How to sleep well. -.-;

[Kikori]

I know milk, peanuts, and turket (when more hungry than not, anyway) helps people sleep normally. Not with me.
Working out doesn't tire me out. It makes me focus on the burn instead of the exhaustion.
Letting my mind wander fails. My mind wanders too much.
Counting something / boring myself to sleep fails. I find almost nothing boring.
Music doesn't work. I find myself making motions with the rhythm.
Sleeping on anything but a full stomach makes it harder to sleep.

I'm extremely sensitive to sights, sounds, and feelings when trying to sleep.
Where I rest my head is either within the range of one or two windows to let in light. Well over half the time, a light is showing in one of the two.
My house has two cats. We live near an airport, railroad tracks run just behind the back yard, and being on an intersection-shortcut-type road of two busy roads, there are plenty of car sounds. Not to mention the occasional construction project. So among the meows and neighborhood, it's tricky to get silence. Ear plugs are too uncomfortable.
Speaking of my cats, one of them adopted my room as its safe haven. So quite often at two in the morning, I find myself being shaken by a priss cleaning herself on me before going up to claw the door open so she can use the bathroom. Leaving the door open results in being woken up early by the rest of the house.

So if I don't want to touch pills, don't have access to turkey at the moment, and don't plan to put my cat down, I have to ask. Are there any other tricks to falling asleep / sleeping deeper, or am I limited to what I already have to do?
(What I already have to do consists of curling up on my side under ~3 layers of blankets / sheets with a pillow carefully placed so it covers my ears and eyes without obstructing breathing while trying to make sure I have no physical contact with my cat so her cleaning can't push into me repeatedly)

 

[SweetErika]

Have you tried taking melatonin and using a sleep mask and/or blocking the light with foil or blackout curtains? Melatonin and blocking the light have seriously helped me.

How about a white noise machine, or even something like a fan, to cancel out some of the noise?

Regarding the cat, why not leave her outside your room? She may want to come in for a while, but if you're firm and consistent over a period of time, she should learn to sleep elsewhere.

Also, have you tried changing your hours? I find staying up past a certain point can keep me awake all night, whereas if I force myself to go to bed at a more reasonable hour (like before 1:30 vs. 2am or later), I'm far more likely to fall asleep. The same goes for getting up: a little earlier is definitely better.

Finally, have you experimented with different times and types of exercise? Most people seem to be kept up if they exercise too late (for some, even right after dinner qualifies; morning or noon workouts are best), and maybe you just need to find something that relaxes and tires you without really getting your muscles going or whatever (e.g. taking a good walk or doing yoga vs. lifting weights or running).

 

[shane_30]

I have the same problem. All I can offer is what i do and that is total exhaustion! I will literally go for days without sleep before i finally crash and sleep for about 12-14 hours! I've tried all the meds and they dont work! (for me anyway) All i have found that works when i "HAVE" to sleep is I take three benydryl and then drink three beers. gO TO BED IMEDIATELY! If you dont lay down, you will start to feel high and fight the urge to go to bed. Good luck!

 

[Kikori]

Haven't tried literally blocking the light with anything other than my blinds and the pillow over my face.

Any noise other than my own breathing doesn't help. Soothing music, even ones I'd consider a lullaby, didn't work, and the sound of the computer running is enough for me to shut this thing off at night. Can't even sleep with the TV on and muted; the high pitch it emits, quiet or not, makes me pay too much attention to it. >_<

My cat seems to randomly pick up on being allowed in my room or not. If she doesn't pick up on it, the clawing sounds on my door are horrible, until I throw a pillow at the door (which sometimes doesn't work anyway). That's up to chance. However, the other cat who lives in this house is extremely playful and doesn't know when to stop bothering her, so she becomes very aggressive when he's around. My room is the only place he doesn't go, so she's 'safe' here.

My hours, I have to keep fairly constant due to my college schedule. In bed between 12:30 to 1:30, only allowing a break to 2:00 on nights like this where I don't HAVE to be up by 10. My body naturally wakes up about 8:00, since my alarm's gotten me used to waking at 8:10 for college, and I can usually doze back to sleep 'til 9:00 if I just lie there without an intrusion. (The lack of intrusion is the hardest part.)

As for different types of exercise, I'd usually just done ~100 pushups, situps, or some combination while in bed or just before crawling into it. So along side tryng new ways of blocking out the light, workouts at different times might work... Though we'll definitely see tonight, given that I had two hours of tugging around heavy things at work.

