#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.

#252

My advice is to start doing all the stuff you do in the evening a bit earlier, so your brain will think it’s bedtime earlier. So like, eat your dinner a bit early, then start all the stuff you normally do after dinner a bit early, and so on. I find it easier to cheat myself out of time earlier in the day, but if I do everything at the normal time and just cut my evening short to go to bed earlier, my subconscious is like “what is this shit, this isn’t bedtime”

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#253

If I wake up once a night that is good, and what I aim for. Miss the nights of 8 pure beautiful hours but I suppose if I ever have children I better appreciate what I have now

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#254

I drink soemthing caffeine free and warm, take a hot shower, do some exercise, eat something light like fruit before bed, read on my phone with the orange light setting up to max (a real book would be better but I cba to buy a bedside table and lamp for this to work) and no caffeine after 12. This has helped me sleep a lot better. I asked my doctor about sleep hygiene and told her what I was doing to improve it and she said it was good

#255

lol all of these would definitely keep me up later. exercise is the absolute worst! even if i go for a run at like 8 o clock i’m doomed.

#256

Not a lot of advice in this area as my sleep is nay good currently.

but alongside the other things mentioned, I find clean sheets help a lot.

#257

Oh ok! I usually do light ones like a short workout video that includes a bit of flailing about with my puny weights (1.5kg :pensive:) but it does the trick. Also I forgot but thinking too about boring stuff, I usually think about what I need to do for uni or nail down details for the book I’m writing in my mind, it’s like my brain gets pissed off having to work and decides to shut down. Anyway good luck! Sleeping well is one of those things that really makes a difference to quality of life so i hope it improves for u soon

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