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How do you make yourself sleep when you can’t seem to get to sleep?

I have a TV/DVD in my bedroom so I will watch a movie or similar until my eyes droop closed then push the off button on the remote. Like last night

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SailorMarz · F

I usually don't sleep until i'm dying of sleep.

That or i stay completely still and tell myself that i'm gonna "meditate" because my brain thinks meditation time means "nap time"

I know my way around this bitch

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SailorMarz · F

@SW-User Yeah, you sound like you gotta problem with that?

SW-User

I just naturally have a problem with you. 😌 Go sleep. @SailorMarz

SailorMarz · F

@SW-User it's the weekend, so sleeping isn't really necessary buddy lol

DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F

I literally have to take benadryl. Nothig else works, and I have tried EVERYTHING except for prescrition sleep meds.

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Peaceful · F

@DearAmbellina2113 it has been linked to increased dementia risk so I hope you can find a better alternative.

DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F

@Peaceful Yeah I wish. I hated taking it, but nothing else worked and I was starting to have hallucinations from sleep deprivation.

Love4All · 56-60, F

@Peaceful benadryl??

SW-User

I sleep an hour then I wake up. Then I might sleep another 2 hours then I'm awake again. Finally after about 5 hours I just get up.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@SW-User Does that happen often?

SW-User

@Gusman every night

Gusman · 61-69, M

@SW-User That must be really heartbreaking. Waking up tired most days

SW-User

Sometimes I read, sometimes I try to meditate, sometimes I just lay there for hours fruitlessly

Gusman · 61-69, M

@SW-User Very frustrating.Laying there hour after hour. Night is so long but not long enough when it is time to get up.

SW-User

@Gusman true

Spoiledbrat · F

I take Benadryl but I still wake up in the middle of the night or too early.

PuppetOnStrings

Listen to audio books in the dark.

Spoiledbrat · F

I do that. I read in the dark too. @PuppetOnStrings

PuppetOnStrings

@Spoiledbrat I hope you don't strain your eyes 🌹 ..

Spoiledbrat · F

No just my kindle. @PuppetOnStrings

Love4All · 56-60, F

Listen to a meditation

NiftyWhite · 46-50, F

same problem for me.

Gusman · 61-69, M

What I used to do was play a CD called, "A month in the Brazilian Forest" plus a CD of the surf breaking on continuous play. Two CD players, would drift off listening to the rain, thunder and surf and wake to the same.

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