Laura 
I’m so jealous of people who can go to bed and immediately fall asleep. Is nothing on your mind at all?
Apr 7 at 6:42amTusky
Show threadAdam Jacobs 🇺🇦Apr 7
@cmconseils I have plenty of stuff on my mind, but I find if I listen to the radio then I fall asleep quickly, as I'm then thinking about what's on the radio rather than what's on my mind.
Show threadessjaxApr 7
@cmconseils I do OK going to sleep, but I'm envious of folk who can nap during the day. That looks awesome but my brain won't accept it for a second.
Show threadLaura Apr 7
@essjax oooh I love naps
Show threadla_moscaApr 7
Anni di sonno arretrato alle spalle...
Show threadmApr 7
@cmconseils try some smoked cdb!
Show threadLaura Apr 7
@flish I have Xanax
Show threadmApr 7
@cmconseils mkey
Show threadThom, a distro-agnostic toolApr 7
@cmconseils This is my wife. It baffles me every time, even 7 years on.
Show threadAutistiCriticApr 7
@cmconseils I call these people psychopaths. What’s wrong with them?!? 😱
Show threadLaura Apr 7
@benjamincox true
Show threadPhilippe MiossecApr 7
@cmconseils you need the military method 🫡🤪 https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/military-method-sleep/
The 5-step "military method" for falling asleep in minutes

When you have to spend your days in stressful, loud, and dangerous conditions, you learn a thing or two about how to fall asleep.

Big Think
Show threadmischmaschApr 7
@pmiossec @cmconseils Have they listened to the German audio drama #diedreifragezeichen ? 🙂🙂🙂
#horspiel
Show threadWylieCoyoteUK Apr 7
@cmconseils Yes, but I save it for 4 in the morning.
Show threadClément MoignardApr 7

@cmconseils
Lot of things in my mind, but I listen to a story (radio or music or audio track in background) to stop all the voices and fall asleep.

Melatonine help me too.

Show threadLaura Apr 7
@clement_moignard I tried melatonin, never worked for me, but Xanax yes
Show threadIngoApr 7
@cmconseils It's because there's so much in my head that by the time I hit the bed I have no more energy left to burn to keep thinking about all of it. I guess.
Show threadalsvhaApr 7
@cmconseils I would just like to sleep through a night - then I can worry about falling a sleep in less than an hour afterwards :D
Show threadKai KlostermannApr 7
@cmconseils The thing is, that we have “Die Drei Fragezeichen" in Germany. #diedreifragezeichen
Show threadmischmaschApr 7
@OddDev @cmconseils and Jack Slaughter, TKKG, Jan Tenner, Mark Brandis, Dr. Morbius, Fünf Freunde, Bibi Blocksberg, Van Dusen, die Ferienbande, John Sinclair, Dorian Hunter… 5 minutes audio drama and you‘ll fall asleep 😴😃
Show threadƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞApr 7
@cmconseils
1) 20 mins of aerobic exercise
2) Bedroom window slightly open
3) Completely dark bedroom (or use an eye mask). Use ear plugs too if there's any unavoidable noise.
#sorted #sleep #FuckDrugs
Show threadPetraPandaApr 7

@spacemagick @cmconseils

I can't do the ear plug and mask thing but window open all year (esy for me to say in AUS).
Yet, I still live w insomnia.

Show threadƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞApr 7
@PetraPanda @cmconseils
Avoiding blue light when trying to sleep is also thought by some to help. Personally, I only ever use red lights at night.
(Something which is very easy with modern LEDs.)
#sleep #LED #light
Show threadLulu Helle Apr 7
@cmconseils I've never been able to drift off quickly, unless I'm ill. Not an adult only thing as I remember having same issue as a child
Show threaddraNgNonApr 7

@cmconseils everything on my mind is also sleepy.

sadly for me it has usually gotten enough sleep by about 3am so then it wakes me up demanding attention

Show threadLaura Apr 7
@draNgNon I wake up at least 3 times every night I don't know why
Show threaddraNgNonApr 7
@cmconseils I have found for myself, a lot of it relates to hydration levels. I do not like admitting that
Show threadLaura Apr 7
@draNgNon weird dreams and nightmares don't help either :/
Show threaddraNgNonApr 7

@cmconseils that's what I've discovered, though. startle awake from a dream, heart pounding, can't go back to sleep thinking about everything... drink some water. not a lot

it won't always help, so I don't know if the above is just-me or not; but since it's in the one-weird-trick category and certainly not risking harm, I thought I'd share

it really sucks waking up like that and not going back to sleep.

