<p>It's currently 7am, and I've yet to fall asleep from the previous night. And I haven't even been doing any homework; I've just been sitting here at my laptop "waiting to get tired" - all to no avail. After my brother's alarm clock went off at 6am, I tried laying in bed for a few minutes, but I was too restless, so I got back up, particularly frustrated that it's not even dark anymore. And it's not even like I'm running a surplus of sleep, considering I've gone to bed past 5:30am for the past two weeks, and generally between 2 and 5am for the past 8 years.</p>
<p>It seems like the only time I'm ever genuinely sleepy is during class. And yet, even though it'd probably work, I never try reading my textbooks at night as a way to fall asleep, much in the same way no one wishes to advance his or her own death.</p>
<p>Anyone else dealing with anything remotely like this? o.O</p>
<p>What do you do when the only times you're ever tired, you're not allowed to fall asleep, and the only times you're allowed to fall asleep, you're not tired? I notice I've been irrationally directing my anger at my teachers ("this is the one time I'm actually sleepy, and I can't fall asleep thanks to your stupid class and required attendance, bastard").</p>
<p>I think part of the reason why I've been unable to fall asleep (tonight, at least) is because it's so freezing cold. My body shivering makes it hard for me to "zone off". And unfortunately I'm not allowed to use the heater.</p>
<p>Books do definitely tend to make me very sleepy, but I stubbornly refuse activities that bore me. It sounds quite ridiculous in words, but I'm just the kind of guy who never pursues boredom, and has the nerve to be upset that this is costing him over a thousand hours of sleep each year.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I don't have warm milk. I have soymilk, but it gets gross when you microwave it.</p>
<p>This sounds familiar. I have had a similar problem in the last couple of months. It started with the all-nighters during exams (November). Now, I don't fall asleep before 6AM, and that too with some effort. I just stay there, staring at the laptop screen, hoping that I fall asleep.</p>
<p>But an interesting thing happened a few days ago. There was a power break down around 11PM. My laptop wasn't charged. So, I lay in bed waiting for the lights to turn on. And amazingly, minutes later I was asleep. The next night I did an experiment. I turned off all the lights, put the laptop in its bag, and moved my study table to other side of the room so that I couldn't grab any book/magazine/phone. It worked! I was awake for 5 or 10 minutes but then slowly I fell asleep.</p>
<p>So, it's not insomnia. It's just a bad habit. As for milk, my personal suggestion would be: don't drink or eat anything. Just lie in bed avoiding/ignoring external distractions. Forget about everything else and start dreaming. Just imagine that you're already asleep and dreaming.</p>
<p>That happens to me a lot.
I usually just read stuff on CC all day until I fall into sleep. My life is centered around book reading, CC, Blogs, and Facebook. I have led a lame existence, but I'm damn proud of it.
My friend gave me some sleeping pill a month ago. They helped in a way that non of you could possibly imagined. My fear of taking sleeping pill drove my sleeping schedule back to normal. Sleeping pill acted as a deterrence, my possession of it generated a placebo effect which forced me to sleep on time. -_-</p>
<p>do you exercise? try exercising, showering, then doing homework as a way to fall asleep. Does your room have dimmers? try dimming the lights or just turning on a desk lamp...turn your computer off or dim the light coming from your computer at night. Ever just try laying in bed?</p>
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I WISH I had insomnia. Sleep is such a waste of time (especially if you're like me and sleep an average of 10 hours a day).
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The extra couple of years' worth of lifespan you'll receive is your reward for "wasting time" sleeping. Meanwhile I and other insomniacs will die premature deaths. Seems like the latter's "wasted time" is a little more consequential. ;)</p>
<p>um... I think you're addicted to the computer. I am not kidding - computer and light make sure that you stay awake. It have something to do chemistry - how our body reacts to light. There's a reason why most people sleep at night - I just forgot the name of the chemical
Also, it's important that you establish a better sleeping schedule, even if that means you will be on the bed awake half of the time.</p>