What do you do to fall asleep?

[connemara_crocodile]

Not interested in what you do during the day to sleep better (avoid coffee, avoid tv, etc.).

But when you actually hit the bed, os there anything you do to fall asleep? Some people hit the bed and fall unconscious immediately, and some need some sort of technique to help themselves.

Do you think of something?
Do you leave your mind blank?
Do you scan your body?
Do you leave your eyes open and look around until you fall asleep?
What do you usually do?

[RavVid]

I am sleeping better and falling asleep faster recently. Previously I would worry about not sleeping and the biggest change I have done is I have stopped doing that.

Something that has helped me in that is I bought a sports/sleeping head band and played podcasts as I went to sleep. So I had something interesting/entertaining. While that might seem contrary to falling asleep it wasn't. If it was uninteresting then it was contrary. I think the point - for me - was I just relaxed.

I also tried ASMR, relaxation music and binaural beats. Found some benefit from those. I did get very very immediate benefit from binaural beats driving a deeper sleep but I started to get deeper sleep naturally so the benefits fell away.

Fairly much now I just relax and bingo I go to sleep. Don't need the aides any more. If I wake I might have a bite to eat then go back to sleep.

[Chazmatazz269]

Melatonin and masturbation.
Joe Rogan has a joke about smoking a joint and jerking off and TRYING to stay awake. I feel similarly about melatonin. Actually, when i’m not working, i use THC gummies that have melatonin in them. I haven’t slept so well in my entire adult life! Ell oh ell!

[Anonymous]

Sleeping soundly for me is hit or miss.


In general I will do my nighttime routine, turn on my fan, turn the lights off and just lay down. I sleep on my stomach facing the wall. A few deep breaths and I’m usually out.
If I’m anxious or stressed about something; say tomorrows the first day back to school. Or tomorrow I have a long shift with a new client that I’ve never met before; my sleep will be a little more sporadic. First I try to slow my heart rate and clear my head if that doesn’t work I eat an edible and consider pulling out a toy to get off with and encourage sleep to take me.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

When I lay in bed and relax my body, I start to let my mind daydream a bit. I imagine someone snuggled up with me in bed as I tell them about my day, and then it just starts to shift into other things. My daydreams can be a bit detailed, so I usually just start playing around with them in my head to try and let them bleed into my dreams as I slowly relax and let my mind kind of do its own thing and let go of the control I have over the imaginary scenario I have playing out.

[connemara_crocodile]

I'm glad to read this, I also build imaginary scenarios in my mind until they blend into a dream, but I didn't know if it was normal or childish, nice to see other people do it too 😄
I liked how you described it as well.

[connemara_crocodile]

I realise tho that imagining certain things keep me awake, and others help me sleep

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Yeah, I know what you mean, you daydream a whole thing and then you realize you’ve been awake an hour longer than you were supposed to be 😅

[connemara_crocodile]

Haha exactly 🤣

[sunflower00]

For me it’s more geared around anxiety as that’s often what stops me from sleeping. The only things that work for me as cringe and weird as it may be is putting on a diffuser with lavender oil, and then either reading, listening to guided meditation or watching ASMR vids on YouTube

[connemara_crocodile]

I've been thinking of using aromas to aid the sleep. To see if I can fall asleep by focusing on the scent I'm smelling 🤔

[sunflower00]

Give it a go!

[DaisyM23]

i definitely think, how can someone just make their mind blank? i look around a bit, think about things etc but i don't remember how i actually fall asleep, it just happens as i lay there

[connemara_crocodile]

Same for me! How long does it take you more or less before you fall asleep? Half of the times it takes me about 20' and sometimes it can be hours that I lie there just thinking about stuff before I fall asleep

[DaisyM23]

i've actually been falling asleep pretty fast in the past few years, like 5/10mins max then i'm out, it's been ages since i've laid awake for longer

[mandyfire98]

I fight it as long as I can and then I have to rub my eyes like a toddler and I know I'm going to pass out. So i close my eyes and I'll be asleep. I really do still have some leftover toddler tendencies 🤣

Like if I eat a cookie and it's good I'll actually clap my hands together because I'm happy lol

[Bklynbadboy12]

That is tooo cute

[ShellyB]

For some reason I am really bad about falling asleep on people. At this point that normally means my fiance but, I have fallen asleep on so many people and I don't mean anything sexual, for example if you sit next to me on an airplane, sorry but I will probably fall asleep on you.

[douride2]

I do nothing special. I crawl into bed & usually I am sleeping with in a few minutes.

[connemara_crocodile]

I hate you 🤣

[douride2]

Don't feel bad. I usually wake about 4-5 hrs later & can't get back to sleep. Then toss & turn for the rest of the night.

[connemara_crocodile]

Oh that's not nice either. Have you tried going for a walk around the house and come back to bed to try reset?

[douride2]

I have tried it all. Nothing seems to work. Some nights I will eventually doze back of. Other nights I' awake till I get up for work at 5.00am.

[Bricealan]

Practice a YOGA breathing exercise. 1. Inhale a four count, 2. hold for a four count, 3. Exhale for a four count, 4 Hold for a four count.

Do for perhaps 10 minutes, and the just inhale for 4 count and exhale for a four count.

[connemara_crocodile]

Whenever I try to do stuff like this I find that my awareness of the excercise is keeping me awake

[Bricealan]

At times, for me too. If I find I cannot relax or go to sleep, then I just count the inhales, and exhales, and not holding between breaths.

[connemara_crocodile]

Yes, I tried counting inhales and exhales, I find that easier. Although doesn't make me sleep, but helps me get sleepy

[Lynnfriend]

I don't know but could use help in that area myself as I have insomnia pretty bad most of the time, but I have noticed that if I am more active and busy throughout the day I sleep better than on days I sit around and am not very physically active.

[jennifer_bloom]

I don’t try too hard cause I always fall asleep if I’m tired enough and not trying to stay awake but I take omega 3 or mushrooms if I think I need a boost. Almost any mushroom will do the trick, if it has medicinal properties.

[Sour-rose]

Just... lay on my back and let my thoughts do whatever. They'll come but if I'm not in pain or gassy, then i turn on my right aaaaand oh hey, it's 9 am.

[jshm2]

I tend to think of a vast daffodil field, and I've never reached an "edge" before I'm asleep.

[linka_pat307]

Sometimes think or play music with my headphones on and slowly fall asleep and listen to music all night

[connemara_crocodile]

I sometimes do that then a high pitched song that forgot was on the playlist wakes me up 🤣

[DizzyDesii]

Fall asleep to either tv, music, porn or talking otp

[Hardworkingguy]

Mm porn is also a good idea. Makes you have awesome dreams of good fantasies

[AviatorTom]

I just get comfortable in bed and my body falls asleep. Nothing special.

[tfan1]

Sometimes I masturbate in bed. After orgasm you will get a sleepy happy feeling and you’ll fall asleep easier than you think.

[sheikalana]

I take melatonin, lay in bed with my eyes closed, pray, count from 100 to 0.

[exitseven]

I put my CPAP mask on and get on my side and hopefully I will be sleep in a half hour or so.

[jamesgoldman]

Bedsocks in winter, cracked windows in summer and lavender when required

[Crankor]

It's weird but I found thinking of something that doesn't require to think helps. That's really the only way to describe it.

[Noodle_fan]

watching/reading something that very boring help me

[connemara_crocodile]

When you put down the book you lie there thinking about the book, or does your mind wander about anything before you fall asleep?

[Noodle_fan]

not really , i usually just lied on my stomach and read somethin til i fall asleep

[JPresidente]

Turn on my box fan next to my bed and it helps me fall asleep fast.