If you’ve been in bed for 45 minutes and haven’t been able to fall asleep, you should get up and do something boring/uninteresting until you get tired. If you stay in bed, you’ll associate being in bed with not sleeping, and it’ll just get worse.
If it happens a lot, it’s worth considering CBT-I (cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia) and getting a sleep study done (to see if you have sleep apnea).
all panels migraine and an extra one that says “6 hours after my shift has gone by without me realizing even though work called me every half hour” and its a stressed out face
Only when consuming caffeine too much or too late, or eating peanuts or potato chips. Getting old sucks.
dude, i don’t know how i did it but if i don’t get out of bed and have a bowl of salsa in my sleep at midnight i can’t stay asleep. my wife has been giggling about it for about a year and it explains SO MUCH about my disappearing chip horde. i thought i had cabron monoxide poisoning
Don’t worry bro, I’m young and I can’t sleep either!
Peanuts and potato chips? Is it because of all the carbs?
I never knew that would do that damn I have to start paying attention to that now.
I’ve been running into this a lot more often lately. And the worst part about this is that my tinnitus that normally I can ignore starts screeching louder, so it keeps me up even more
It’s just a perpetual negative feedback loop
If you haven’t already, try sleeping with a noise generator. I got a little white noise machine that cost like 8 bucks and its been a godsend for my tinnitus.
Yea I’ve been thinking of making a small speaker setup so I can play white noise. It’s just annoying because it’s only the odd day where it gets unbearable
I have a playlist of somewhat relaxing (wife disagrees on it being relaxing) music I’ve heard a billion times before (mostly instrumental game music). Paired with a “soft” EQ preset that also drops the volume. Put it on with a sleep timer for 30 minutes.
Over top of that, a set of ambient relaxing noise, set so it almost, but not quite, drowns out the music. Basically I have to focus a little to pick out the music. Set that with a sleep timer for 45 minutes.
Into one headphone in whichever ear isn’t against the pillow.
All the noises are relaxing, and the need to focus to hear the music helps keep my brain from getting wrapped up in other thoughts. Once I focus on the music, it’s stuff I know intently so eventually it filters out into no thoughts and I’m out.
If I’m having a particularly rough night, jerk off first and/or melatonin.
Also, blue light filtering and reduced brightness on all screens starting at least 30 minutes before you lay down.
The sleep with me podcast works similarly, he modulates his tone and volume such that it’s nearly impossible to actually follow when it’s set quiet, but you pick up just enough to keep your brain from thinking.
Also, no problem napping during the day, you know, apart from the whole “no sleeping at work!” thing.
I have a problem with naps in that they sometimes take 10 hours lol
Unrelatable. Can’t stay like that in bed for that long.
I usually end up giving up on sleeping, go to the living room, turn on the TV, and pass out in 15 minutes somehow.
