Been pacing between the compo and the bed for a few hours now.... anyone have any suggestions as to what one should do? Desperate enough to try anything so please... If you just want to make me do something embarassing now is the time...
CanŽt sleep... anyone have any tips...?
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SirScratchalot 7,843 posts
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No... But do somethign constructive while you're still awake, don;t waste the time
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SirScratchalot 7,843 posts
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Registered 8 years agoGf is out of town, fridge is empty and spliffs unavailable...
Does that mean IŽll have to be constructive....? -
SirScratchalot wrote:
Fixed that for you there
Gf is out of town, fridge is empty and spliffs unavailable...
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Teeth 7,987 posts
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Registered 9 years agoLie down. Your body needs to realise it needs to get to sleep, and it won't do that if you're active. Read a book in bed, maybe.
Lie down. If you're trying to get to sleep, make sure you don't get caught up in daydreams. Try to reach a meditative state, where things that enter your head are registered and then discarded instead of developed.
Monitor your breathing. Is your breathing fast, and excited? Try to calm it down so that your body relaxes.
Here's a good exercise: Take in a breath. Now, when you let it out, don't breathe out. Just relax your body, and your breath should naturally leave you. If you continue to do this for a while, you will notice your body becomes more relaxed. Also you may notice strange feelings in your feet, hands, and spine, but those will be quite relaxing too.
Have you ever watched someone sleep? The way they breathe is important. If your breath leaves you as a relaxed motion, you're breathing like someone who is asleep. Trust me, this will help you fall asleep as long as you keep your mind free of things that activate your brain, so don't think about shopping or work, or your friends or anything.
Hope that helps.
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SirScratchalot 7,843 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDo something constructive with your time....
Should have known that was what you meant....gif)
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SirScratchalot 7,843 posts
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Registered 8 years agoAgainst all sound judgement IŽll listen to teeth.
Thanx and wish me luck. Would prefer to not be a vegetable tomorrow..... -
Pac-man-ate-my-wife 6,978 posts
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Registered 10 years agoIf I'm insomniac I find a could way of dropping of is to mentally play through a film that I know well. Don't try and rush through it. Try to get the dialogue and pacing right (but don't worry excessively about accuracy!).
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Teeth 7,987 posts
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sam_spade 15,743 posts
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Registered 11 years agoFirst question, are you tired?
If not, stop trying to go to sleep.
Otherwise you need to relax, stop looking at the computer and remain in one place, preferably the bed, pick up a book you've already read and isn't a action packed thriller. Most of all relax. -
Teeth 7,987 posts
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Registered 9 years agoGood point, sam. If I try to go to bed much earlier than I'm used to, it often results in me lying awake long after the time I usually fall asleep. I'm certain this is a psychological effect, though, rather than physiological, but it's really, really difficult to break it. -
SirScratchalot 7,843 posts
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Registered 8 years agoStill here. IŽm really gonna shut down the computer this time.
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cartman 323 posts
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Registered 8 years agoHave a hot chocolate you start counting sheeps... -
mystic_mick 77 posts
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Registered 9 years agoBeen pacing between the compo and the bed for a few hours now.... Posted at 11:34 pm.
SirScratchalot, goes to be at 9:30 pm and wonders why he can't sleep? STOP Scratching. -
SirScratchalot 7,843 posts
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mystic_mick wrote:
All this scratchin' is making me itch!
Been pacing between the compo and the bed for a few hours now.... Posted at 11:34 pm.
SirScratchalot, goes to be at 9:30 pm and wonders why he can't sleep? STOP Scratching.Follow me on Twitter: @MrTom
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SirScratchalot 7,843 posts
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Well to be honest IŽm on main european time so that is about when I tried to hit the sack in the first place.SirScratchalot wrote:
Heh - I get up at quarter to five but don't go to bed until 10:30/11:00
WouldnŽt If I didnt have to get up at 5:30 mick....
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zErOb_cOOl 3,237 posts
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pjmaybe 70,678 posts
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Registered 11 years agoPlay Halo 2.
I guarantee you you'll be asleep in 5 minutes flat.
Peej
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Like sam has said already, I find that going to bed and then reading till my eyes close automatically almost always does the trick. Getting up again, drinking something, turning on the TV/PC however, does not. -
Tiger_Walts 16,255 posts
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Registered 10 years agoHave a shower so that you stop itching you filthy hippy.IT Monkey and StickyPiston Minecraft Hosting Support
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Salaman 16,553 posts
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Registered 9 years agoFunlly enough, smoking pot befor ebed has me lying there very lucidly, my mind unstoppable.
One brainwave after another.
My gf on the other hand barely lasts 10 minutes after she smokes. zzzzzzzzzz -
Dougs 58,999 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYup, reading always works for me. No matter how tired I am, I have to read something. Even just a page or two. Its no good otherwise. -
Madder-Max 10,950 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWank...
Smoking pot is a mental illusion. Yes you sleeep, but not properly and your body doesn't properly relax and recharge cos its bizzee dealing with the THC's IMO and IME (in my experience)
Alcohol is the same. Instead of recharging yer body is bizzee with the alcohol....
The best way is to get used to life without drugs (alcohol, THC's, sleeeping pills etc...) and finding yer own equilibrium. Tjis may take a while though but its worth it in the end.. IME...99 problems and being ginger is one
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Teeth 7,987 posts
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Madder-Max 10,950 posts
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Registered 9 years agoTeeth wrote:
6 hours a night during the week seems to be what I naturally need & 10 hours on Friday & 10 hours on a saturday night...
So how'd you sleep Sir?
Pot free and mostly alcohol free nowadays...
Have some fucked up dreams though as if they are in HD colour as well...which can get freaky when you see someone being killed etc...99 problems and being ginger is one
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Dougs 58,999 posts
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Registered 10 years agoIts infuriating, I could sleep for England on week days, but come the weekend I find it impossible to lie in. I wake up after 7-8 hours without fail, even with a belly full of booze. -
kalel 76,439 posts
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Registered 10 years agoGlass of brandy, spliff and a wank. Never fails. -
Dougs wrote:
Same here, more because of the cuntwad of a neighbour.
Its infuriating, I could sleep for England on week days, but come the weekend I find it impossible to lie in. I wake up after 7-8 hours without fail, even with a belly full of booze.
Neighbour the other side of the fat bitch is selling up as well now.
Peej
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