hey guys i need some help falling asleep!

**locolyse** · 01-27-2004 05:47 AM

I have had a few lucid dreams before and would love to have more dreams and learn to control them. But i have a problem with falling asleep. Does anyone have any good sleep induction methods?

**icedawg** · 01-27-2004 06:17 AM

Originally posted by locolyse
I have had a few lucid dreams before and would love to have more dreams and learn to control them. But i have a problem with falling asleep. Does anyone have any good sleep induction methods?

what keeps you up at night? i'm a perpetual worrier, so i'm always tossing and turning. it's been months since i've been able to sleep for 8 hours straight. when i finally do fall asleep, i seem to wake up almost exactly 4 hours later for some damned reason, and of course then i have more trouble falling back asleep. it's driving me crazy. hrm. this probably wasn't exactly the helpful reply you were hoping for i'll bet?

**Lowercase Society** · 01-27-2004 01:24 PM

WELCOME to the forum!

You need help falling asleep? well you could try meditation, or perhaps drinking a cup of hot, relaxation tea? thats what i do sometimes.

**Seeker** · 01-27-2004 01:50 PM

Tell us a little about the environment you live in. Comforatble bed? Quiet place? Sleep habits?

Maybe that can give us something to go on...

**Lowercase Society** · 01-27-2004 03:55 PM

Im sorry i couldnt post much earlier, i was short on time!

But i have this problem sometimes too, and as i said up there, meditation helps as well as hot tea, or hot milk before bed. It sometimes takes a couple hours for my mind to stop 'jumping around' and thinking about everything. So this is a great question that you asked!

Seeker asked some great questions, because envirnment can be a big factor in sleep, as well as trying to do some induction techniques. So it can be important to react to the envirnment, such as wearing earplugs if it is loud, getting a softer/harder mattress if you have comfortability problems, etc...

CT · 01-27-2004 10:36 PM

I used to have soo much trouble falling asleep, till I grew up and changed something in my attitude towards life and everything... basicly in a nutshell "It'll all be allright, dont worry, be happy." or something... kinda hard to explain but thats what works for me with sleeping.... I lie there, and my thoughts go crazy. I dont try to "participate" in those thoughts, they just come and go. That why I dont keep myself up with worries, frustrations... I just relax, and after a while I sleep!

(I usually do a MILD but then keep myself awake doing it ... but I've been bitching about that for ages now

)

**kittie11** · 02-15-2004 07:27 AM

Read a boring book about war or something,When i can't go to sleep thats what i do.( It makes your eyes tired then you will just fall asleep)

**nerve** · 02-15-2004 09:12 AM

but kittie, some people are interested in war books.

**Lowercase Society** · 02-15-2004 02:30 PM

if your still having problems sleeping, i have a hammer or two...

**kittie11** · 02-15-2004 11:22 PM

Originally posted by Paperdoll EP
but kittie, some people are interested in war books.

Thats the point if your not interested in the book it will just make you tired BECAUSE ITS SO BORING!!!!!!

Oops um i miss read what paperdoll said,If you are interested in war books read somthing else thats boring.

**mrguytodd** · 02-16-2004 07:30 AM

I have trouble getting to sleep too

I'll be lying in bed for a couple hours before I actually lose awareness. I might just be due for a new mattress though, because it's and old spring matress (it's older than I am!)

**O'nus** · 02-16-2004 07:55 AM

Knowing more about your surroundings and general life will help. For example: you may be frustrated with your life and things, in which you should take a bath before bed, or simply something that you find calming and relaxing.

Here's the quick solution, hehe:

Any derivitive of benzodiazepine.

Just don't let yourself become reliant on drugs.

**CocoDan** · 02-16-2004 04:51 PM

Originally posted by mrguytodd
I have trouble getting to sleep too I'll be lying in bed for a couple hours before I actually lose awareness.

Same here. Can't fall asleep until after 2 am. It's stuck like that with me.

**kittie11** · 02-16-2004 09:17 PM

I fall asleep 20 min after lay down.

**Lowercase Society** · 02-16-2004 09:46 PM

Originally posted by kittiedoll55
I fall asleep 20 min after lay down.

lucky woman...sometimes it takes me 2 hours.

**mrguytodd** · 02-17-2004 12:16 AM

My dad falls asleep in like 10 minutes

I wish I had inherited that from him.

**theroguechemist** · 02-17-2004 12:49 AM

I go to bed at 10pm and don't fall asleep until about midnight, or later...

**nerve** · 02-17-2004 01:20 AM

it takes me like an hour to fall asleep. o.o

**Umbrasquall** · 02-17-2004 04:02 AM

Wow it usually takes me at least a hour to fall asleep.

But you could try some metatonin... or I think it's spelled like that.

CT · 02-17-2004 02:51 PM

Differs for me. Its usually hard to judge the time it takes, but it used to take hours for me, but now its anywhere between 10-60 minutes, when MILD'ing it takes considerably longer though.

**Lowercase Society** · 02-21-2004 02:21 PM

Sometimes i drink some relaxing tea or somethin like that...or say a glass of wine. Makes me fall asleep real fast.
Whereas usually, it takes up to 2 hours at the most.

Ev · 02-21-2004 04:19 PM

I had terrible problem with falling asleep. I was rolling in the bad for 4-5 hours. Then I tried melatonin, which works wonders, and I can still have LD's.

**Truthbearer** · 02-22-2004 12:25 AM

I generally go to bed at 11 on weekdays, but don't fall asleep until 1.

DAMN YOU CONAN O'BRIEN!!!!!!!

Anyway I have heard that chewing valarian root and exercising a lot are the most natural ways to get some good healthy sleep.

My regards to he that knows where I got that from....