You can't sleep?

Here I am, up since 2am and it's now 4 am. The combination of my girlfriend snoring and the heat wave that hit my area have kept me awake. I've played a couple games, tried to close my eyes, took a cool bath so I'd stop pouring sweat.. there's no sleep in the foreseeable future for me.

Stare at the ceiling. Try to rest awake.

At 9/2/17 07:02 AM, Fro wrote: You can't sleep?

Here I am, up since 2am and it's now 4 am. The combination of my girlfriend snoring and the heat wave that hit my area have kept me awake. I've played a couple games, tried to close my eyes, took a cool bath so I'd stop pouring sweat.. there's no sleep in the foreseeable future for me.

Look at porn.

When in doubt, rub one out.

1. install A/C, you barbarian
2. get your girlfriend some Breathe Right strips
3. if you don't have any obligations in the morning, use this time to party hardy

At 9/3/17 12:17 AM, CoolCatDaddio wrote:

At 9/2/17 12:52 PM, DamnedByFate wrote: When in doubt, rub one out.

dont do that, it never has helped

It's always helped me.

At 9/3/17 04:51 AM, Ultramartyr wrote: 1. install A/C, you barbarian

In the situation the OP described I would have to go with this above all else.

dick around on my phone

- Drinking a beer right before going to bed
But not more than one!

- Sleeping in a room where it isn't so hot
Or maybe turning on the AC, if there is one. If not, fans can do wonders as well.

- Sleeping in seperate rooms.
It helps in various ways. First, you don't have to cope with your partner's snoring. Second, you don't have to worry that your constant rolling around in bed will wake up your partner, which doesn't really help with you falling asleep.

At 9/3/17 12:17 AM, CoolCatDaddio wrote:

At 9/2/17 12:52 PM, DamnedByFate wrote: When in doubt, rub one out.

dont do that, it never has helped

How experienced are you on the matter?

Do not look at screen for an hour or more before you try to sleep. Don't use a computer or play games or even look at the digital clock too closely if you're having trouble sleeping. Make sure you're hydrated. Yes busting a nut can help put you to sleep. Drinking a beer or smoking a bowl can help someone sleep. Reading a book can help sleep. Focusing on the different rhythms of your body, or trying to remember the last time that you fell asleep work excellently, but it's not always easy to catch these rhythms (meditation bla bla bla--that shit works) . The order that you decide to do these things in can affect how it well it works. If you're going to bust a nut, its best to do that last so you can fall right asleep after the wave of sleepiness comes. (ha. comes --) of course this is just general knowledge, not sure what would work precisely for you. maybe if you imagine that the room is colder it will help you forget the heat ;)

Go on my Phone for awhile.

I take out a notebook and start writing about anything. Sometimes its poetry, other times its a list of everything that I know is in the room. (think something like goodnight moon)

Another good one is writing a story you already know but from a different character's point of view. These tend to relax and slowly stimulate and exhaust your brain. Good luck.

At 9/3/17 04:34 PM, Alias wrote: dick around on my phone

i.e., here I am dicking around on my phone

Take a short walk, if it's safe to do so.

Like someone else said, read something uninspiring. Personally, I recommend the first two chapters of any Ayn Rand novel.

Note: Don't go farther than that, because you might get caught up in the bogus storyline.

If you can't walk safely in your area, do some pushups and some situps and take a nice warm shower.

Good luck with it all.

Try going for a walk, listening to relaxing music on low or try to clear your mind. If not, give up.

Sorry for the big wall of replies. I don't have convenient computer access on the weekend and didn't want to type replies on my cellphone.

At 9/2/17 07:27 AM, Sekhem wrote:

i regularly get like 4 or 5 hours of sleep so i'm used to it

I basically turn into a zombie by the end of the day if I do this. I usually sleep 7 hours a day during the week and 8 hours during the weekend. If I'm lucky one of those days involves a two hour power nap.

At 9/2/17 10:33 AM, SkimblixWalker wrote:

Look at porn.

Did that.

At 9/2/17 12:52 PM, DamnedByFate wrote: When in doubt, rub one out.

Did that.

At 9/2/17 10:54 AM, goofried wrote: just have to wait it out till you feel tired, read something unstimulating so you drop off quicker

I don't know... wouldn't the light required kind of counter work the reading aspect? I mean, it's worth a shot if it works.

At 9/3/17 04:51 AM, Ultramartyr wrote: 1. install A/C, you barbarian
2. get your girlfriend some Breathe Right strips
3. if you don't have any obligations in the morning, use this time to party hardy

1) Not too much of an option. I mean I could, but the windows are huge in my apartment. A traditional air conditioner really wouldn't work without stuffing the window full of cardboard and tape or insulation board. Plus, it was a random heat wave. Like, we get 1 or 2 a year where I live then every other single day is between 70-75 degrees all year round. It wouldn't be that useful to set up the air conditioner for the 2 days out of the year.

2) She has them, she forgot to use them that night sadly...

