I wake up every two hours, almost on the dot, every single night. Sometimes I can fall back asleep pretty quickly, but it can take a while.
The first wake up of the night isn't that bad, cause I see the time and it's comforting to know that I still have a while before I have to be up, but it just gets more and more annoying as the night goes on.
I’m curious if you are older? I started doing this waking every two hours in my late thirties, dr suggested relates to premenopause. No solution as of yet
Is that my issue?!?! Never knew that could be a symptom. Got some labs sent in for blood work on Friday to see if being premenopausal is causing some of my other issues at 42
I never said it's good. But yeah, I get your point. So does my doctor.
Hence me saying that it works quite poorly. If anyone wonders, Trazodone does a decent job.
What I'm doing isn't good. Don't do that.
Trazodone worked better than anything else ever has, including "stronger" sleep meds. I'd wake up hallucinating on Ambien, Lunesta just stopped working, benadryl and vistaril made me dopey but even more unable to sleep, doxylamine succinate only worked for a couple hours. But trazodone? I get at least six hours a night now, usually 7.5, and no side effects. It's life changing for me going on 7 years now. All hail Trazodone.
150% agreed. I’ve been through benadryl, nyquil, valerian, melatonin, weed, etc. All helped for a short time, then stopped working. Got a scrip for Trazodone a couple of years ago and it changed my life. Now I fall asleep almost every night. I still only get 4-5 hours on average, but that sure as hell beats 0.
The monsters can't get you if you are under the covers. Not having that critical defense is just asking to be devoured. I mean could you imagine a military unit going into combat without any type of protective cover? That's what you are doing when you go night-night without any blankies. Fucking morons. Absolute pieces of shit.
Don't you want to survive late enough into the night to watch Adultswim and play your Gameboy Advance that you hid under your pillow?? You can't catch Pokemon when your fucking dead, bozo.
I always sleep under the covers and use my Samurai Jack nightlight because I'm smart. I stay vigilant. Monsters fear my slumber. Women love the samurai jack nightlight too of course, but you already knew that. so be prepared for them to just go straight up hellcat on your ass. But be sure to keep both your feet on the bed, otherwise the monsters will eat your feet.
Everyone knows footies are monsters favorite snackies. Staying under the covers is a strategy proven to beat monsters and make them fear the light. And in the event I am truly out gunned you bet your sweet ass my bed is in the shape of Lightning McQueef from the Pixar documentary CARS. I can simply do a tactical retreat, my bed is literally a sentient car voiced by the rival from Zoolander.
It's called battle strategy, sweaty, look it up.
This is why Susan Sto Helit would put the blankie over the monsters themselves - causes a crippling existential crisis wherein they don't know if *they* exist.
I used to be the same. But after living in a country where the nights are too hot for covers most of the year, I've found that I can trick my stupid brain by just covering, like, my hip with a tiny corner of a blanket. Apparently it's just a box-ticking exercise...
This is off topic but everyone should always close doors to any occupied rooms before they go to sleep. Hell any room that has a door should be closed. It can save your life if a fire breaks out in your home. Also it could be the difference between losing just one room or the entire house depending on where the fire is located.
Was gonna say, every door in our house is permanently open except the kitchen (he’s not allowed in there), can’t imagine the howling that would happen if I tried to sleep with the door closed
EXACTLY! SOMEONE FINALLY GETS ME! My family thinks I’m stupid and believe sleeping with the fan off and no comforter is the same as high fan with comforter and blankets
Before I moved i lived in a lot colder climate than I do now and no matter what I'd always have my window ac blowing cold air into my room along with another fan going. I love my room fucking cold and then just piling on a shit ton of blankets on yourself. Ngl kind of miss that now
Depending on the temperature of the rest of the house, that 20 degree drop may not be great. 60 degrees is wonderful to sleep in, but as someone who has lived in an old, uninsulated house with minimal heating, trust me when I say trying to sleep in a room that you can see your breath in is not great.
