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Default Sep 10, 2024 at 03:51 PM
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What do you do? Do you have anything that particularly helps you to fall asleep?
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Default Sep 10, 2024 at 05:39 PM
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Develop a sleep hygiene routine. Keep with it. It will take about three weeks. No caffeine after noontime. I find a short guided meditation and talk radio important as it gets you off screens before bed. I was a very bad sleeper, but these things have helped me in a big way.

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It depends on how bad it is and what’s keeping me up. I make it a point to not notice the time because then I think I’ve been up for x hours. My upstairs neighbor is inconsiderate and often wakes me up.

I do a puzzle for about 15 minutes, as a distraction. Sometimes I think of the thread on how did you sleep, then realize someone else is probably up too.

If I don’t have to be anywhere the next day I tell myself that. If so I can cancel or take the bus instead of driving. Another thing I do is focus on how QUIET my building is and enjoy it, as it’s the only time I get that kind of peace. It will often relax me enough that I can sleep again. No caffeine or sweets after lunchtime.

Also sometimes I just accept I’m up and tell myself everyone has trouble sleeping at times and it’s normal. Valerian root or melatonin an hour before bedtime could help.

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Default Sep 14, 2024 at 08:30 PM
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Hi @MangoPassion:

I usually zonk out right after getting comfortable in bed. But there are breathing techniques that can help.

One is to breathe a bit slower and focus on making the duration of the inhalation the same as the exhalation.

Another (which I just learned about in the Finch app) is to inhale to a count of four, hold the breath for a count of 6 and then breathe out to a count of 6. I'm yawning just thinking about this.

I'd add onto @Deejay14's good advice about avoiding caffeine too late in the day and say that some OTC drugs such as Exedrine can contain caffeine. Also avoid chocolate in the evening and take antidepressants in the morning. All this assumes you're trying to sleep at night.

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Default Sep 14, 2024 at 09:24 PM
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Another thought is to have some room ambient sound that will mask abrupt noises such as annoying clicks, creaking floors, flushing toilets and all that stuff.

You can buy these "white noise generators" but if you have an FM radio, you can try to tune it between broadcasting stations and get a nice fluffy hissing sound. An air purifier with HEPA filter works well, too. If you're into apps, try myNoise, by Dr. Ir. Stephane Pigeon.

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I have sound machines or white noise machines but because I wear earplugs I don’t use them at night. My neighbor is so bad that I can hear him even with earplugs so I give up on that. I’ve tried the machine and the plugs and it’s hopeless. I curse the day he was born, laminate flooring up there and he has no rugs at all. The sound machine can be just a competing noise of its own.

Sometimes I say out loud or think breathe in through the nose, out through the mouth. I never knew why they say that, why not the nose both times.

So it depends on what’s keeping me up, my thoughts or my neighbor. The weather matters too, sometimes it’s too hot to sleep or it’s too cold to get out of bed….. I have to adjust what I do depending on various factors.

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I try to have a dialog in my head of some situations. I close my eyes in bed and start down that route. If it becomes a regular occurrence, your mind takes over and runs down some alternative situations and you could train yourself to know you're going to sleep. It's like forcing your brain to head into a dream.
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