3) Always an option.

At 9/3/17 06:11 PM, Haggard wrote: - Drinking a beer right before going to bed
But not more than one!

I use to do this often, but money has run short. :(

- Sleeping in a room where it isn't so hot
Or maybe turning on the AC, if there is one. If not, fans can do wonders as well.

We had two fans, but one broke and again... money is short right now and the one fan just wasn't enough. We did move the mattress downstairs where there was a huge difference in temperature. It helped, but the heat was still there and I didn't sleep the second night either..

- Sleeping in seperate rooms.
It helps in various ways. First, you don't have to cope with your partner's snoring. Second, you don't have to worry that your constant rolling around in bed will wake up your partner, which doesn't really help with you falling asleep.

No way!

At 9/4/17 01:02 AM, Mrccbirdguy wrote: I take out a notebook and start writing about anything. Sometimes its poetry, other times its a list of everything that I know is in the room. (think something like goodnight moon)

Another good one is writing a story you already know but from a different character's point of view. These tend to relax and slowly stimulate and exhaust your brain. Good luck.

I have done something like this multiple times and I should do it again. I've taken a scrap piece of paper or grabbed my phone real quick and typed up the random thoughts in my head. I once wrote a script to a youtube video that I ended up posting that I think turned out pretty good on a restless night.

At 9/4/17 09:56 PM, rottenray wrote:

If you can't walk safely in your area, do some pushups and some situps and take a nice warm shower.

Good luck with it all.

I have gone outside and went for a jog, but it seems to jump start my body and I have a harder time going to sleep. I usually take a hot bath and this helps a lot, but it was 100 degrees and I had to take a cold one this time.

Take a walk.
Find somewhere where it´s brightly lit and just a half hour jog.

Dick around with newfags til my eyes get heavy. Works every time

put a bowl full of ice in front of your fan.

It's called a Mississippi Swamp Cooler.

Now if you don't have a freezer and can't make ice, I really don't know what the fuck to tell you.

At 9/5/17 02:28 PM, FUNKbrs wrote: put a bowl full of ice in front of your fan.

It's called a Mississippi Swamp Cooler.

Maybe next time, we always have huge ziplock bags filled with ice for when we are taking the cooler out to the beach or whatnot. Probably could help out a bit.

At 9/2/17 07:02 AM, Fro wrote: You can't sleep?

Here I am, up since 2am and it's now 4 am. The combination of my girlfriend snoring and the heat wave that hit my area have kept me awake. I've played a couple games, tried to close my eyes, took a cool bath so I'd stop pouring sweat.. there's no sleep in the foreseeable future for me.

Read a book that isn't on a screen like an iPad. The bright light of the screen will make it harder to sleep but looking at printed words on a page will get your brain working just enough to tire you out. Just don't check your phone again before going to bed

At 9/2/17 07:02 AM, Fro wrote: You can't sleep?

Here I am, up since 2am and it's now 4 am. The combination of my girlfriend snoring and the heat wave that hit my area have kept me awake. I've played a couple games, tried to close my eyes, took a cool bath so I'd stop pouring sweat.. there's no sleep in the foreseeable future for me.

This.

Almost the exact same thing is happening to me right now, I woke at 3 AM and now it's 4.

Great, this morning I did the opposite. Woke up at 6 with my alarm, turned the alarm off, closed my eyes for five minutes then it was 6:50.. I need to start setting my alarm away from my bed like I use to.

Good thing work is only a 15 minute walk away and nobody cares if your 5, 10, 15, 20 minutes late. At least I'm caught up from the sleep I lost a few days ago.

Anyone ever jerk off before going to bed, but before you can drift into that wonderful post ejaculation sleep your dick hole starts burning?

At 9/5/17 10:18 AM, Fro wrote: We had two fans, but one broke and again... money is short right now and the one fan just wasn't enough. We did move the mattress downstairs where there was a huge difference in temperature. It helped, but the heat was still there and I didn't sleep the second night either..

Yeah, if you have the luxury of having "upstairs" and "downstairs" the heat is much more bearable downstairs. Maybe you are even lucky enough to have a cellar, then maybe sleeping there is even better. ^^

- Sleeping in seperate rooms.
It helps in various ways. First, you don't have to cope with your partner's snoring. Second, you don't have to worry that your constant rolling around in bed will wake up your partner, which doesn't really help with you falling asleep.

No way!

Ya way! If all else fails then this really is the way to go.

Usually lay there for an hour. Get angry. Get up, take a leak. Lay back down for another 15 minutes. Get up again, walk around. Get angrier. Grab a sleepaid, lay back down. It's not working. Give up, grab my phone, browse the Internet for about two hours. Lay back down again, for about 15 minutes. Fail to sleep. Browse internet again. Three hours pass. I have to sleep because I gotta get up tomorrow. Two hours left. Lay there for an hour. Finally fall asleep. Alarm goes off.

Feel like my brain is about to explode all damn day.