Sleep...

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Why is it so difficult to attain!?

It doesn't help that it seems to be the start of term tomorrow so everyone is back in halls again. Some fat loud bloke and his friend on one side talking loud enough to wake the dead and on the other side some girl giggling... Am I the only person that has to actually get up in the morning!

Tbh though I probably still wouldn't be asleep even without all the noise going on, stupid brain working overtime. Anyone else get that, feel tired so go to bed then as soon as ur head hits the pillow you're wide awake. It's by far the worst time of the day, where all those things you keep locked at the back of your mind come out to play...

 

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You haven't drunk enough.

That didn't work last night so it probably wouldn't work tonight!

At least the noise seems to have stopped, just need to stop thinking now and I may get 5 hours sleep...

 

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Well I struggle to get to sleep until half 12, 1, then I wake up at 3am because im cold, then I get woken up again at 4:30 because my brother is going to work, then I have to wake up at 6:05

Sucks

I did have a nice sleep on Sat night though, wasnt doing much and just fell asleep at 8pm, didnt wake up until around 11ish on Sunday morning

Something like that with me. Even on a good night two hours of getting bored in bed is considered good, then because these halls are so hot I only sleep with a sheet on, which means at 5am I wake up and have to put a duvet on...

Ear plugs.

Pray tell how I hear my alarm in the morning?

I don’t have a problem dropping off to sleep unless I’m traveling and there is some noise. Earplugs sort that one out.

As to the OP it’s probably because he has been on holiday, he’s switched his hours and goes to bed at some ridiculously late hour. Always happens when it's time to go back to work/college after a good break. It will pass.

Nah, he's just one of those noisy people that doesn't actually realise how noisy he is. He never seems to go to uni (or at least I don't see him when I'm getting ready at 9am and he's already home when I get in at 5) so probably doesn't need to go to bed as early. Either way if the stupid building regs were changed to force proper walls instead of a couple of plasterboard panels I wouldn't have such a problem. Feel bad blaming him because he's not being that noisy, just he may as well be in my room...

 

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As someone who has really struggled with sleep, I can definitely relate to what some people are suggesting in this thread. Don't force yourself to sleep - it doesn't work.

People say crap like, "don't watch tv/listen to music/listen to audiobooks etc etc etc", but in the end, if it helps you sleep or if you nod off doing it - then do it.

I think too much. About insignificant things. Been a problem since I was a teenager.

Sleep is a bizarre thing sometimes.

I'm similar, overanalyse everything and it means when I'm not doing something to occupy myself it comes to the forefront. Could be good, like thinking about a new "invention" or going on holiday or it could be bad like thinking about what you want to say to someone or how to do something you don't want to do, or every possible outcome of a situation...:/

have a fap

There's only so many times you can fap in a night before your arm gets tired...

You could do a me and not go to bed until 4 ish and then wake up about 9. But I'm guessing you have a job, a life or both.

In an ideal world I would go to bed at 4am and get up at around noon/1pm. For some reason I can keep up that routine for ages and not have that much of an issue falling asleep, soon as I try the more standard routine of 11/12-8/9 I just can't do it, even after a month or two of adhering to it.

As for earplugs and alarms, my alarm is quieter than the bloke talking normally so it almost certainly won't help.

 

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Probably, everyone I know doesn't start back until next week...

Well I started back last week but most should be starting this week, unless they have a lazy course...

 

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Sleep in the recovery position on your right hand side but place your right hand under your head. It should work and keep your left hand on the bed or wherever.

That's actually what I do from time to time but normally I can only ever fall asleep while laying face down on the bed.