How Do You Get To Sleep?

Got thinking about this question today when my colleague said she can sleep anywhere and at the drop of a hat and I said it takes me an hour or so on a good night to fall to sleep.

I'm not able to just 'clear my head' so I sort of daydream - I pick a story like playing at a rock concert or rescuing my friends in a zombie apocalypse and play it out in my head like a movie, and at some point during that I fall to sleep. I've been doing that every night since I can remember. If something interupts that (like someone snoring or people talking outside the house) and I can't concentrate on the story then I can't fall to sleep.

What techniques does OT use to fall asleep?

P.S I'm not interested in the 'activities' you do before sleep! ;)

I can't sleep if I haven't fapped first.

P.S I'm not interested in the 'activities' you do before sleep! ;)tofu-lion91

I do the same "daydream" thing. It helps get me to sleep quicker for some reason. JML897

LOL "activities" lucky for you I read the entire post :P

I personally just close my eyes, and I get that umm "weightless" feeling, if that makes sense? I kinda become one with my pillow LOL That being said I don't think I can fall asleep anywhere "At the drop of a hat" I wont fall asleep in front of people I don't know >.>

Run into a wall head-first.

Repeatedly.

Every night.

I usually do the day dream thing, but I can fall asleep pretty fast. I can also fall asleep whenever.

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Lay down. Roll onto stomach. Close eyes. Out.

I fall asleep almost as soon as my head hits my pillow.

[QUOTE="JML897"]I do the same "daydream" thing. It helps get me to sleep quicker for some reason. tofu-lion91

Yeah I daydream as well.

Spooning my girlfriend. Who spoons our cat.Zeviander

Kinkytoast_burner

It used to take me a couple of hours to get to sleep, I would daydream (nightdream?) a lot and just couldn't get to sleep..

lately though, I've had no trouble at all; 5-10 mins and I'm out.

Most nights I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.

On the nights I don't fall asleep right away I do the "daydreaming" thing too.

[QUOTE="toast_burner"]KinkyZeviander

turn my fan on, shut my door, turn off my lights and just lay there until i fall asleep. usually takes about an hour, of tossing and turning, before i finally fall asleep.

lately ive just been drinking a four loco. i usually pass out nice and quick then.

lately ive just been drinking a four loco.konvikt_17

I use tiredness to get to sleep. Working 12 hour days for an indeterminate number of days allows one to fall asleep in mere minutes.

Different things. Sometimes I'll do the daydream thing as well, other times I'll just think about things, and sometimes I'll just listen to music until I feel really tired.

I get in bed, close my eyes, and it just seems to happen. I don't consciously clear my mind, I might be sort of thinking about something, but next thing ya know the whole world is gone.

[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]lately ive just been drinking a four loco.SteverXIII

I'm stressed a lot so I have to clear my thoughts, the imagining a chalkboard with boring words coming up method works very well.

I have to have the TV on for background noise or I'll have a horrible sleep.

I get in the bed and stare at the ceiling for a few minutes while I wait for myself to finally get tired enough to fall asleep.

I wake up at 5am everyday for work so by the time it's 9pm I'm bloody knackered!

[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]lately ive just been drinking a four loco.SteverXIII

it was.

in 2010 it came back, but they removed the caffeine, tuarine, and guarana. basically watered it down, so its not as potent and dangerous as it once was.

I lay down in my bed. Thank God I don't suffer from insomnia..that would suck so bad.

I turn on my fan and just pass out. It helps that I only go to bed when I'm tired. Ghost_702

Lately, I've been taking a melatonin supplement and a generic sleep aid pill every night. If I don't, I usually can't fall asleep until very late.

Wow, I envy the people saying they take an hour to fall asleep, who in turn are envying the people who fall asleep immediately. I'd kill to be able to fall asleep in an hour "normally." Unless conditions are absolutely right, I will not fall asleep for upwards of seven or eight hours (basically the entire night).

1. No gaming (or anything exciting) an hour before bed, and no caffeine or sugar 5+ hours before.
2. Take sleep aid.
3. Wait two hours.
4. Either read or watch TV until drowsy.
5. Put on soft music, soundtracks work well.
6. I have approximately one hour before the window of opportunity closes.

Been this way for about ten years now. I've tried all sorts of things; meditating, working out (which is what I usually do after pills but before drowsy now), melatonin, turkey, whatever. Any deviation from the schedule results in an extremely long period of time tossing around or not sleeping at all. Having to take sleep aids every night is terrible for me, but so is never sleeping. I've experimented many times where I completely stopped for about a month to try and wean myself off them, but all that resulted in was a trip to the hospital for exhaustion. Oh well, I've accepted I'm doomed forever.

Listen to music for about 20 minutesSteverXIII