Thanks for the advice, Erika. ^^

Shane, I may have trouble sleeping, but I don't feel comfortable staying up for days at a time. And I want to avoid pills. >.>

 

[Vixandra]

Beds should be used for sleeping and sex. Same for the bedroom.
By doing exercises in your bed, you're telling yourself that this is an "awake" place where you work out.

Also, exercising right before you head for sleep is not a good idea for most people. Exercise=endorphins=wakefulness=misery.

Try exercising in the morning, in a room other then your bed room. And maybe a cup of tea before bed, non-caffeine, like chamomile. Set up a bed time ritual and stick to it. It takes two weeks to form a "habit" and if your brain associates tea time and your bed with only sleep, it should be easier to sleep.

 

[shane_30]

I dont feel comfortable staying up days at a time either but i cant help it. Everyone is wierd when it comes to sleep and i told ya what puts me to sleep. For me, exercise is like taking speed! The endorphines triggered from exercise cause me to be full of energy and restless. Might be different for you though. I would try it at least cause it cant hurt? In any case, I'm with ya...I know how miserable it is to not be able to sleep. Good luck,....shane

 

[KokopelliRises]

Have you tried some kind of tea with valerian in it? I've used one that has rooibos in it (which is naturally caffeine free) and it helps me relax on those days I simply can't sleep. I've gotten really creative with finding things to help me sleep ever since I stopped taking sleeping pills (it's been more than a month, more like two).

 

[NippleMuncher]

Working out in bed or just before bed is the wrong thing to do. It's like taking a shower immediately before bed, you are invigorated by the excersize, staving off any tired feelings you may have had.

If you drink coffee, switch to decaf. If you drink much soda with caffeine, switch to one that doesn't have it. Limit any food intake that has caffeine, particularly around bed time. Alcohol can also affect sleep, so limit it's regular use and don't over do when you do partake.

For the noise, you're pretty limited as to what you can do, unless you're able to move to a quieter neighborhood or can afford to "sound proof" your bedroom.

Your bedroom should be for one purpose only, and that is to sleep. That means no tv, radio, computer, or any other distraction that would keep you from sleeping. Light reading is fine, but try not to do anything that requires thought, such as crossword puzzles or sudoku. Sex would be one of the few concessions allowed in the bedroom. As a matter of fact, sex can be a good sleep aid for both men and women.

Absolutely NO animals in your room!!!!! All too often, we allow pets into our rooms, and worse into our beds. We accommodate their needs rather than our own for comfort and sleep. If you've got a bully cat, lock him into his own room and allow the other to roam, or visa-versa. Sure they won't like this initially, but with time they'll understand that when it's "bedtime", this is the routine, just as they've learned their current routine. Buy a second litter box if necessary to accommodate two cats that must be separated at night.

As Sweet E suggests, get a night mask or light blocking curtains on the windows. A dark room will make sleep easier than light, particularly with the noise levels that you describe.

Don't take circadian rhythms lightly, they will dictate when your body needs rest the most, or rather, when your body will utilize rest most efficiently. For instance, I'm a night person, I do best if I get my 6-8 hours of sleep between 1am and 9am, give or take an hour or two. If I shift that sleep schedule to the more normal of that of an 8-5 person, I don't sleep as well at night and am never well rested the next day. I can go with as little as 5 hours a night IF I get that sleep on my body's schedule rather than that of a clock.

I hope that maybe some of this will help. Good luck, sleep tight.

 

[Hoardingenergy]

Black out your windows and exercise early in the day. Cutting out coffee and soda's with caffeine after early afternoon might help.

 

[BiInMyMind]

I have similar sleep issues. I'm a very light sleeper, and unless I'm totally exhausted, any little sound will wake me.

Try going outside for a walk around the block (or more) before going to bed and look around at the environment. This I have found to be very effective.
Try to avoid coffee after noon. I find that if I drink coffee at 4 in the afternoon, then about 4 in the morning, I will be wide awake. Or avoid coffee altogether, if you can.
This piece of music is very relaxing, I have often fallen asleep listening to it: Mozart, Beethoven: Piano and Wind Quintets in E flat with Andre Previn on piano.
One thing I've been doing for a while now is to just relax and allow myself to observe the shapes and colors on the insides of my eyelids (or whatever it is you see when your eyes are closed. I will drift off while doing this. It's not a concentration, it's a relaxing, just allowing yourself to see what's in front of you with your eyes closed.
Another thing that I used to do when particularly troubled and found myself holding my eyelids closed so I could go to sleep (which never works): instead I would try to keep my eyes open. Sure enough, if the room is dark enough, you will have trouble keeping your eyes open for very long. You might wake yourself up again, so it will take a few times falling asleep like that before you give up and let yourself sleep, but it used to work for me eventually. And we're talking about when a girl had broken up with me or was making me crazy with jealousy and worry. But I prefer looking at the inside of my eyelids now, I think it works better.

