Submitted â¨â¨15⊠â¨hours⊠ago⊠by â¨can@sh.itjust.works⊠to â¨[deleted]âŠ
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I had a week off last week the weekend I slept in as usual but on the second work day off I got super tired like 4 hours before I usually go to sleep, passed out and then slept through basically all of the day, sleeping about 18 hours in total, then sleeping again a few hours later at my normal time.
That felt like I finally slept the sleep that needed to be slept
It is a very unique feeling to feel true rest once in years, I sleept for 16 hours straight, never felt so rested and functional again.
Me trying to sleep the depression
to sleepy to crop the social media screenshot?
Thatâs called the long sleep, my friend⌠donât worry. Itâll come soon enough.
donât worry. Itâll come soon enough.
that thought is the main thing keeping me going
âŚits taking too long! Soon enough isnât soon ENOUGH!!!
Nonono, you canât just grab memes from yt. You gotta crop the X out for everyones enjoyment
Wrong meme use.
But have you investigated whether itâs sleep apnoea? I use the sleepy face tube and it stops precisely what you are describing.
Itâs called having kids.
If humans could hibernate it would feel better than sex.
Youâre gonna hate me.
I walk into my room. I turn on the light/fan with the switch on the wall. I lay down, I flip the switch on my alarm clock. I turn off the light. And I fall asleep within 20 seconds.
Everytime.
All I can say is that I donât drink caffene within 2 hours of bed. I have a regular bedtime. And I donât wake up at ungodly hours like 6am. I wake up at 1pm like a normal functioning adult. And then when itâs bedtime, itâs BEEEEDDDDDTIIIIIMMMMEEE!!!
ZZZZzzzâŚZZZZZzzzzzzâŚ
Same here, the trick is drinking 5-6 beers before bedtime.
You get up at 1pm?
Is that why2/3 is just black?
Start with your sleep schedule (approx same time to bed, approx same time getting out of bed)
Do not eat 2h (3h is better) before bed
Drink more water (not juice, not milk, not tea or coffee. water!)
Enable âreduce blue lightâ on your phone and computer
Do not scroll phone before bed, DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYTHING on your phone before falling asleep (extremely important)
Try to watch sun sets (it is baked in our nature to feel tired once we witness sun to set)
Try not to use bright ceiling light in the evening (this is connected previous point. It is weird but it works)
Lower down or remove caffeine from your daily liquid intake. ABSOLUTELY NO caffeine before bed. If you are addicted to caffeine, try to limit intake to only before noon.
Magnesium helps to get better sleep for some. Try that.
You cant avoid skipping a few of these. The absolutely must ones are no scrolling/watching phone, no caffeine and no food before bed. These 3 are the worst ones at screwing your sleep.
Do not scroll phone before bed, DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYTHING on your phone before falling asleep (extremely important)
I am unable to fall asleep without watching/listening some youtube video on my phoneâŚ
It is like a drug in a sense that you will have to put effort in withdrawal. You have successfully trained your brain to fall asleep only if you are listening to things, but by listening youâd be occupying your brain and it has to do work while at it. Removing phone from before and in bed would lead your brain to naturally shut down.
I used to do the same. Streams or long and boring YT videos to fall asleep to. My sleep was terrible and inconsistent. Once I have stopped doing this, it has improved drastically.
I am not telling you to read a book before falling asleep. Just do not do anything. Get in bed. Put your phone on charge. Turn lights off and fall asleep. It will take time to get accustomed to do it this way, but it will be worth it.
Iâm not here to disagree Iâve gone through this and my sleep has improved. But for some reason the phone thing isnât affecting mine as much. I only do it sporadically but yeah the stable rhythm no caffeine (after 2 pm for me) and such they help. Also no alcohol!
Wasnât there a study just published last month or so that showed that the blue light from phones is super over-blown? I know I just read thisâŚ
Try cutting caffeine out of your system, or at least cut back to only in the morning before like 10 a.m.
Drink plenty of liquids.
Then pop some magnesium about 30 minutes before youâre ready for bed.
Youâll sleep like a baby.
60% of the time, this works 100% of the time.
I am consistently that 40%
Sleep apnea
That means youre not tired enough
look me in the eyes and tell me that
You know how tired iâm talking
And not the phone before bed tired
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today â¨2⊠â¨hours⊠ago
Me: go to sleep, wake up feeling refreshed and well rested; look at the clock itâs been 32 minutes.
Also Me: go to sleep, wake up feeling like I never went to sleep; look at the clock itâs been 9 hours.