Discussion How do you fall asleep

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  1. Blitz

    Blitz ⛈️ awakened from the reverie❄️

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    Sleep, it comes to me at varying scales. Usually after a long day or extended period of wakefulness, quite easily.

    Currently I'm struggling to fall asleep and wide awake. What do you folks do yo try and drift of to sleep? I usually
    1. Listening to some white noise,asmr or podcast
    2. Drinks some sugar-free tea
    3. Lay in complete nothingness and silence without moving at all
    4. Do some random quizzes and stuff till i drift off
    5. Browse the blogs on nuf randomly
    Anyways hopefully goodnight, good morning and good afternoon to everyone. Hope you have a good day:blobsleeping:
     
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  2. Lissi

    Lissi 『Queen of Lissidom』『Holy Chibi』『Western Birdy』『⚓』

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    Read horror til you get bored :blobowoevil_horns:

    Doesn't tea keep you awake :blobsleepless:

    My parents never let me drink tea after dinner because they're afraid I won't be able to fall asleep from it

    ~*~*~

    Also, you can always revert back to the oldie way: Count Sheep!!! :blobtaco:

    1...
    2... 3... zzz :blobbunny:
     
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  3. SylviaViolet

    SylviaViolet Toast to the ones that we lost on the way⚓️

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    Lissi are you trying to get them to sleep today or a few days later because they were too tired after being scared for a few nights?
     
  4. Bad Storm

    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    My not so routine bedtime routine
    1. shower before bed
    2. play/read/watch
    3. music, since my taste in more on the mellow side it's fine
    4. fall asleep then wake up in the middle of the night for some reasons.
     
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  5. Lissi

    Lissi 『Queen of Lissidom』『Holy Chibi』『Western Birdy』『⚓』

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    I fall asleep reading horror tho
    Romance horror but still the scary bits :hmm:

    It tires out your mind :blobReach:
     
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  6. Lurking

    Lurking Do the dead suffer, or is it a sweet release?

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    I hold still until i pass out

    measured breathing counting how much in, hold, and how much out

    try to get lights off

    make sure i have my teeth clean and bathroom break done

    be comf with big blanket.
     
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  7. Anra7777

    Anra7777 All powerful magic grammar hamster queen pirate.

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    I read until I get too sleepy, which can backfire if I get too invested and end up staying up half the night. If I’m having trouble sleeping, I might try some chamomile tea or a bowl of cereal. If I really can’t sleep, the “Sleep With Me” podcast usually does the trick. I used it last night and feel asleep before he’d even finished thanking the sponsors at the start of the show...
     
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  8. CadmarLegend

    CadmarLegend one and a two and a bing bang boo!

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    Good night. It's 10:45 PM... I'll sleep in 4 hours.
     
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  9. Zissel

    Zissel Blue Blue Gold❣❣

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    I almost always fall asleep naturally nya~ I found that doing any of the things recommended for good sleep doesn't work for me nya~ I imagine random stories which I'm a part of, most of the time inspired from the novels I've read nya~ I usually fall asleep before getting to the ending nya~ It's worked for me for years nya~:blobcozy::blobcozy:
     
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  10. SylviaViolet

    SylviaViolet Toast to the ones that we lost on the way⚓️

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    I do this and I don't see that situation as backfiring at all. Sometimes I regret that I didn't stay up long enough to read more.......
    Also lmao slept before he even thanked the sponsors......
     
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  11. ongoingwhy

    ongoingwhy Meat Pie Lover

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    Make sure you have a regular sleep schedule. If you sleep at different times everyday, you won't be able to fall asleep easily.
     
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  12. SquadCammander354

    SquadCammander354 『Early Life Crisis』〖Stormy's Bro〗『Lord of Storms』

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    Really you just stop trying and fall asleep. You spend all this effort to go to sleep, when in reality you just let everything go. Hard to do, but it just happens mate.
     
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  13. AMissingLinguist

    AMissingLinguist [Not Here][Blank Sect][Nuffian #N]

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    I ponder my existence and question how I can continue to exist. Then, my brain sidetracks to why existence is fun and I think about video games. Afterwards, I think what makes a game and brainstorm about fun mechanics, which leads to adventure stories about fighting mythical creatures. Finally, I tell myself to stop thinking, and to accomplish this task, I envision myself lying under a blue sky, with a blue ocean that is completely still.

    TLDR: Think no thoughts. :blobsleeping:
     
  14. SquadCammander354

    SquadCammander354 『Early Life Crisis』〖Stormy's Bro〗『Lord of Storms』

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    That's what I basically go through. I've been watching all these Devil May Cry 5 "I am the storm that is APPROACHING!" memes, but it took 6 months for me to actually play through one of them (#3) because I wasn't used to the forced Camera angles.

    I bought all of them (except 5, waiting to get a PS5 for that), but I just wasn't feeling it until that six months passed, when Bury the Light has still flooded my feed.

    Then one day, since I had it downloaded, I played the series's worst and sidelined reboot Demo on my PS3. It was actually nice, I enjoyed it enough at least for me to start playing the PS4 version, get used to it, then go back to DMC 3.

    It's been a blast so far man, jesus christ. Can't wait to beat these games and keep going. I wanna Plat these games because of how good they are. Its filling in that itch that's been numbed by other action games like Nioh. Like seriously, I mean what other games lets you use a God Damn Guitar as stylish weapon, where the literal ultimate moves are you doing a stage performance.

    The bosses are fun too, Cerebus was fucking tough as a noob. Now - after watching a video - I can beat him easily.
     
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  15. MisterBubbles

    MisterBubbles [The Omnipotent No. 2 at Everything]

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    I have a cut off point where I stop daily activities, usually whenever I have work or school, that is about 11 pm. Then focus on relaxing in bed and reading something for like an hour or two.

    Basically, the point is to kind of relax and let stress fade away as I turn off my brain and body before I attempt sleeping.
     
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  16. Bad Storm

    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    Blitz my favorite colour is midnight blue, gimme nuffies. :cookie:
     
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    Aquaa 『We Lost The Summer』

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    I usually like to make up stories in my mind or re remember the novel I read and then I gradually doze of to sleep
     
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    Fossil 「Spooky」「Scary」「Skeleton」

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    By hugging my girlfriend. No other way now.
     
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  19. Bad Storm

    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    dog abuse
     
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    Fulminata Typo-ist | Officer of Heavenly Inc. |

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    I shut my phone and just close my eyes :aww:. I sleep easily, yet also get woken up easily by unfamiliar sounds.
     
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