How do you go to sleep consistently?

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1. I exercise. When you’re physically tired, it’s easier for your brain to follow

2. Force yourself to stay awake during the day. After 10pm, DONT use any screens. Read, meditate, exercise, go for a walk, anything but screens. Lay in bed, and get it as dark, and as quiet as possible. Continue that for a couple weeks and you should improve your cycle

3. u gotta drink some booze and smoke kush

4. I masturbate before bed

5. Force yourself to stay awake during the day, and no screens once you want to go to bed. Blue light keeps you awake.

6. No naps, no screens an hour before bed, no caffeine after noon or so, practice some kind of mindfulness, drink a calming herbal tea. And when I go longer than 2 days without sleep, I take a sleep aid.

7. Some of it is probably what you are eating or not eating. Avoid sugary foods before bed, like ice cream. I will burn that sugar off 4 hrs later which means I roast and do not sleep well. If you want to eat something before bed, eat a carb and protein together like peanut butter on toast. That will help produce natural melatonin.

   Try to clear your mind before bed. Sometimes when we are under stress we have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. If you have homework, do it the night before so you don’t have to finish anything before Uni.

   Here is the kicker. Try to find out what your REM cycle is. Mine is 90 minutes for a complete sleep cycle but yours might be less or possibly more. If I am trying to sleep, I will set an alarm for 3 hrs, 4.5 hrs, 6 hrs, 7.5 hrs, or 9 hrs. That way I won’t wake up in the middle of sleep and feel exhausted. If you wake up during the middle of a cycle then you won’t feel refreshed.

8. By waking up at the same time 7 days a week, no matter what. This is followed by going to bed at the same time 7 days a week no matter what.

   Any deviation from this schedule can fuck the entire schedule up for a few days. This can be seen most commonly in people who work 3rd shift then try to sleep on a 1st shift sleep schedule on their days off. Their first 2 or 3 days back at work they get very little sleep. Then on their last day or two if work they get a full night’s sleep. If you talk to people who work 3rds and don’t have sleep problems i believe you’ll find that they maintain their same schedule every day, outside of those occasional days they have no choice. I was one of them and never had sleep problems when i worked nights.

   Your body wants to maintain a set schedule. Every time you fuck with that schedule it takes s bit to get it back on track.

9. No naps. I’m in bed at 10 but if I have any kind of a nap in the afternoon, even 20 minutes, I’ll be up till 2 or 3.

10. – No screen time.

    – Tire the body and mind before you go to bed. Do not get the heart rate (fast)

    – If the mind is “racing” mediatation.

    – Go to bed at the same time every night.

11. Don’t go on your computer

12. > i get in bed at midnight but then i go on my computer till 5am

    Don’t do this obviously.

    Also exercise regularly.

13. medication? coffee? stopped smoking weed? dont do anything physical during the day so body is not really tired?

14. Meditation. You will forget about this problem. For example i can go to sleep wherever i want even if i’m not feeling sleepy. You give the command and body follows. You can even set a timer like “i must be awake at 6” and you will. Brain is an amazing instrument if you learn how to use it.

15. 3 hours of sleep is not enough! Set up an alarm. Part of being consistent is getting enough sleep