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    This Dad needs a CPAP so he can get a real 8 hours. Not needing naps during the day is life-changing.

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    The “sleep will win”?

    If you’re having trouble sleeping, I suggest retiring. Retiring does wonders for being able to sleep.

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    I think his foot is falling off. Or it already did and has been crudely stitched back onto his leg.

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      I seriously don’t get it. My wife can do it every night. She just lays down and goes to sleep. Like what? I need at least three hours of wrestling my worst thoughts before I can sleep

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        Have you tried meditation? When I do it, I tend to get through most of that nonsense a lot faster. Just sit, focus on breathing, and if something pops into your head, recognize it and clear your mind. Eventually things should settle down and you can try sleeping.

        Set an alarm for 10-15 min. Sitting on the floor is best, but aid that’s uncomfortable, a chair is fine for the first few sessions to see if it’ll work.

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        I learned a while ago that constant thoughts of death and despair before sleep may indicate an anxiety disorder. However, since online diagnoses from strangers are almost always bullshit, I’d like to recommend a weighted blanket. I know it sounds stupid, but the weighted blanket fucks are right. You probably want one.

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          My anti-depressants definitely help. I already sweat like a pig in 62 degrees, I would die of heat stroke under a weighted blanket, lol.

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          Can confirm. Bought weighted blanket, and it helps me sleep to the point where I have a hard time without it. So every night I’m sleeping away from home I need to carry a 20lb weighted blanket with me. Not great but the sleep is great so you gotta take the good with the bad I guess.

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        Every damn night … Toss turn toss turn toss turn… Finally sleep, a gnat on the other side of town farts and I’m up… Go to the bathroom, rinse repeat… 1 1/2 hr before I have to be up and fucking gigantic loud as hell disel trucks start their parade…

        I just want to sleeeeepppp

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          I’m very similar. Earplugs have been a game changer for me. Might be worth a whirl for you.

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        I am basically your wife. When I lie down to sleep, I am unconscious within five minutes. Typically. My issue comes from staying asleep. I will wake up anywhere from 3 to 15 times a night and I fucking hate it.

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          I will wake up anywhere from 3 to 15 times a night and I fucking hate it.

          Someone needs a sleep study.

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          You need a baby and a toddler! You’ll wake up the same number of times but at least you’ll have company and something to do.

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          That’s not unusual, depending on a few factors. What really matters is how disruptive it is. I do the same, but as long as it’s just a rollover, I can be back to dream land in a minute or two. … unless it was shitty dreams, then I might be missing the rest of my sleep…

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        Same, my issue was resolved after I started taking 1mg of melatonin 20min before bed. Now I can just lie down, close my eyes and thats it.

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        I used to be like this, and suddenly changed virtually overnight after being on an SNRI for anxiety for like a year. It also results in me waking up before 9 am every day, when I used to be a get up at noon person. It’s weird as shit and I slightly suspect a helpful brain tumor.

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          I’ve been on various anti-anxiety and anti-depressants for years. They definitely helped but still not fully.

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        I save my wrist thoughts for when I have 3-4 hours of sleep, then they get the rest of the night.

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      I can do it too but I’m a psychopath and I can easily push the intrusive thoughts out and clear my head easily.

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    I had a nursing friend of mine do this when she went to bed at night. We used to stay at her place often years ago. She’d reserve us a room in her house, nice place, great bed, very, very comfortable. Then she’d go to her bedroom, get ready for bed, night gown, wash up … then go to the living room, lie down on the floor in the most uncomfortable posture and go to sleep for an hour or two, change positions, do it again and again. The living room had more open space for her to sprawl around in all kinds of positions.

    She had damaged her spine and had a herniated disk which caused her terrible problems … it was neither serious enough to be treated with surgery nor healthy enough for her to feel comfortable any more. She had tried water beds, posturepedic beds, memory foams, pillows, hanging platforms, various drugs and nothing worked … except for lying on a flat hard floor for a few hours.

    The first few time I saw her when I got up in the night to go to the bathroom, I saw here like this and thought something terrible had happened.

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    My old man will be like “fuck it, sleep take me now!” and will take a six hour nap on a metal stool.

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    I do the same thing. Napping on the ground counterintuitively helps when I have a stiff back. I wake up and the tension is gone. At family gatherings I prefer the couch though.

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      Worked with a guy that had that. You can’t tell when it’s going to hit.

      Also, we were cable guys. This guy drove himself around and climbed telephone poles.

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    Oh… that’s exactly what I do, for exactly the same reasons.

    It’s good to see that I’m not alone.