Tricks to help you sleep.

What do you do to help you sleep on those nights when it completely eludes you? Cos all my methods are failing; I can't sleep for the life of me.

i do something i REALLY don't want to do:
"well. if i'm gonna be up, i'll wash dishes."
moments later:
"wow. fuck this. i'm sleepy."

works every time.

pot or valium if you have any. Alcohol wouldnt hurt either plus reading john searle's intentionality

The stuff my doc gives me

i haven't slept since friday night

my wisdom teeth are attacking my head

*runs around in circles*

Drink heavily unteel you caint spull.

sleep? but... that takes away interweb time.

maybe a list of what NOT to do and then we'll start eliminating things until we figure it out.
if you want to sleep:
1) do not keep refreshing SG pages

that's a good start.

I'm kinda holding off on the pot as a last resort. If it gets light out, then I'll be that needy.

don't nap during the day

Haha. I find myself in that predicament all the time when debating sleep.

*goes to refresh more pages*

Just lie there with your eyes closed and about ten minutes later your dosing off.

Too true.

Pot works well but sucks if you're trying to conserve. Read in bed, turn your computer and tv off, jack off, etc.

drink 50 dr5inks

Ted Nugent.

cover your nipple with a light switch

Don't do anything that requires heavy thinking starting an hour before you go to bed, like reading SG boards or doing homework. Take lots of deep breaths. Exercise or go for a walk during the day. Naps are okay, but not within 8 hours of going to bed. Do NOT eat within two hours of going to bed. Cover everything with bright lights (like clocks and LCD screens of stereos), get some dark heavy curtains for all of your windows, and use a sleep mask--it's best to eliminate all the light you can from a room at night.

I've suffered from insomnia since childhood, and it wasn't until 2 years ago that I could sleep soundly through the night. These were just a few of the things I've been doing to accomplish this, and my body and brain have thanked me for it.

99% of the time it's true.

it's the 1% that REALLY kills though.
hours laying in bed. "dude. this should work. I should be asleep. this is fucking dumb. I should go out. I'm hungry. wait...maybe i'm not hungry. maybe i'm just tired. no. if i was tired i could sleep. playing some video games might make me tired."

And those thoughts are exactly why you can't get to sleep. I just want the off switch on the old brain.

The reason I can't sleep 1/2 of the time is because I'll lay in bed and think about other stuff I "could" be doing instead. Like "Oooh, I should pick up the guitar and finish that song". Or "Damn, I should get a head start on tomorrows work", etc etc.

Then I just end up getting pissed, and get up, have a cigarette, and then stay up even longer.

I use to steal fresh bagels and rolls out of this one truck in my old town, then go home and make breakfast sandwiches for my friends and I.