Nearly every night I lie awake, whether it be 9pm or 3am, not being able to fall asleep in a timely manner. On school nights, if I try and go to bed at say, 10pm, I will end up laying awake until 12am. On these summer nights it is the same, but it just takes place at a much later time.

It is very frustrating, because I know I'm tired, but I just can't fall asleep. I've Googled multiple ways, and none of them have seemed to work like they say they will.

If anyone has any tips, that would be greatly appreciated. I have already tried:

laying down and just trying to fall asleep
thinking to myself, "I am going to go to sleep."
I tried the warm milk thing once, and it was just plain unpleasant and reminded me of sucking on an utter
thinking of a blank screen

Thanks you to those who take the time to read this thread and comment with tips.

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Dude, Honestly, Buy a Bob Marley's Mellow Mood. Or listen to some Binaural Beats.

It could just be stress?
But in my opinion, the best way to get to sleep is to wear yourself out.
Go for a run or something at about 8pm, then get a bath when you get back to loosen yourself up (), then go to bed at like 10pm or whatever.

It could be insomnia? try going to your doctor or something

Danny Hynam wrote:

It could just be stress?
But in my opinion, the best way to get to sleep is to wear yourself out.
Go for a run or something at about 8pm, then get a bath when you get back to loosen yourself up (), then go to bed at like 10pm or whatever.

It could be insomnia? try going to your doctor or something

Gunner the same happens to me what i usually do is do what danny said have a really hot bath so hot you don't wanna get out then you become really sleepy drag your self out the bath and go to bed then or if you do a sort of sport or run like danny said, i ride my bike till like 9 then get to sleep for 10 some times but i am the same i know how you feel you wanna get sleep at say like 9 i'll get sleep at like 11-12 or even later -_- and this isn't good stuff for school !

Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrr drink a mellow mood x)

Or stop thinking about me so much whilst you're in bed?

Danny, this is Gunners topic. Not mine.

Jayden H. wrote:

Danny, this is Gunners topic. Not mine.

Haha

Have sex.

i was gonna say knock one out...

GIllybear wrote:

i was gonna say knock one out...

Haha

GIllybear wrote:

i was gonna say knock one out...

in all seriousness probably the best suggestion here.

Nyquil, if nothing else works. Always works for me. The only thing is, if you take the liquid gel form pills, and still dont fall asleep, or wake up in the middle of the night you trip so many balls it's like comic-con

Gunner sleep at 2am in the morning.

WATCH MICKEY MOUSE CLUB HOUSE

opiates work a treat for me.

but im in no way saying you should take any downers.

your 14 so, id suggest wearing yourself out b4 you go to bed. other than that you have too much on your mind. try to relax and get in the mood for sleep b4 you actually go to sleep.

Do you drink a lot of caffine Gunner?

stop drinking energy drinks

they are killing you slowly and taste like someone peed in a can and tried to sell it

My sleep schedule is completely fucked this summer too, I can't fall asleep before 4am usually.
I don't mind it though, it's peaceful to have the whole house to myself.

RyanMarshment wrote:

Do you drink a lot of caffine Gunner?

Meh, I guess a little more than average, but not enough to where if I don't have it I get headaches.

GIllybear, I'll hit ya' up on that.

Lol but it all seriousness, I do have a lot of stress some days, and I also think I think about things too much at night sometimes. I skate a lot, but even when I'm wore out, I still stay awake for far too long.

Thank you for the help guys. I'll try the suggestions, but please still keep commenting if you have any further tips.

DISCLAIMER: I know this is going to be a lot for you to read but if you were having as much trouble sleeping as I used to it might help out.

Seriously though... don't eat things 4 hours before you go to sleep. Digestion makes the body start working again and when you are trying to sleep you want to be winding down into sleep mode... Eating disables this kind of activity so stop eating pork sandwiches before bedtime.

Don't drink tons of caffeine in one day, it will build up in your system and then you will forever stay awake... which is super annoying when you are laying in bed and you are actually really super tired but your body is like "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA MAN I'M HYPED ON 40 MONSTERS."

Try to actually wind down before you go to bed... Don't watch TV, don't fingerboard or do anything else that gets up excited and may keep you up... This was my biggest problem I would usually end up doing stuff to prevent this process... I find I can watch a documentary or some thing and most times it will cool me down for bed.

SCHEDULING. As much as we hate it our bodies like to run on schedule... we like to eat at the same times (roughly) and we like to sleep at around the same time (as well as get up) on a daily basis. If you start programming your body to go to bed at a certain time everyday you will start to get tired naturally before that time (but don't break the first 2 rules I was talking about cause that can fuck this part up). This is honestly the best thing to do if you are having trouble sleeping. Pick a time that you can sit down and be like "At this time I will go to bed every night for the next 2 weeks" or something and just start marrying your life to your schedule... It works great because you actually start to feel tired at that time and then you will just pass out and go to dream land.

tl;dr don't eat before bed, don't get yourself riled up before bed, follow a sleep schedule

I used to be a huge insomniac so I understand your pain dude. Sleeping can be a fickle thing but if you can control it you won't see any problems any more.

MaxL wrote:

How to Sleep

by Max L. (lololololol)

DISCLAIMER: I know this is going to be a lot for you to read but if you were having as much trouble sleeping as I used to it might help out.

Seriously though... don't eat things 4 hours before you go to sleep. Digestion makes the body start working again and when you are trying to sleep you want to be winding down into sleep mode... Eating disables this kind of activity so stop eating pork sandwiches before bedtime.

Don't drink tons of caffeine in one day, it will build up in your system and then you will forever stay awake... which is super annoying when you are laying in bed and you are actually really super tired but your body is like "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA MAN I'M HYPED ON 40 MONSTERS."

Try to actually wind down before you go to bed... Don't watch TV, don't fingerboard or do anything else that gets up excited and may keep you up... This was my biggest problem I would usually end up doing stuff to prevent this process... I find I can watch a documentary or some thing and most times it will cool me down for bed.

SCHEDULING. As much as we hate it our bodies like to run on schedule... we like to eat at the same times (roughly) and we like to sleep at around the same time (as well as get up) on a daily basis. If you start programming your body to go to bed at a certain time everyday you will start to get tired naturally before that time (but don't break the first 2 rules I was talking about cause that can fuck this part up). This is honestly the best thing to do if you are having trouble sleeping. Pick a time that you can sit down and be like "At this time I will go to bed every night for the next 2 weeks" or something and just start marrying your life to your schedule... It works great because you actually start to feel tired at that time and then you will just pass out and go to dream land.

tl;dr don't eat before bed, don't get yourself riled up before bed, follow a sleep schedule

I used to be a huge insomniac so I understand your pain dude. Sleeping can be a fickle thing but if you can control it you won't see any problems any more.

Max, me love you. Me. Love. You.
Thanks for taking the time to write all of that. You rock.

kerryDETH wrote:

GIllybear wrote:

i was gonna say knock one out...

in all seriousness probably the best suggestion here.

Yes.

But y u tryna sleeping at 10pm??!?!? do u not have lyfe doE?!?!? go have fun boiiiiiiiiiii

just dont be illegal.

Gunner I asked because caffeine can cause insomnia. Stop drinking caffeine for a a week or so and see if that helps.

raymond wrote:

kerryDETH wrote:

GIllybear wrote:

i was gonna say knock one out...

in all seriousness probably the best suggestion here.

Yes.

But y u tryna sleeping at 10pm??!?!? do u not have lyfe doE?!?!? go have fun boiiiiiiiiiii

just dont be illegal.

That was an example of a school night. I usually am on the computer til 4am, and, I actually really don't have a life.
:-P