what do you do when you cant sleep?

i sleep late usually because i have things to do but somedays (like today) i cant work; and i cant sleep… so i wonder what people out there do when you cant sleep? do you read? write? clean the house? or just lie on the bed forcing yourself to sleep?

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Earlier, when I had small kids, I couldn't go back to sleep from a midnight awakening.

I cleaned closets
Read
learned html and made websites
Meditated when ready to sleep, or heard healing music, if troubled.
Or…watched TV, on Mute.

Now, this doesn't happen; but I sleep late, as I am on Gaia or elsewhere!

My mother taught me not to toss and turn and try to get back to sleep! I blogged abt that recently, so this is quite synchronistic.

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I was taught that when you can't sleep, it's because God wants you to be awake for some reason. So, listen, read your Bible, and pray. Once I started trying this, I was amazed at how much more sleep I was suddenly getting…it worked for me.

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Ahh, you guys are talking about serious ways a person can fall asleep, and I'm about to come in here and talk about my wierd way to fall asleep. Halloween just got over, and so I bought stuff for 75% off. One item was glow in the dark nail polish. So, now when I'm trying to sleep I end up making up wierd “puppet” art, or acting out a play with my glowing nails. I have no clue why but I end up falling asleep a lot better after I do that, plus I'm happier because my creative side is getting induldged (which I sadly don't have enough time to write stories anymore, so my creative side's been suffering). But just 20-30 minutes of acting out plays/soap operas with dialouge and I can easily get to sleep.

-Jenn

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I'm like you Jenn,

But I never really got into glow in the dark nailpolish. 

I do boys stuff.

I have a small remote control helicopter which I'm trying to master.  It's a lot more fun than glow in the dark nailpolish errrr not that I'd know how much fun glow in the dark nail polish actually is, ummm errrr just what I've been told, by others, that use glow in the dark nail polish ummm sometimes.

Anyway flying this helicopter is really exciting as long as I'm not distracted by my fingernails, that don't have glow in the dark nailpolish, on them. at all.

An eccentric Aussie (or village idiot) (that doesn't wear glow in the dark nailpolish)

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LMAO Andrew :-D

I never thought there was a Problem with Not sleeping, I just thought that I needed less sleep :-D I'm pretty good on 4 hours and that's normal. I can also sleep for 1 or 2 hours (cause sometimes I'm playing online until 5 am LOL)

But it's obvious that you can't force your brain to go to sleep if it is wide awake. I give it something to do…like sodoku or other puzzles. Computer and TV are no-no's if I'm actually Trying to get some sleep. Puzzles seem to work great and the brain gets to do some work and then gets bored and sleepy LOL.

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BAH!  Andrew, we get to know you better each passing day.

Crazy Aussie.

And Jenn, may I just say that Glow in the Dark Nailpolish is one of the most incredible inventions known to man!  I wear mine proundly!  Its too bad Andrew doesn't understand the joys of these girlie things, isn't it?

=0)

Personally, I like to munch.  And munch, and then munch some more.  Nothing like a cup of milk and a package of Oreos!

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Meenakshi, I agree with you - i too dislike just tossing and turning, i can do it for hours in fact…

treniff, thats something i never thought of… god wants to keep us awake for some reason…

jennifer - nail polish that glows? sounds awesome haha…  i spend at least 2nights in a week putting on nail polish when i cant sleep; may b i shd try get hold one of these you mentioned…

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…I don't. I eat chocolates (I know the more it won't put me to sleep) and listen to lulling music while solving a sudoku puzzle or playing Mario Kart on DS, or having a brief meditation or prayer. Pretty soon, am yawning, so I lie down on my back relaxed and zzzzzzzzz…

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what do you do when you cant sleep?

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*wiggles a bottle of glow in the dark nail polish around* Sure you don't wanna try it out Andrew? It's fun, I promise! It's fun to have glow in the dark nails when you're with friends in a movie theater. In the middle of the movie all you have to do is to start moving your fingers around wildly where they can see the nails, but not your entire hand. Hehehehe, my friend thought it was some creepy ghost!

 I actually didn't know that there was glow in the dark nail polish until this past halloween, but I just had to get it. I've had to let a few friends borrow it since they wanted to try it out. And meditation is a good way to get to sleep. I normally do that before bed (since I had noticed that I tended to get to sleep faster, and sleep better while I was doing a detox program which required meditation).

But there are always times when I either can't meditate due to noise, or uncontrollable light, or… well, I just want to create a finger theater production. I should totally become a producer, director, actress, and voice talent for finger theater productions.

-Jenn

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I'll take your word for it Jenn.

But you've just given me a great idea next time I go and see a movie.

I've just wondering if the BIG bucket of pop corn would hide the helicopter…

That would be more fun than rolling Jaffas down the aisles.

Hmmmmmmmm

An eccentric Aussie (or village idiot)

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Hehehe, I would only suggest that you try that if it's a movie you don't really want to watch. For some reason I think that having a helicopter suddenly appear might get you kicked from the movie theater. Since my friend freaked out, (and freaked out another friend, and on and on) I was asked to sit on my hands or otherwise keep them out of site for the remainder of the movie. I did so… until the movie guy left my area, then I went about playing some more. But I'm very happy that I gave you such a wonderful idea!

Jenn - Providing Fun, Yet Crazy, Ideas Since 1990

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So as I sit here and try to get myself to go to sleep I come up on this thread, ha.
Usually I try to identify why I can't go to sleep in the first place (something bugging me, didn't do this, gf was tripping, etc) then I work it from there.
But read a book, that usually works. Try not to be on too much of a negative tip, if I start thinking bout something scary or something *aha
I really can't go to sleep ( LIKE THAT CLOWN FROM THE MOVIE “IT”) haha, yeah, so read a book and don't think of punk clowns.
done dada.

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So as I sit here and try to get myself to go to sleep I come up on this thread, ha.
Usually I try to identify why I can't go to sleep in the first place (something bugging me, didn't do this, gf was tripping, etc) then I work it from there.
But read a book, that usually works. Try not to be on too much of a negative tip, if I start thinking bout something scary or something *aha
I really can't go to sleep ( LIKE THAT CLOWN FROM THE MOVIE “IT”) haha, yeah, so read a book and don't think of punk clowns.
done dada.

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When I can't sleep, it's usually because I'm full of energy, or my subconscious is wise enough to know I have to do some important things. So I began to crochet. And write. And meditate. Some of my best work come out of these early morning inspirations, and I find that I am more willing to listen to my Higher Self during the wee hours of the night….less distraction.

Trance-n-dance,
M.L. Scion
Daughter of Zion

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I usually paint or read when I can't sleep. When I had insomnia very badly I used to just lay in bed and count the popcorn cause I was really really wide awake.. Usually now its because I'm anxious about something. And I do something tedious and tiring.. :P


-yawn-
Ashley

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being an insomniac i can certainly relate to you ashley…

for me its one thing to be a night person ( am more productive at night than morning) but its absolutely frustrating when i cant fall asleep when i want to sleep

other than resorting to medications; nowdays i just let myself go without sleep for one to two days and by the following night i will be tired anough to sleep….