I'm only awake now becuase I foolishly had coffee at 5:30pm

Show threadLaura Apr 7
@draNgNon yea I try that all the time and it doesn't work :(
Show threaddraNgNonApr 7

@cmconseils when I was younger, Reagan was president, and I'd often wake up screaming from a nuclear nightmare; most of my peer group did.

I slept okay last night and woke up *to* a nuclear nightmare this time

Show threadPetraPandaApr 7
@cmconseils
Oh and those who wake refreshed as the sun comes up, not hours before and still exhaustipated ...
Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Apr 7
@cmconseils I have that ability, but have to forcibly think dreamlike thoughts (flying, falling, felines, etc.) or remember past dreams... else my mind drift to PURE STRESS 😬
Show threadLaura Apr 7
@catsalad yea most of the time I imagine a scenario in my head to try to fall asleep so I get what you mean
Show threadtheholeApr 7

@cmconseils

If I did that, I'd just create a whole story and wouldn't fall asleep.

(of course that happens almost every night anyway)

@catsalad

Show threadLaura Apr 7
@thehole @catsalad I can have lucid dreams so I can continue the story when I sleep :)
Show threadtheholeApr 7

@cmconseils

That is quite lucky

@catsalad

Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Apr 7
@cmconseils @thehole Me too! :3
Show threadtheholeApr 7

@catsalad @cmconseils

I envy both of you.

grrrr

Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)Apr 7
@cmconseils I have exhausted myself by this point and my body gives up.
Show threadLaura Apr 7
@jackyan I see, on my part I'm unemployed and stressed about money
Show threadFrank HeijkampApr 7

@cmconseils
I consider myself lucky. There is however always something on my mind when I go to sleep. The trick is to deal with that the next day and catch some needed sleep there and then in order to be well rested for the day to come.

Everyone should find out in what way they can switch themselves on and off. It is really a blessing to be able to flick that switch, most times.

Show threadLaura Apr 7
@alterelefant but I'm usually stressed about the next day :(
Show threadFrank HeijkampApr 7
@cmconseils
Ah yes, that is a difficult one. Sorry to hear that you have problems with that. Stress does have a function because it focusses our attention. It is however not very useful when you try to catch some sleep. Not sure how to help with that.
Show threadLaura Apr 7
@alterelefant that's ok thank you
Show threadnathanApr 7
@cmconseils
So many thoughts cross my mind during the day that by evening, none of them remain :)
Show threadPeter MolemanApr 7
@cmconseils Only at the right time (mostly)!
Show threadDaniël Franke Apr 7
@cmconseils God... if I don't have a podcast, a book, or even a video to focus my brain, I will just not sleep for hours. And even that won't always work.
Show threadDaniël Franke Apr 7
@cmconseils That said, on a normal evening, the podcast will put me to sleep within 15 minutes, which is not too bad.
Show threadNils M HolmApr 7
@cmconseils
Which mind? :)
Show threadDrew has moved to ieji.deApr 7
@cmconseils Plenty, but we're simply exhausted.
Show threaddavezhuApr 7
@cmconseils I can't fall asleep easily, but it's not like there's some specific thing in my mind unless it's an urgent thing. It's those random thoughts, of what could've been od my life, of how the universe works, of why red light is red.
Show threadkim_harding ✅Apr 7
@cmconseils same here...
Show threadJordi (Spherical Queirdo)Apr 7

@cmconseils

They're robots. They're robots goddammit.

Show threadLaura Apr 7
@Jorsh true
Show threadDan BocainApr 7
@cmconseils of course we have things on our minds, but I know I have tomorrow to continue being worried and concerned.
Show threadLaura Apr 7
@BoomlandJenkins Unfortunately, it's not that simple for me.
I have two children and I'm a single mother.
I'm several months behind on my rent.
I can't make it through the month without money problems.