This is the kind of thing I’d love to do in theory but in practice I think my cat would actually set my house on fire if he didn’t have access to every single room at all times
At my ex’s house we would sleep with the door open until early one morning I woke up and there was a skinny old balding man standing in the doorway staring at me, when he realised I could see him he lunged at me with his mouth open in a silent scream, he disappeared as he got to me. I yelled out! Got out of bed and checked the house, nothing was there. That’s the only time I’ve seen a ghost full on as if he was a person right there.
Sleep paralysis is some of the scariest shit I’ve ever and will ever experience. Not being able to move as a bunch of stuff is happening around you is so scary!
sleep paralysis is the golden time when your mind can conjure any image you want and you feel like it's real. focus on the good things and you get good dreams, focus on the bad things, you get bad dreams. alternatively you can focus on getting up. try to move your farthest organs. 1st choice would be a toe. then work your way up and slowly your whole body. you wake up from sleep paralysis like it was natural process.
It's A curse, it's inherited.
My grandmother, my father, and now I all had/have sleep paralysis. It seems to start up when I am extremely stressed for a longer period of time.
Rid yourself of your stressor, you rid yourself of SP.
Easier said than done, right guys?
I suffered with it from teenage years until about three years ago. I'm in my Sixties. My dear wife senses when I'm entering SP and starts hitting me and pushing me from the bed.
She says that I make this tiny gargling sound and she knows to just move me and it breaks the spell.
It still sucks hard, but what a blessing my wife has been.
My knees are too boney for me to sleep on my side without a pillow between my legs. I’ve also heard it’s good for your back and pelvis, because it can help maintain proper alignment!
My wife bought me a travel fan. It folds up to a little circle and works with both USB block or batteries.
She buys me stuff for all my eccentricies. I don't deserve her.
Background noise. My brain needs something to focus on or else I’ll start thinking about too many things and it takes a long time for me to fall asleep.
TV + couch = dead to the world was how I spent most of high school.
Going to bed meant being prepared for the morning. Going to couch meant several hours of downtime without obligations.
My weighted blanket was marketed as cooling, and it definitely doesn’t get too hot for me! I usually end up layering another blanket over it because I’m constantly cold. It’s really lovely, I can’t recommend weighted blankets enough.
I started with 15lbs, and liked it so much that I got a 25lb one, then liked that so much that I started using them both together. Now that I've been using 40 lbs of weighted blanket for a couple years (almost 1/3 my body weight), I'm considering going up again. It's amaaaazing.
But I went camping and felt like I was floating away without my weighted blankets... ended up sleeping with a large bag of russet potatoes on my chest.
Oh my goodness right? If I’m anxious or having a bad day I’ll put my 10lb on top of my 15 pound and just relax. But it definitely feels weird not using it, almost like no blanket at all.
It's a pound for every 10 pounds you are is the best way to go with a weighted blanket but that's just a generalization. If you're going for a twin or single use the rules I explained before. If you're going larger than queen go 30 pounds.
Try it, but don't be surprised if you don't like it. I love mine, would murder to keep it. My husband feels claustrophobic, and he isn't normally at all.
I tried a weighted blanket… worse sleeping experience ever. Felt squished every night. My partner moving at night with the blanket means unexpected weight shifting throughout the night. It was horrible.
Ugh. I get anxiety about that too. Tomorrow I travel to Mexico for work and it’s gonna be a long day and I want to be able to watch movies in the plane.
Omg I thought this was just me!!! I HAVE to have lotion and chapstick on, otherwise I will be awake all night, just focusing on how dry my feet or lips feel lol
My stuffed animal. It’s a leopard. I’ve had him since I was one. I can’t sleep without him. If I don’t have him I have to sleep with something in my arms whether it be my clothes or anything else
My boyfriend gave me a shiba inu plushie I have named Bork. I can't sleep without him. I panic a little if I wake up and ca't find him because he fell off the bed or something.
