out your mouth. (For those who don't know, your one point is about 2 fingers below your belly button, it is the center of human balance.)
Saint Nick
Lifer
this is what i do when i can't sleep:
i think of a grey box in a dark alley and just focus on the box.
i get to sleep really fast.
i think of a grey box in a dark alley and just focus on the box.
i get to sleep really fast.
Wow, that's the craziest thing! I've always been able to relate images to my thoughts and when I was younger I wondered if all people could do this. So even if you're thinking of a movie scene or something, you can only hear the words, but not see the video? You might need to get some new RCA cables for your brain. 😛
RaynorWolfcastle
Diamond Member
I read IEEE papers I'm supposed to review; works like a charm, I only get about halfway down the first page before I pass out. Highly recommended.
George P Burdell
Lifer
here are some options, one or more may work for you:
1. take a hot water shower
2. have a glass of warm milk before you brush your teeth and go to bed
3. listen to music, but preferably something like radio, where you have no control over the REV/FF buttons. or you could put your ipod in shuffle mode, and keep it just out of reach of your hands.
4. turn on cnn headline news at a low volume. after 15-30 min, the news starts looping, and within an hour you'll be bored to death
5. avoid medication at all costs... that's a door you don't wanna open. ever. at the most, have some nyquil, but nothing else.
6. have two to three glasses of red wine. drink it fast like medication, not slow like you would at the dinner table.
7. sourceninja's breathing exercise is good stuff, but it takes a few days before you feel any benifits. if it's too tough, here's an easier way out: sit in a meditation-like pose, breathe in deeply while counting from 1 to 5, then hold your breath as you count from 1 to 5, then release your breath as you count from 1 to 5, then hold your breath as you count from 1 to 5, breathe in ... REPEAT this ten times, all the time concentrating on the bridge of your nose, concentrating on the air you're breathing in and breathing out. if not anything else, this will definitely push your pulse rate down (and maybe your blood pressure too).
8. some people suggested fap fap fap... what the heck, give it a shot, it might tire you out.
1. take a hot water shower
2. have a glass of warm milk before you brush your teeth and go to bed
3. listen to music, but preferably something like radio, where you have no control over the REV/FF buttons. or you could put your ipod in shuffle mode, and keep it just out of reach of your hands.
4. turn on cnn headline news at a low volume. after 15-30 min, the news starts looping, and within an hour you'll be bored to death
5. avoid medication at all costs... that's a door you don't wanna open. ever. at the most, have some nyquil, but nothing else.
6. have two to three glasses of red wine. drink it fast like medication, not slow like you would at the dinner table.
7. sourceninja's breathing exercise is good stuff, but it takes a few days before you feel any benifits. if it's too tough, here's an easier way out: sit in a meditation-like pose, breathe in deeply while counting from 1 to 5, then hold your breath as you count from 1 to 5, then release your breath as you count from 1 to 5, then hold your breath as you count from 1 to 5, breathe in ... REPEAT this ten times, all the time concentrating on the bridge of your nose, concentrating on the air you're breathing in and breathing out. if not anything else, this will definitely push your pulse rate down (and maybe your blood pressure too).
8. some people suggested fap fap fap... what the heck, give it a shot, it might tire you out.
Ever since I was a little kid, I have had trouble falling asleep, if I was worried about something. When I was young, it was homework. When I hit my teens, my parents got me a television for my bedroom, and the problem went away. I have since realized that if I watch television at night, I will almost always fall asleep quickly, and I never worry about life's problems at night. I just use the sleep timer and I never have to set it beyond 30 minutes.
Hope that helps
Hope that helps
Inspector Jihad
Lifer
i've been having sleep problems too, stressing about school...i'm going to try some of these methods. Man, i used to never worry about sleeping nor did i think i'd ever have a problem with it. Nowadays i do something till i'm dead tired so i have no choice but to sleep...but its not really good for my health tho.
JonnyStarks
Golden Member
Whiskey
SoulAssassin
Diamond Member
20mg? HFS...I was taking the 1mg ones and recently started taking the 3mg ones cause GNC was out of the 1's and the 3's put me out like a light. 20mg is crazy.
Melatonin is definitely the best...it's the only thing I can find that doesn't make me feel like a drank 20 beers in the morning.
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