Especially when you afe trying to do so on a stiff bed, in a house you have marked as the" Stay Away Zone", with the fact that you will wake up in the crap hole tomorrow looming in your mind. Plus that list of reasons why you shouldn't be there growing bigger...


Short version. Im being forced every other week to slleep in the house of my mother whom has the mind of a damn 12 year old and can't seem to grasp the fact that im not in Kindergarden anymore. I can't sleep easily however, due to how rickety this bed is, and the piles of hateful emotions I have for this place. I was wondering if you folks knew any ways for a person to go to sleep easily that didn't involve staying up until 4 in the morning (because that is really doing me bad), and if so please share.

Wha was the most hardest place and time for you to fall asleep?

I have problem falling asleep, I tend to think too much which keeps my mind awake.

Get drunk have six Talk to your mum about getting a new bed. Or have a little workout before you go to bed.


I used to struggle to get to sleep at nights, but that was when I practically lived in my bedroom. Now I have all my stuff through in my living room and use my bedroom solely for sleeping, and I drop off in an instant. And this bed is crap <_<

I generally fall asleep fairly fast after trying to, under 15 minutes most of the time. Other times I can't fall asleep. I generally just start doing math in ever-increasing levels of difficulty until I bore myself to sleep

Whenever I have trouble falling asleep it's because I can't stop thinking or I get music stuck in my head. I then imagine Spongebob sleeping with his and Gary's snoring and that usually works.

I can sleep anywhere at any time. My futon for college is pretty firm but it isn't too bad. I have slept in a chair with my feet raised up on a table before. I usually fall alseep pretty quick even which is nice, and I most of the time sleep through the night but on occassion I do wake up for a few minutes.

Oh man. I have been to doctors and counsellors to try and help with my sleep problem. There are a lot of different things you can do, some of them may seem obvious and you might already know 'em, but hey. I know you said it's an emotional thing, being at that house, but I'll throw a bunch of ideas out there anyway.

Don't consume caffeine in the afternoon. Caffeine can take up to (and over) 6 hours to fully leave your system. I've made myself a rule to not have caffeine after 12pm if I want an early-ish night.
Don't have sugary snacks or food before bed. Also, do not have a large meal before going to sleep. Have your meals earlier in the afternoon, and a light snack before bed. Don't go to bed really hungry, and don't go to bed really full.
Stay off the computer, don't watch TV or listen to energetic music in bed. If you need music, make it somthing real soothing. It's recommended that bed be kept for nothing other than sleeping and intimate relations.
Have a warm/hot shower or spa right before going to bed. The sudden changes in temperature can make you feel sleepy and this can help.
Burn some lavendar scented oils, use a lavendar scented pillow, or put lavendar oil on your temples/top lip (i'm skeptical bout this one but hey, it might work.)
Make sure it's cool in your room. If you're too hot (or too cold) you're gonna have trouble sleeping.
Read a book, magazine, or something, this might help you if you find being angry keeps you awake, if you have a really good book it might help keep your mind off things.
Apparently, having a routine is very important. This routine lets your body know it's bedtime. Have dinner, shower, brush your teeth, hop in bed, all that sort of thing, at around the same time every night.
Possibly the best thing you can do, and the only thing that sometimes works for me, is to force yourself out of bed at a reasonable, but not overly early, hour. Make sure you're fairly active throughout the day, don't have any naps, and don't go to be too early. I find, personally, if I'm way too overly active during the day, I still can't sleep at night. If I nap even for ten minutes, I barely sleep that night, and if I go to bed too early I wake up an hour later and can't get back to sleep. I find that I can't sleep after I've worked, as I have a very physical job (Housekeeping. Yes, that is very physical) and won't sleep easy that night.

If the bed is the problem, maybe you will find it beneficial to buy your own bed for at your mum's place. A new one might be too expensive, but you can get some decent second hand ones, and some places will get them cleaned professionally before they sell them so you don't need to be disturbed by whatever's on the mattress. Even just getting a slightly more comfortable mattress for the base you have might help. If you can't afford it, have a very calm and rational conversation with your mum about perhaps buying a new mattress. Lack of sleep can be an insanely difficult thing to deal with, explain this to her, perhaps over a morning coffee when she's relaxed.

Also, perhaps, try and get out of the house as much as possible during the day. The less time you spend inside, the less you'll be dwelling on how much it svcks.

Err, sorry that was so long. You probably won't read any of it, but maybe if you skim read something might stand out that you wanna try.

Really? I always feel awake and alert after a workout. It's what I do to wake up in the morning.

If the mattress is bad and you can't stretch to a new one, a mattress topper might be an option. I've got one and it's much more comfy - no more springs jabbing my ribs

on a concrete bed in a jail cell. it blows....

as for tips to fall asleep I don't really have any, other than what other people have mentioned. I use a certain un-discussable item to help me get to sleep, so I can't really help you out there. do you like to read? reading makes me tired....

Yeah. Not so much when I'm mentally tired and physically awake, but when I'm physically tired and mentally buzzing. It helps to calm my mind down. And is the only time I really work out

Get more exercise to exhuast yourself.

Hardest place? Standing up in a 80 pax cattle car. At least you're so packed in you can actually do it.

I'm also having trouble falling asleep. It has now got to the point where I have to google search "How to fall asleep".

Do... manly things. Usually puts me to bed :snoring:

when I slept in a holding cell there was actually a mattress in there

Dishes, cleaning, laundry? Works every time! :woot:

I hate sleep. Therefore I usually get a few hours a day. Sometimes I go a few days without it.

Hard work, hunger, exhaustion and an appreciation of what I did have helped me fall asleep. Homeless people seem to make do very well with cardboard and underpasses.
If I am tired, I can sleep anywhere. Trains, cars, planes, tents on lumpy rocky ground, concrete, sandy beaches.
For you, perhaps a cup of chamomile tea.

When I used to stay at a friends house, It would take me at least an hour to get to sleep. I'm not sure why, I guess I was just uncomfortable. But it really svcked and I rarely go to friends houses anymore.

You fall asleep to the sound of a squeak toy and a meowing cat? Wow.

It takes me a while to get to sleep most of the time. Unless I'm especially tired, it can take anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour or two. However, I've improved a bit because I've been listening to relaxation videos on YouTube just before bed, which puts me in a very sleepy mood. If I could listen to them while in bed, it would be even better, but I can't do that just yet.

I don't normally have trouble falling asleep. Usually just 10-15 minutes or so of TV will do it.



Yeah, mine as well. Not so much a "mattress" so to speak, more of a cushion you would find on outdoor furniture.



Umrahel? :blink:

A TES announcement sure brings them out of the woodwork (I actually saw Morrowe on the forums a few weeks back).

luckyyyy....I'm jealous.... :sadvaultboy:



even that would have been better than cold, unforgiving concrete. although if it were dirty looking, I'd have passed.... holding cells are grooooossss.

I find that the key to falling asleep is to not think about falling asleep. Or about zombies. Or anything else interesting.

i dig my face in my pillows while im bundled up in all the sheets and put all the big covers over my head. but to help you fall asleep, watching TV helps or listening to music.

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