[coldandsocial]

Every night without failure, I HATE going to sleep. I literally despise the idea. It may come form a place of fear (not sure), but I'm always scared that when I go to sleep I'm going to miss out on something, so I postpone and postpone until I'm so tired I literally can't stay awake.

I've had trouble sleeping since I was a child, and I'm an incredibly light sleeper. I'm also very impatient.

Has anyone else had problems like these?

[kaliope]

well did you miss out on something? something important to you as a child? that happened late at night while you were sleeping?

Lately I've been doing that too... Staying awake by being on the computer and obsessing or job searching. Usually I think that I didn't have enough time of my own to do what I wanted to do (outside of work or socializing). I don't know if it's come to hate yet though... Usually I only hate the idea of sleeping when I'm really depressed and don't want to get up in the morning. Or if I'm anxious.
Impatience probably can't help... One thing that ensures I fall asleep quickly at night is if I have a busy day with some exercise. So I feel like I did a lot (even if I just went on an outing somewhere for a few hours) and I'm physically exhausted. When I don't do this, my mind is too active and my body isn't tired so it takes patience, meditation and routine to achieve sleep. So I recommend the former.

[ChocolateMelancholy]

One thing that I noticed sleep comes to, is exhaustion. Often one can be extremely tired after a hard day of exercising, or anything else that makes you feel as if you have a load on you for that matter.

My first suggestion is monitor time. Our mind is what controls time, and if we focus on it, time goes by slower. Count down the ticks, stare at a clock while doing something. Never let time slip by your fingers.

Another thing about time is, perception. I noticed my laptop clock was set back an hour. Surprisingly enough, I got exhausted an hour after my usual period of tiredness. It kept resetting time and I didn't know it; so in the end, I was able to puzzle my own mind without knowing it.

What can help too, is just using methods to relieve tiredness. Of course, I don't highly recommend this, but is a good 'waker'. I don't like coffee, so I usually use cold drinks or soda. Recent studies have shown coffee is good for you, but I recommend you searching more up on that.

Technology is a good way to indulge yourself to be awake, but of course if you don't want to wake up with a headache the next morning, I don't recommend it.

Take a nice hot bath then put on some instrumental music like jazz no singing light a candle and just sit back and let it in , you will be so relax you will be looking forward to bed .