Actually hugging or spooning someone else while sleeping has been shown to usually impede sleep some, because 1) you're used to sleeping alone, and 2) another person's movements while falling asleep/sleeping can wake you or cause discomfort. Not that it isn't okay for two people to sleep together. It's just seen as very natural and something you should do with your significant other, when that isn't necessarily true.
And chamomile is great before sleep, it relaxes you. Good for you too.
Comment has been collapsed.
edit: haaha nevermind, I misread that, you're saying you don't actually get to sleep, lol. I wouldn't worry too much, that's common too.
Comment has been collapsed.
There are distinct positional advantages to a woman being the bigger spoon at times. Besides, if it feels good one way, why wouldn't it feel just as good for your partner? I think people should ignore cultural memes & try it more often.
Comment has been collapsed.
Curled into a ball, totally hidden under heaps and heaps of blankets pretty much all year 'round. Beneficial because 1) I'm nearly always cold, no matter the season and 2) people frequently mistake me for just a heap of blankets, and therefore can't find me to wake me up and bother me. Not even making that up. lol
Comment has been collapsed.
When I was a teenager my mom called my friend all freaked out because she couldn't find me. When I came upstairs she screamed at me "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!"
Apparently she had sent my dad downstairs to see if I was sleeping and he didn't see me in the mass of blankets. She said she was a few minutes away from calling the cops.
Comment has been collapsed.
Oh god, that's hilarious. I've had like 3 people (on the same day) go searching for me all over the house. Unfortunately, one of them was loud enough to wake me up, and I peeked out from under the blankets before I could think not to. The expression on their faces was priceless though. "There's no way someone could fit in such a small space... right?"
Comment has been collapsed.
I don't know.
I can only pass out from exhaustion, so I never notice.
Comment has been collapsed.
I don't like to sleep because when I lay in bed with nothing to do, I think too much and I often think about things I don't wanna think about and it's not good. Hence it's 7.46 am here and I haven't slept yet.
Comment has been collapsed.
Here is a Tip:
Buy a CD Player with "Sleep" Function. It turns itself off after a time that you control, so that you can say 20 mins, 30 mins, 40 mins ,...
Then listen to an audiobook, best some fictional storys, because otherwise you have to think too much :)
It helped me alot, because before I couldn't sleep, too. And here's a fun fact: If I listen to a thriller then I have good dreams, if I listen to comedy, then I have nightmares xD
Of course you can try it out with a normal CD Player/Computer/Ipod,..., but after a time, when you use it often, you should have a sleep function so that the CD Player,... does not run the whole night and does not use expensive power^^
hope I could help you
Comment has been collapsed.
I have tried this, for most its a great solution, for me...it does nothing sadly, then again I have been known to sit through whole movies and not pay attention the whole time because oh my thoughts.
Its insane, I should probably get help but most of the people in that line of work clash with my personality pretty badly...O_O.
Comment has been collapsed.
Best I've been able to try there is to try to drop the logic filter on my thoughts -- essentially "pretend" to already be asleep and let my thoughts go as abstract (dream-like) as possible. It's closer to your mental state when being asleep and feels pretty similar, but if a logical or planning sort of thought creeps in (which is bound to happen), it throws you off a lot like the feeling of waking up in the middle of a dream.
Not thinking at all is another option, but I find the stream-of-abstract-consciousness to be slightly easier.
Either way, it still usually takes me at least a half hour to get to sleep, and often a lot longer.
Comment has been collapsed.
I have tried everything, even when I pretend it doesn't seem to work, music can help me sometimes but its rare it actually does as of late.
Oh well :-P.
Comment has been collapsed.
I have a really great tip for you, that has kept me off sleep aids, and, after a bit of practice, can put me out in a matter of minutes:
You need to envision something tedious and detailed that you can sink yourself into, such as:
Obviously, turn the lights off and close your eyes. Then, you start slow. Let's say #1 from above is your choice.
See yourself gathering the parts. The case. The power supply. The motherboard and CPU. The hard drive. The CD Drive. See yourself laying these parts out on a table. Don't get into specifics, just generic parts. Opening the case, installing the mobo, aligning it on the risers. See yourself seating..tivd
Fuk. I fell asleep. Ok, it works, go try this out.
Comment has been collapsed.
I sleep completely facedown, face in my pillow, slowly suffocating. :P
Comment has been collapsed.
I just put the thin foam mattress on the floor, no pillow. And the I sleep.
Comment has been collapsed.
34 Comments - Last post 10 minutes ago by Vaart
65 Comments - Last post 41 minutes ago by Carenard
46,874 Comments - Last post 48 minutes ago by adambiser
119 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by Celtic69
2,156 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by Milesprower11
69 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by MikeWithAnI
869 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by sensualshakti
6,777 Comments - Last post 1 minute ago by Silentrets
37 Comments - Last post 5 minutes ago by CultofPersonalitea
59 Comments - Last post 5 minutes ago by DrR0Ck
232 Comments - Last post 9 minutes ago by Masterbot
38 Comments - Last post 9 minutes ago by SyrslyTwitch
67 Comments - Last post 13 minutes ago by CultofPersonalitea
4 Comments - Last post 14 minutes ago by GeoSol
I pretty much got used to sleeping without pillows on top instead now I hug my pillow, makes me wonder if I'll ever have someone to hug while I sleep.
So how do you sleep after a regular day?
Comment has been collapsed.