#230

Not great lately. Main problem for me is waking up in the middle of the night, and not being able to get back to sleep.

Sometimes I’ll end up falling asleep an hour before I get up, which just means I have a ker-azy dream and wake up feeling grog-tastic

#231

My sleep is better since I’ve used a weighted blanket

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#232

Every morning I am waking about 6 now even at weekend.

Have made it into a positive by reading for 45m rather than lying and getting irked at being awake well before my alarm.

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#233

Hello!

Long time sleeper, first time poster. I’ve been in a single bed here at my summer job for over a month which has gone surprisingly well (at home I have a 1.40m mattress to myself). It is however a tad too soft for me, and combined with ridiculous amounts of walking it is causing me a sore back at times. Mostly too knackered to care once it’s past 9pm though tbh.

Thank you for reading my sleep related update!

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#234

Yeah, this is my issue as well. It’s just too light. On the weekend I put an eye mask on if I wake up that early but during the week it’s just not worth it.

#236

Weirdly my dreams have been similar. I’m absolutely goosed today because of it.

The medication i take used to help but even on it I’m waking up in terror every hour or not even getting to sleep to begin with.

My body clock just seems bizarre - i’m shattered at 5pm but wide awake at 1am with no possibility of sleep.

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#237

pretty bad for the last week tbh, hurt my ribs/side last Monday and as such I can’t lie down on my left side. I prefer to sleep on my left hand side :expressionless: just keep on waking up and struggling to get back to sleep because I can’t get comfortable, not ideal

have been going to bed a bit too late recently, probably need to think about sorting that out too

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#239

I’ve been considering getting one of these but didn’t know if it was a fad

#240

Yeah I’m probably quite bad at the routine thing.

I looked into meditation and exercises to assist sleep but I just can’t stick with them.

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#241

Can’t wake up at the moment but I think it’s cause my room is too light and I double down on not waking up cause it’s too horrible

#242

I don’t think it’s a miracle cure but I really like mine.

#243

1am-6am pretty much on the dot every single night and it’s starting to make me feel ill.

#244

between the heat, the traffic outside, the constant stream of drunk nobheads, lucky if i get a good 6 hours in at the moment. p knackered.

#245

I hit an 85 on my Fitbit sleep score the other night which I was pretty chuffed by.

Secret to my sleep success:

  • dunlopillo (worth the money)
  • weighted blanket
  • no caffeine

I seem to sleep worse when I haven’t done any exercise, like I’ve got too much energy left or something. Using screens up until the moment I go to bed doesn’t seem to have any affect on my sleep at all.

#246

Last weekend was just hell.

I’ve had sleep problems for the last four/five years. Through a mixture of careful diet, CBT and one-on-one treatment, I’ve been able to sleep better on and off, although there are still times when it all goes to shit.

I envy those who can drink loads of coke/fizzy drinks / beer and sleep like babies. One of those in the evenings and my sleep is completely broken and the next day will be a battle. Same thing happens if I go to bed late, don’t wind down properly, exercise in the evening, have a bad diet, etc. etc.

This weekend I had constipation so I couldn’t urinate so I couldn’t sleep. I got about four hours in two days. I went to A&E and they gave me treatment, but it was hell. I’ve never been so tired.

However, last night I was very carefully and slept beautifully so I’m much more refreshed. Thank god, or today would have been utterly unbearable.

#247

Another member of Team Shitsleep here. Never had a problem in the past but the pandemic (combined with some leftover issues from family trauma two years ago) has absolutely done for me. Mostly OK during the day but at night I’m getting the full anxiety/panic/existential crisis ride. Ridiculous nightmares about work (last night the world’s water supply ran out and I had to try and source some, also the payroll lady died and we couldn’t get paid), fear of death (general), fear of death (covid), fear of economic collapse, fear of complete societal breakdown, fear of you-name-it-I’ll-fear-it… I am just so tired, all the time. Never used to be like this.

#248

any tips for resetting your sleep pattern? don’t wanna hear any boring “dont stay up playing video games til gone midnight” or “don’t fall asleep listening to crime podcasts” bollocks. just want a miracle cure to get up earlier and not feel knackered. thanks.

#249

Weed works for me, sleep like a log. Obvs don’t if it doesn’t agree with you

#250

i haven’t smoked in ages but pretty sure i’d just stay up watching films and shit

#251

depends what sort you get innit.

most of the shit I get here keeps me up for days.