Insomnia...

[drone]

I've heard that crashing group therapy sessions helps you sleep. You can also take a second job, but if you start making soap or fighting for fun, you might want to re-evaluate your plan.

[LeftEyeNine]

Reading a book may stimulate your mind as well as it can tire out your brain.

Also doing exercises in an hour before going to bed will stimulate your metabolism too. The afterwards exhausting is temporary; your body will take this exercising message such that you need to feel ready to move and energetic, hence giving you a sleep disorder.

The sleeping habits are genetic, me thinks. It just varies from one to another just like how your fingerprints do. So even though you may try all advises here, you may end up looking at the ceiling mumbling curses in the dead of the night.

The easiest way to get to sleep is not getting frustrated about it. The more you think you can not sleep the harder you'll get some.

Being problemous with falling asleep since birth, the only way that I can get some is absolutely SKIMMING THE HELL LIFE out of my mind by tiring it out to a point where I can't think anymore.

- Don't get annoyed while trying to sleep.
- Don't make this a BIG problem while it isn't.
- See a doctor if it reaches to a point of no-sleep.
- Try to overcome energy flaw problems with vitamin/herbal supplements until it gets a bit better. Still, at your age, you need at least 6 hours of sleep.



Hope that helps.

[Vladimir]

LEN's right on many accounts. A good way to get to sleep is to learn how to "will" yourself to sleep by emptying the mind. This is something I have to work hard to do because I find that relaxing my body liberates my thoughts. The body doesn't need sleep, the brain does. Once it relaxes, sleep will come.

[Mithrandir]

I've heard that crashing group therapy sessions helps you sleep. You can also take a second job, but if you start making soap or fighting for fun, you might want to re-evaluate your plan.

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[Ice]

I had the nastiest Insomnia last night. I went to bed at 1245 but didn't fall asleep until 430 and had to get up at 830. I'm going to be dragging today.

[The Foolish Horseman]

I have real bad insomnia, i struggle to get 2 hours a night...but the annyoing thing is, if i get to sleep for longer than 2 hours, i always oversleep important appointments, like doctors, dentists hookers school.

Its a pain, cos when i lay down, all the thoughts ive had during the day all come back, especially about 1 girl in particular. and i cant sleep.

[spmetla]

I'd recommend getting some exercise. Try and go for an 20-30 minute evening run and then knock out a bunch of pushups and situps or other exercises. Have a light but good meal, then read a book or paper or something. I find whenever I have had problems sleeping its either because I haven't done anything physical all day or there is something problematic coming up that I haven't taken care of yet (things due in school, work issues and so on). If you already exercise regularly try and work something that you don't normally work so that the body needs the rest to the build/rebuild those muscles (if you lift then go running, if you run go lift weights), just try and get yourself physically tired and somewhat sore.

Also if you have curtains or something close them up so that you do not awake from the sunlight pouring in.

Other less safe/healthy methods are to either try and stay up one night so that your body can sleep well the next day or to go to a bar and get totally wasted with some buddies.

Hope you get some more sleep!

EDIT:
There are A LOT of insomniacs here at the Org!

[Caius]

As spmetla said: eat less. Don't starve, eat well but don't abuse food. We all know that food increases our energies.

[Ice]

As spmetla said: eat less. Don't starve, eat well but don't abuse food. We all know that food increases our energies.

This doesn't really help when you are weight lifting and doing cardio. It's actually not healthy or good for you.