 

[silverwhisper]

kikori, you've already gotten some great advice, i see and vixandra's points re: the bedroom being solely for sleeping or sex is a very good one.

i see that you're a student, but am fuzzy on your living arrangements: are you living with one or more roommates in a dorm (seems unlikely), one or more roommates in an apartment, with your parents, something else?

how long have you had both cats? how have you been able to sleep successfully in the past? do you keep a journal--if not, perhaps consider keeping a sleep journal? lastly, have you tried meditating before going to sleep to try to relax your mind?

my wife and i both use earplugs and have found at least one brand that is comfortable for both of us.

shane: same questions--and please note that most people would find the idea of taking benadryl with multiple servings of alcohol to be a recipe for a hospital visit.

ed

 

[Cattypuss]

I have trouble getting to sleep and earplugs help EMORMOUSLY. yes, they're uncomfortable, but they're the lesser of two evils.

You can get eaplugs customs-made for your ears (at least you can in the UK). I've never bothered cos I can seep OK with standard ones from the shops, but you might want to look into it. Custom-made earplugs, a sleep mask and being more sensible about where/when you exercise might help.

PS avoiding caffeine after noon is not enough for me - I still lie awake. I have ONE CUP of WEAK TEA first thing in the morniing and after that it's caffeine-free drinks for the rest of the day. (I just drink water or rooibos after that)

PPS an orgasm immediately before trying to sleep can help.

 

[shane_30]

I didnt mean it as a joke. When i absolutely have to have sleep, I take three benydryl and drink some beer. Usually after the second beer, i cant hold my eyes open. I have told my DR. about this and his opinion was as long as it wasnt a regular thing, it was safe. I apoligize as i see it "might" or "could" be dangerous to some people. I was only mentioning what had worked for me.

 

[silverwhisper]

shane quoth:
i have told my dr. about this and his opinion was as long as it wasnt a regular thing, it was safe. i apoligize as i see it "might" or "could" be dangerous to some people. i was only mentioning what had worked for me.

well, i figured the quantities you mentioned weren't themselves life-threatening, it's a combination that most folks might find problematic.

truth be told, i've been known to take medications and alcohol together in extreme cases, too--but i never mentioned it to a doctor. that was smart of you to do, dude. :>

ed

 

[shane_30]

To be honest, I only mentioned it because i was desperate! My Dr. had prescribed many sleep aids in the past and he was as puzzled as I was. The last presciption i got was ambien and that was another failure. Ambien caused my mind to race to the point I would have to get up and take a walk no matter the time. Today i just suffer through it. If I "have" to get some sleep, I will do the sinus med/beer thing. I'll get sleep but its not the restful sleep i need. Good luck to all you with similar sleep disorders...I know how you feel!

 

[sunandshadow]

I got 2 black throw blankets and nailed them up over my windows so the light can't leak in. I would definitely shut the cat out of the room at night. Have you tried one of those white-noise generator things? You can get one that makes gentle repetitive ocean noises or just a soft static noise all night, the idea is that it muffles unusual noises in the background.

I also agree that you don't want to do the work out right before going in bed. Working out raises your heart rate and breathing rate, and you need to have a low heart rate and breathing rate to sleep. Working out can also add discomfort from being hot and sweaty. Instead you want to work out earlier in the day, maybe right before dinner, or time the workout to end 1/2 hour or 1 hour before bed, then switch to something relaxing like reading.

 

[Kikori]

Beds should be used for sleeping and sex. Same for the bedroom.
By doing exercises in your bed, you're telling yourself that this is an "awake" place where you work out.

Also, exercising right before you head for sleep is not a good idea for most people. Exercise=endorphins=wakefulness=misery.

Try exercising in the morning, in a room other then your bed room. And maybe a cup of tea before bed, non-caffeine, like chamomile. Set up a bed time ritual and stick to it. It takes two weeks to form a "habit" and if your brain associates tea time and your bed with only sleep, it should be easier to sleep.

