From a true-born insomniac, here is what I find most helpful:

Stop drinking caffeine, or eating sugary/spicy foods after 6:00pm or at least 4 hours before you intend to fall asleep. The less caffeine the better, so say bye-bye to RedBull and Surge.

No smoking at all. Quit smoking now, and it will help immensely.

No intense games or movies one hour before you sleep. Try reading, drawing, or surfing non-pornographic websites for your last hour of being awake.

Might sound cheesy, but it is helpful: Put your body to sleep "one part at a time". Tell your foot to fall asleep, and let all movement and all intensity leave your foot. Then move to your legs, stomach, arms, neck, and face. Don't move a part after you've "put it to sleep". It's cheesy, but it really helps.

Make sure your bed and pillow are comfortable, and that your room is noise and light free. Close the door, the blinds, and turn off the music. Move all temptations away from bed. Move the GameBoy to a different room, take down posters that cause you to think or study.

Pray. It helps me. Not to impose religious views (mine are obvious), but praying helps.
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Hyukan
08/02/2004 10:35 PM (UTC)
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Mobster4Christ Wrote:
From a true-born insomniac, here is what I find most helpful:

Stop drinking caffeine, or eating sugary/spicy foods after 6:00pm or at least 4 hours before you intend to fall asleep. The less caffeine the better, so say bye-bye to RedBull and Surge.

No smoking at all. Quit smoking now, and it will help immensely.

No intense games or movies one hour before you sleep. Try reading, drawing, or surfing non-pornographic websites for your last hour of being awake.

Might sound cheesy, but it is helpful: Put your body to sleep "one part at a time". Tell your foot to fall asleep, and let all movement and all intensity leave your foot. Then move to your legs, stomach, arms, neck, and face. Don't move a part after you've "put it to sleep". It's cheesy, but it really helps.

Make sure your bed and pillow are comfortable, and that your room is noise and light free. Close the door, the blinds, and turn off the music. Move all temptations away from bed. Move the GameBoy to a different room, take down posters that cause you to think or study.

Pray. It helps me. Not to impose religious views (mine are obvious), but praying helps.


I agree.
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Cyborg_wolf
08/02/2004 11:17 PM (UTC)
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Mobster4Christ Wrote:
From a true-born insomniac, here is what I find most helpful:

Stop drinking caffeine, or eating sugary/spicy foods after 6:00pm or at least 4 hours before you intend to fall asleep. The less caffeine the better, so say bye-bye to RedBull and Surge.

No smoking at all. Quit smoking now, and it will help immensely.

No intense games or movies one hour before you sleep. Try reading, drawing, or surfing non-pornographic websites for your last hour of being awake.

Might sound cheesy, but it is helpful: Put your body to sleep "one part at a time". Tell your foot to fall asleep, and let all movement and all intensity leave your foot. Then move to your legs, stomach, arms, neck, and face. Don't move a part after you've "put it to sleep". It's cheesy, but it really helps.

Make sure your bed and pillow are comfortable, and that your room is noise and light free. Close the door, the blinds, and turn off the music. Move all temptations away from bed. Move the GameBoy to a different room, take down posters that cause you to think or study.

Pray. It helps me. Not to impose religious views (mine are obvious), but praying helps.


Thanks for the tips, but i don't smoke (And if i did, i'd quit. I'm just a kid!) nor drink coffe. But that's not the only thing that contains coffeine, huh... Anyhow, thanks.
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08/02/2004 11:58 PM (UTC)
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Drink milk (warm or not, it doesn't really matter) and Eat a Banana or two. Both contain Tryptophen which will help to set you off to sleep.

That was the best and easiest way to help get yourself some sleep.

Sex works wonders too as someone already said, if not for being tired from the physical activity of it all, from the reaction the endorphins released cause. (And no, this isn't my halfassed attempt at telling forum readers to go out and get laid, either! grin)

Myself, I can't get a good night's sleep unless my ceiling fan is thrumming as a constant.
Even in winter when I don't need it on, it is a noise that actually sets me off to sleep and I need to hear it now.
Same thing with Rain on the house. It just helps me sleep.

Perscribed Sleeping pills aren't the answer, tried those myself once when I had insomnia really bad, didn't work.
Well, the first week they did, but it was my caffiene intake that was really keeping me awake, and the pills stopped losing effect on me after taking them awhile.
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08/03/2004 12:59 AM (UTC)
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*A misterious person cracks my password**reads all replies**Put's on dorky mission impossible theme*
Ok, your mission, Cyborg_wolf, should you accept it, is to remedy your insommnia.
*the misterious person reads all replies again*
To do so you must
1: purchase a Nintendo Gamecube and a copy of Legend of Zelda, the wind waker with wich you can listen to the soothening soundtrack (Hyukan)
2: Go out, procure a copy of of the Girltendo Friendment system And have sex to wear yourself out.(Jonin01 and molsen81)
3: While in the action of getting a girlfriend at 02:32 am, purchase some milk and bananas. (Ghostdragon and Jonin01)
4: Start smoking and quit, since it appearently helps. (Mobster4christ.)
5:Smoke some weed, wether or not you should quit is obviously not relevant.(Thamuz)
6:Watch some T.V.(MKS)
7:While you are at it, make it baseball.(NeoScorpion, ShingoEX and UREIKO)
8:Hit yourself with something large, heavy and blunt.(ShingoEX)
9:NOT join a support group for testicular cancer, since you would end up hitting yourself in a dark alley. Wich is not as good as hitting yourself with a large,heavy and blunt object. Common sense.(Skeletonofsociety)
10:Exercise the day prior to the night(...)(kingjolly,Quirk, and Jerrod)
11: Store away all temptations, and pray.(Mobster4christ)
12: Tell each of your bodyparts to sleep one at the time. Whether or not this can be associated with ShingEX's method of hitting yourself with a large, heavy and blunt object has yet to be confirmed.(Mobster4christ)

*The misterious person finishes*
"Ok, once you have done all these tasks, you will be cured temporarily of your insomnia. However, since it's only for this night, you will have to repeat these procedures everynight." "Hello? Wolfie? Yo Wolfie?"*
*SNORE...*
Damn...*Misterious person disintegrates, walks trough portal, and puts on some dude's helmet, causing flame wars in internet forums for years.*

tongue ,LOL, i just felt like fooling around, thanks for the tips everyone! And i meant girlfriend in number 2, just in case someone did'nt understand or got offended.
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