Listen shiiiiiithead I know this is your MO on this website but I’ve worked 8-10 hour days in a tire warehouse hauling tires from lift to truck, truck to lift, and lift to rack, 40 pound tires all day everyday. When I got home I still couldn’t sleep because surprisingly mental illness exists. And before you bring up your service just know that everyone knows and nobody cares.
Lol. That did escalate pretty quickly. Mental illness does exist. Some people have genuinely tried to condition themselves or use every trick in the book and it doesn’t work for them. But @dolphinmaster77- while mental illness or other things exist to block sleep- famousone didn’t bring up the subject. OP asked the question. If you ask the question- people will answer it. Ask a bird how to fly and it’ll tell you to flap along. You can’t get upset at the bird for not being able to tell you how to fly- it can only tell you how IT flies.
Tiring yourself out mentally and physically is good advice for people who have trouble sleeping. It might not work. Warm milk, no screen time before bed, meditation, not having distractions in bed, mental conditioning- all good things to try for people who can’t sleep. They won’t all work for everyone in every situation. Many work for many people though- and not everyone is aware to try them so sharing what works for one person from their experience isn’t an attack- it’s sharing what works for them. If it doesn’t work for you then it doesn’t- and you gotta keep trying and or get a pro involved.
So if so someone says: “I just count sheep and am asleep by 100....” well... maybe that doesn’t work for you and you’ve tried it. But maybe it will help someone else. If no one shares what works for them because they were afraid to upset all the people it might not work for- we likely wouldn’t share much and then... what is the point of a question asking how people just fall asleep if you don’t want to know peoples answers on how THEY fall asleep? The question wasn’t “how can I fall asleep...” and even then it doesn’t mention mental illness and even if it did... what works for someone else might not work for you and they can only suggest what they know works for them or others right?
My husband suffers from anxiety that makes it where he fears falling asleep. He needs all sorts of things to force him to sleep.
Our daughter on the other hand.
She says ok I'm going to bed nite. Than lays her head down and is out like someone knocked her ass out with a clock to the head.
Lol my husband hates her for that lol she would be talking to you than she stop mid sentence and she be out cold. She didn't even yawn or give any hint she was sleepy. She has always been like that. One second alive and chatting or playing than boom nothing but z's.
OK all you dummbells.
Get off your screens at least half an hour before you go to bed.
Do NOT have your screen on in a dark room. It destroys your eyes.
Pay attention to what position you're most comfortable in/what position you wake up in. (that is optional)
Focus on your breathing, and ONLY your breathing. Literally meditate. You shouldn't be rehearsing an entire movie in your head unless it's a dream.
I struggled with falling asleep for a while a year ago or so (mostly due to stress).. what I decided to do was to cut screentime an hour before going to bed, meditate for 15 minutes (listening to rain sound, sit on the floor in my dark room and starting with my toes I would concentrate on how they felt against the floor/leg/whatever they touched and then moving up going until I reach the top of my head), then I would read a book for a while before going to bed (no screens though!). It wasn't a quick fix, but after a couple of months I was able to fall asleep without remembering trying to fall asleep. Today, I fall asleep within minutes of laying down and if I'm stressed, I listen to rain sound on sleep timer and that helps too. These methods helped for me, it might not be a fix for everyone but if you havnt tried it I would recommend it!
Our daughter on the other hand.
She says ok I'm going to bed nite. Than lays her head down and is out like someone knocked her ass out with a clock to the head.
Lol my husband hates her for that lol she would be talking to you than she stop mid sentence and she be out cold. She didn't even yawn or give any hint she was sleepy. She has always been like that. One second alive and chatting or playing than boom nothing but z's.
Get off your screens at least half an hour before you go to bed.
Do NOT have your screen on in a dark room. It destroys your eyes.
Pay attention to what position you're most comfortable in/what position you wake up in. (that is optional)
Focus on your breathing, and ONLY your breathing. Literally meditate. You shouldn't be rehearsing an entire movie in your head unless it's a dream.