My bed's an anything place. Sleep, sex, working out, playing games, reading, homework, drawing, spoiling my cat. So I'm not sure if my bed itself is keeping me up, since I know I'm trying to sleep instead of do _____.
*Jots down de-caf tea*

Have you tried some kind of tea with valerian in it? I've used one that has rooibos in it (which is naturally caffeine free) and it helps me relax on those days I simply can't sleep. I've gotten really creative with finding things to help me sleep ever since I stopped taking sleeping pills (it's been more than a month, more like two).

Never heard of it before. Working in a grocery store certainly gives me a chance to look, though, thank you. ^_^

Working out in bed or just before bed is the wrong thing to do. It's like taking a shower immediately before bed, you are invigorated by the excersize, staving off any tired feelings you may have had.

If you drink coffee, switch to decaf. <snip>

For the noise, you're pretty limited as to what you can do, unless you're able to move to a quieter neighborhood or can afford to "sound proof" your bedroom.

Your bedroom should be for one purpose only, and that is to sleep. <snip>

Absolutely NO animals in your room!!!!! <snip>

As Sweet E suggests, get a night mask or light blocking curtains on the windows. A dark room will make sleep easier than light, particularly with the noise levels that you describe.

Don't take circadian rhythms lightly, they will dictate when your body needs rest the most, or rather, when your body will utilize rest most efficiently. For instance, I'm a night person, I do best if I get my 6-8 hours of sleep between 1am and 9am, give or take an hour or two. If I shift that sleep schedule to the more normal of that of an 8-5 person, I don't sleep as well at night and am never well rested the next day. I can go with as little as 5 hours a night IF I get that sleep on my body's schedule rather than that of a clock.

I hope that maybe some of this will help. Good luck, sleep tight.

I don't drink coffee. But funny story about caffiene, it calms me down more than it wires me up.
And I can't... well, moreso "won't" move just yet. I'm with my parents; close to work, close to college, and while their home-owned business is going fairly well, some of their clients are putting off payments. This leaves it up to me to pay the occasional bill that would otherwise kick 'em out.
While I don't doubt you and Vix know what you're talking about with keeping everything requiring thought outside the bedroom, I don't see how it affects me trying to sleep when my head goes into "Try to sleep" mode as soon as I'm on the pillow I always use. (Also, given the lack of free rooms to move my room's belongings into, this'll have to wait to be tested in a different house.)
I won't take away Mitzi's safe feeling in my room. I will try getting her to rest elsewhere in it, though, since she seems to like my computer chair, too.
I've at least gotten a rough sleep schedule down, it's the variable of what keeps me from falling / staying asleep and what wakes me up that's the problem. >_<
(And it's not that I can't function well in a day, it's that I'm tired of always feeling... well, tired.)
Thank you. ^^

BiInMyMind, most of your advice covers things I've already said don't work for me. D:

kikori, you've already gotten some great advice, i see and vixandra's points re: the bedroom being solely for sleeping or sex is a very good one.

i see that you're a student, but am fuzzy on your living arrangements: are you living with one or more roommates in a dorm (seems unlikely), one or more roommates in an apartment, with your parents, something else?

how long have you had both cats? how have you been able to sleep successfully in the past? do you keep a journal--if not, perhaps consider keeping a sleep journal? lastly, have you tried meditating before going to sleep to try to relax your mind?

my wife and i both use earplugs and have found at least one brand that is comfortable for both of us.

shane: same questions--and please note that most people would find the idea of taking benadryl with multiple servings of alcohol to be a recipe for a hospital visit.

ed

I associate my bedroom with a lot of things, but I associate the three pillows I use as time to sleep. Is that close enough, or will I have to abandon doing anything on the bed other than sleeping? ;-;

I'm a student, yes. And I answered to Nipple Muncher, too, I live at home.

Mitzi, the old female territorial priss who uses my room as a safe haven, been our cat for nearly seventeen years. Oscar, the fat tabby who doesn't know when to stop playing, has been with us for about three.
I never paid much attention to enough sleep or not in the past. I've always been able to get up, no matter how little or much sleep, and go through my day without a problem. The only exceptions would be when sick or after getting next to zero sleep.
I'm under the impression that a sleep journal is a logged estimate of how many hours I've slept, and when to when. Am I wrong? >.>
Haven't tried meditating in a long time. Back then, I was being too silly about it, too. ^_^;

You could list the brand, you know.

I have trouble getting to sleep and earplugs help EMORMOUSLY. yes, they're uncomfortable, but they're the lesser of two evils.

