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People with sleep issues/insomnia or anyone who smtms cant sleep well, what do u do on days u get little or zero sleep? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago by respectmahauthoritybrah@sh.itjust.works to c/casualconversation@piefed.social
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So I dont actually know if i have full blown insomnia (i probably dont) but have had a lot of problems, around a few months ago i got so fed up i decides to implement CBTI and it greatly improved my sleep quality (duration decreased tho), however i do smtms still have sleep trouble and anxiety

I am a student so I just study a bit extra, or smtms lately i have been binging the interviews solomon nelson does with lyle mcdonald lol I am prepping for an exam so dont rlly have any frnds in the traditional sense as of now, so stuff like that helps :) :)

I wonder what u guys do when u cant sleep

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This actually works to reduce the perceived impact of missed sleep to a degree for me (you can’t just stop sleeping and do this instead, and it’s definitely not healthy or doing the same thing as sleep for your brain but it works for the occasional lost night or lost hours of sleep), but it’s annoying.

I lie down in a comfortable position, keep my eyes shut all night, and just daydream/meditate/think (not ruminating or worrying or anything like that, just calm thoughts- I play rain sounds and think about being a forest frog, dozing under a leaf and aware that my predators are all avoiding the rain and inactive. It works for me, but I suspect others have different calming scenarios they like to think through) for eight hours. It can be boring and difficult to make yourself do, but I’m more alert, don’t get a migraine, have a normal appetite, and am not struggling to keep from falling asleep the next day