That could be part of it, but headphones make it uncomfortable to sleep…
But I think maybe what it really is mostly is that in a bus it makes no difference whether I sleep or not. Whereas if I don’t get to sleep before 6 for example, I’ll be tired in the morning and I don’t want to spend a whole night trying to sleep.
Maybe that puts pressure on me to sleep, and maybe then I can’t… dunno.
There are plenty of other relaxation techniques you can try. If you do a search on this site for meditation you will find lots of them. You just might find somnething that will work for you. But, you have to be willing to try.
milod:wut me? no, but my family’s broke, plus it’s not that bad i dont think. it’s a couple hours, very irritating and unpleasant and not exactly helpful, but it’s not like i can’t get to sleep period. DeMoN: i actually tried the relaxation thing and worked incredibly well to relax my body and quiet my mind, but i still couldn’t get to sleep. hopefully if i try this including the lower body 2night it will make a difference.
I didnt read every post…did someone mention Melatonin? Its the greatest thing for insomnia.Got o sleep after taking 3mg and youll fall asleep and it will help you set your natural sleep cycle. Unlike sleeping pills its non-toxic and doesnt “zonk you out”…it puts you to sleep the natural way…just with more melatonin than your body normally has.
I have same problems as you, it usually takes me hours to fall asleep… The funny thing, is that i fall asleep more quickly when i take a nap during the day.
Wow, I’m definately going to try some of these things. I always have trouble sleeping. That 61 point meditation seems interesting… I think I’ll give it a shot. ^^
Ive been getting alot more sleep recently because ive been skating everyday as hard as i can, i think this really helps because im nackared as i go to sleep, this is quite hard to do all the time though. sorry, other than drugs i dont have any other tips though.
I wonder if this “Ham-sa” means something… In some eastern tradition or what… Or is it just a set of sounds? It’s kind of difficult to concentrate on something you don’t understand what it is. I read somebody famous said he repeated the word “Cicero” to fall asleep…
About radio static and music, and all such things… I think it can really help. But it seems to work differently for different people. For example, when I hear two neighbors’ children running here and there above my head, I always feel like sleeping, while my mother cannot stand this sound and cannot fall asleep, when they run above her bedroom… But special sleep-inducing noises from Neural Noise Synthesizer never worked with me, probably because of the headphones…
By the way, what strange statistics about 8 minutes… Maybe, it was an instruction for super-agents or something… Or the time, which passes from the moment of the beginning to fall asleep till the state of deep sleep, regardless of how long it took to get to this moment…
You could most likely use any word. If it has a sing-songy sound it might work better. What it does is help put you into a trance. It is always easier to fall asleep from a trance as you body is often very relaxed.
I fall asleep in the car all the time, coming home from school today I fell asleep in the car for like 5 mintues…it’s only like a 5 minute ride really but still. It always takes me over a half-hour to fall asleep in a bed though, not sure why that is but it’s annoying sometimes.