You can get eaplugs customs-made for your ears (at least you can in the UK). I've never bothered cos I can seep OK with standard ones from the shops, but you might want to look into it. Custom-made earplugs, a sleep mask and being more sensible about where/when you exercise might help.

PS avoiding caffeine after noon is not enough for me - I still lie awake. I have ONE CUP of WEAK TEA first thing in the morniing and after that it's caffeine-free drinks for the rest of the day. (I just drink water or rooibos after that)

PPS an orgasm immediately before trying to sleep can help.

If I can find earplugs that don't leave me shifting constantly to find a position for them to not dig into my ear oddly enough to shift again, I'll tell you if it helped. ^^;

As stated before, caffiene doesn't wire me up and affect keeping me awake. I sleep the same if I finish off a Mountain Dew before bed as if I were just having sprite, and that's the same as decaf tea.

Orgasms; tested and failed. Sorry. D:

Thank you, though. ^_^

I got 2 black throw blankets and nailed them up over my windows so the light can't leak in. I would definitely shut the cat out of the room at night. Have you tried one of those white-noise generator things? You can get one that makes gentle repetitive ocean noises or just a soft static noise all night, the idea is that it muffles unusual noises in the background.

I also agree that you don't want to do the work out right before going in bed. Working out raises your heart rate and breathing rate, and you need to have a low heart rate and breathing rate to sleep. Working out can also add discomfort from being hot and sweaty. Instead you want to work out earlier in the day, maybe right before dinner, or time the workout to end 1/2 hour or 1 hour before bed, then switch to something relaxing like reading.

I could probably pull up something from the basement to try as a makeshift curtain, as long as I can find a way to hold them up. (No thumbtacks here; I'm shocked. ._.

Thanks for the ideas, guys. I'll see what I can do from this. ^__^

And shane, I still refuse to take pills. I'm also 19, only soon to turn 20, so I'm not even old enough to drink. I can't stand the taste of alcohol anyway. -.-;

 

[therealultimatedarkone]

I have sleep problems, too. I usually lay awake for at least an hour just flopping around waiting for sleep to come.

My solutions are to get in bed exhausted, read before sleeping, and listening to an audiobook while falling asleep. If I'm not sleepy around bed time, I like to pace the room, talking to myself (weird, kinda, but it helps me work ideas out), note taking, story ideation, and drawing. To settle down more, I read a book before bed. And, I listen to an audiobook while falling asleep. I keep the volume kind of low and only half pay attention to it, letting the words carry me off.

I've tried pills, which don't help, exercise before sometimes helped sometimes hindered, and keeping a sleep schedule never worked. I tried to force myself to sleep at 2AM every night, wake after exactly 8 hours. Of course, there'd be a Saturday where I'd get up an hour late...which would push the sleep time back...which would start a vicious cycle of ever increasingly late nights and late mornings.

If you really, really have trouble with sleep, avoid sugar and caffeine all day. That stuff hangs around in your body all day. A cup of coffee's worth of caffeine has a half-life of something like six hours. Which works great for a work day, but can be detrimental to the sleeping process, if you drink too much. Sugar can often be worse, since it's in everything and can end up in your system without you even noticing. Sneaking a cookie here-and-there actually has lots of sugar. Soft drinks are the worst, as they're nothing but sugar and caff.

Hope this helps!

 

[SweetErika]

My bed's an anything place. Sleep, sex, working out, playing games, reading, homework, drawing, spoiling my cat. So I'm not sure if my bed itself is keeping me up, since I know I'm trying to sleep instead of do _____.

Try doing the non-sleeping stuff elsewhere for a month or two and see what happens.

Never heard of it before. Working in a grocery store certainly gives me a chance to look, though, thank you. ^_^

You'll probably find valerian much cheaper and in a more effective dose at Walmart or a supplement type store. The same goes for melatonin; the best deal on that here is in the supplement section of Costco, and it's incredibly effective w/o side effects like grogginess.

Before you try any supplement, be sure to research it thoroughly and even talk with your doctor (my doc actually got me started on melatonin - he's been taking it for 30+ years). Supplements are unregulated, so many are complete junk, and some can have serious interactions and side effects.

If I can find earplugs that don't leave me shifting constantly to find a position for them to not dig into my ear oddly enough to shift again, I'll tell you if it helped. ^^;

I think I've seen custom-molded earplugs in mass merchandisers like Walmart. You could try something like that, and just take it back if it doesn't work for you.

