falling asleep faster.. Options

[xlilaznchickx]

I stay awake for a week.
No, I'm kidding.

I just lie there and think about things...anything. My life, my friends, questions...because I don't get the chance to just lie idle and think deeply anytime during the day, so I take advantage of the time before I go to sleep. And soon I just drift off.

yea thats wt i usually do or read a book...or um....talk to my sisters about sumthing...

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

i listen to music usually to go to sleep faster...

[datass]

I don't have a special way to fall asleep but my drama teacher once said it's easier to fall asleep if you relax and focus on your breathing. If that even makes sense...

[*This Confession*]

I use to have to take tylenol PM or something else to help me get to sleep

From what most people told me I suffer from insomnia.
So I sleep for only a few hours at a time get up for a little while or lay there and try going back to sleep..

It takes me hours of laying in bed to go to sleep.

Anyway
TO get to sleep quicker and sleep better follow these tips

Don’t watch TV or even so much as look at a computer screen atleast 30 minutes before you lie down. The light from both a television as well as a computer monitor mimic the same intensity of light as sunlight. This fools your body and brain into thinking it’s nowhere near time for sleep.

Drink milk. Milk has an amino acid in it called Tryptophan that increase the levels of serotonin and/or melatonin in the brain which slow down brain activity. It’s science folks.

Go to bed when you are tired. Different strokes for different folks here. Just because your wife goes to bed at 9PM doesn’t mean you are ready. You might only require seven and half hours of sleep while she might require ten. If you aren’t tired, do something low-key until you are, like read a book, play solitaire (NOT on your computer), or play with some legos.

Reserve the bed for bed things (ie sleep and sex). I for one don’t strictly follow this rule as I’ll read some before I go to sleep, but for some people this is a must.

Meditate. No, don’t cross your legs and hum, but focus on relaxing…if that makes sense. Take deep, long breaths. Tense each muscle one at a time from head to toe. Focusing on doing this takes your mind off of other things and you’ll be in lala land in no time.

Excercise during the day. I emphasize during the day. Excercising at night just gets everything going instead of shutting down for sleep. But excercising during the day tires the muscles out and makes for a solid nights sleep.

[timeflies51]

I listen to peaceful music. Gets my mind off of things without making me completely distracted from falling asleep.

[shortiiex]

i can never sleep at night so first i watch tv in the dark to get my eyes a little tired
then i sleep with music on so i won't be bored/struggling in bed

[artisticpariah]

Think of something that'll make you happy... I think about this girl at my school who always cheers me up...

[x_curse_of_the_c...]

i dont know? i had that problem and i was talking to my therepist and she said it was because of anxiety! if you cant fall asleep 5 out of 7 nights you might have anxiety or insomnia!

[dinoooRAWR]

benadryl ?

or hot chocolate.

[yellowcardrox22]

try sleeping in a different place on your bed like sideways or put your head where your feet usually are. that works for me sometimes especially in the middle of the night. i agree that reading helps because it makes my eyes tired music like death cab for cutie usually helps me sleep, make a playlist on your ipod and put a sleep timer on it

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

Think about space. Theoretical science. Quantum physics and superstring theories. Not saying that it's boring (I think it's really interesting), but it just makes my mind wander from one topic to another and so I fall asleep faster.

Oh, listening to The Postal Service works. 'Cause it's rythmic, I guess. Listening to the beginning of Brand New Colony always makes me fall asleep.
Acoustic stuff works well too.

[*My Cinderella.*]

Stay away from computers, tv, and anything with lights.

[Serendipity]

chamomile tea; warm milk.

for me, i know this sounds weird, but sometimes i think. i think about the day, i think about anything that comes to my mind. usually i just get so tired i fall asleep =P

[ktsou11]

try not to do too many activities like watching tv or going on the computer before going to bed cause your brain will remain active afterwards. try reading a book or something.

ps, my doctor told me that so i'm not just talking out of my butt or anything. :)

[*Azarel*]

Wow, everyone else listens to jazz music to sleep.

*raises hand* I listen to post-rock, mostly The Album Leaf if I'm trying to sleep. (But usually I don't listen music to sleep.)

.. that's all.