I’m losing my mind man. I mmresly trying but I just can’t. I got to bed for 7-8 hours and always get 5-6 hours of sleep. I just want tot fucking sleep and I want to blow my fuckinghm brains out my fucking head

  • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Speaking only for myself, that sounds a bit like the old idea of counting sheep or something like that. I doubt I could lose myself in something like that enough to drift off to sleep like I can with a book that I enjoy but already know.

    • CptKrkIsClmbngThMntn [any]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, fair enough. I don't use them but my partner has met some success. They are at least a little more involved than counting sheep lol.

      • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        It's great that they exist. It is worth trying, and obviously if it works you should just keep doing this because you found a solution. If this type of content doesn't help though, I think it is still worth trying a familiar story that you enjoy. There is a bit of a difference I think. A story can be really action packed and still help you sleep if you know it. I can find myself losing any sense of time and drifting between different points in the story in my mind. I'll be thinking about how calm and nice a character is, how funny they are in my favorite interactions and how cool it will be when I find out that they were actually the killer all along at the same time. And if the story is familiar none of those actual moments will actually wake me up, because I know that they are coming and I'm already kind of thinking about them beforehand if that makes any sense.