As stated before, caffiene doesn't wire me up and affect keeping me awake. I sleep the same if I finish off a Mountain Dew before bed as if I were just having sprite, and that's the same as decaf tea.

The effects of things like caffeine and sugar may not be obvious to you, but they could still be making it harder to fall asleep and/or get the most restful sleep. The same goes for chemicals like artificial colors and preservatives.

Again, try avoiding this stuff within 12 hours (caffeine can last that long) of your bedtime for the next couple of months and see what happens.

Orgasms; tested and failed. Sorry. D:

Orgasms don't work for me unless I fall asleep within the very short window of relaxation that follows them. That's like 5-10 minutes usually, and if I move beyond it, I get a second wind and can have a tremendous amount of difficulty getting to sleep within the next couple of hours.

I could probably pull up something from the basement to try as a makeshift curtain, as long as I can find a way to hold them up. (No thumbtacks here; I'm shocked. ._.

We just put foil on the problematic windows with scotch tape. It is almost free, simple enough to remove and adjust as needed, and doesn't impact the room's decor since there are miniblinds and decorative sheerer curtains in front of the foil.

 

[fire_breeze]

My bed's an anything place. Sleep, sex, working out, playing games, reading, homework, drawing, spoiling my cat. So I'm not sure if my bed itself is keeping me up, since I know I'm trying to sleep instead of do _____.

Most sleep experts agree that we associate certain things unconsciously. For example, people who work at the dinner table outside of mealtimes tend not to relax and fully enjoy their lunch/dinner than those who don't, as they are unwittingly connecting that table with work.

You may not realise it, but perhaps subconsciously, you're associating your bed as a free-for-all as opposed to a place for sleep and sex. If having a separate room for study, work, working out, playing games, etc. is not an option, designate certain parts of your bedroom for those activities and leave your bed for sleep and other nocturnal activities. It takes a month to adjust, so be patient.

 

[DarkBee]

I'm not having much troubles sleeping well, but this cute little vid helps me relax. It's just like a bedtime story!

 

[emap]

This is going to be a weird thingy, but Kikori have you ever tried earplugs from a gun store? Not the expensive rubber ones, they have foam one's that are not as good, and a whole heck of a lot cheaper.

There are actually two kinds, one is a cotton that looks a whole heck of a lot like the filter on cigarrettes and a foam one, usually yellow and feels like a marshmellow. Once you put them in however they feel like basically nothing unless you shove them of course. You still feel them of course but not much and you can leave them all day if you forget. Don't look at me like that it was only for a couple hours.

Alternately you can try cotton balls, just take one for each ear. They are not the best, worse than the cheap foam even, but when you hear noises through walls they should work well enough. Course if you want to avoid the earplugs or the trip to a gun store, buy the cotton balls, you can find them most everywhere for fairly cheap buy a candle and light said candle then run the wax onto the cottom ball and work it into a shape to fit your ear, while warm put it in your ear and let it conform to your ear. It should come back out easily enough and will hold it's shape forever if you keep it below melting and don't sit on it. That is a very old remedy to way to much noise, soldiers in the civil war did that, first world war, probably second and every cannon crew since well ever I think.

 

[DonnieLike2Read]

Melatonin is the bomb, you can get it from any drug store. It is homeopathic i.e. natural, not harh and helps you get to sleep.

HIGHKY recommended

Also, no caffeine after 1pm

Good luck!

 

[Cattypuss]

a foam one, usually yellow and feels like a marshmellow. Once you put them in however they feel like basically nothing unless you shove them of course. You still feel them of course but not much and you can leave them all day if you forget. Don't look at me like that it was only for a couple hours.

Those are the ones I sleep in. In the UK they are sold in pharmacies as being for travelling and sleeping.

 

[therealultimatedarkone]

Most sleep experts agree that we associate certain things unconsciously. For example, people who work at the dinner table outside of mealtimes tend not to relax and fully enjoy their lunch/dinner than those who don't, as they are unwittingly connecting that table with work.

You may not realise it, but perhaps subconsciously, you're associating your bed as a free-for-all as opposed to a place for sleep and sex. If having a separate room for study, work, working out, playing games, etc. is not an option, designate certain parts of your bedroom for those activities and leave your bed for sleep and other nocturnal activities. It takes a month to adjust, so be patient.

A teacher back in school had a great phrase for something like this: Mailmen don't take walks.

It's a really good piece of advice when something seems off. If you end up spending the day doing something, like you work in IT fixing computers all day, then you won't want to fix or tweak your own computer.