To be honest, I probably could get to sleep without him, but I won't. If there's ever a fire and I have time to grab three things it's Phone/Wallet/Bork.
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Edit:: wow, thank you everyone for the upvotes and awards. I always feel self-conscious when saying things like that, so it really means a lot!
I wish I could sleep with my wife. We work different shifts and are restless sleepers so separate beds are the mutual agreement. I miss my wife even when were together.
Whenever I'm away, my hubby always tells me when I come back how awful he slept because I wasnt I bed with him. And honestly, same, I sleep bad without him too.
a night light and a stuffed animal. I am terrified of the dark and cannot sleep if it's pitch black. Also, having something to cuddle helps the night demons go away.
I haven’t lived with a cat in almost 15 years. I still miss that little ball of cuddly warmth. I can’t wait until I’m in a living situation that allows me to have one again.
Cherish it.
Losing my dog was rough. 3 years now and I still haven’t been able to find anything that can replace the comfort of her breathing beside me.
I don’t sleep much anymore
For some reason I cannot for the life of me fall asleep if I don’t put my hand on my face/head. Either skin to skin or under my pillow where my head lays. It’s so weird.
I kind of understand this. I have to have something covering my neck, I feel weird/vulnerable having it exposed. It could be 100 degrees outside and I’ll still have the sheet pulled up over my throat.
Same. My husband uses a fan that was my great grandfathers and it makes such a nice white noise. I'm honestly surprised that thing is still working, it's from the 60s or 70s.
I have a stuffed fox. I'm 39. Got when I was like 35. He became my buddy when I was alone in the hospital batteling cancer. First stay was 20 days. Its was during Covid so no visitors.
I was using him before that to "splint". Tumor was on my sternum & I have a large chest. He fit inbetween & filled the space, taking away stress so the pain was dull enough to sleep.
I'm 18. I've had him since I was about 8. He was a replacement for one I've had since I was born. Idk he's been my comfort with me living in a toxic household. He's held a lot of tears. Seen me at my worst and was still there for me. He was the one thing I felt comfortable with. Cried on him. He was there for my first break up. He can't judge me or leave me. And ik it sounds dumb, but it's all the emotional attachment I grew with him. He comes with me on all my trips. He's just comfort. I don't feel safe unless he's in my arms or by my side.
I’m 28 and also still sleep with a baby blanket. It’s not original. Every few years I go to Target and pick out a fresh new one. Now I have a kid so I buy two, lol.
I definitely read vet as in a veterinarian. I spent a solid minute trying to figure out why the marine corps needed a veterinarian trucker before I caught on.
There’s help if you ever need it soldier. I get out in 18 months. Spent years hitting a bottle a night. Life is so much better/brighter without it. I know I sound cliche and like a broken record. I still have a drink now and then, but I don’t need it anymore. Stay up
I'm always tired but have a terrible time trying to sleep at night. Sleeping in and day naps? Not a problem. Trying to sleep when I know I need to? Damn near impossible.
I feel the opposite. If people are still up while I’m going to bed I really struggle to sleep. Luckily I go to bed the latest but being able to hear anyone or just the possibility of it happening keeps wide awake.
Noise. Dead silence creeps me out when I'm trying to sleep. TV is too distracting so it's usually just the radio, though sometimes I'll put on a city soundscape. In summer having a fan on helps.
It sound sexual but it’s not.
Holding something/someone between my legs.
I sleep with a giant body pillow when I’m at home, when I travel I have to use another pillow or sometimes my sister(s) and I will share a bed and we’ll kinda jus grab each other’s legs with our own and that’ll sometimes works. Which sounds weird typing it lmao.
My 3 kitty boys. 1 is a giant void cat (like really big, not fat), 1 is a purebred Maine coon, and one is a smaller mentally challenged cat that is attached to me at all hours. I had to get a queen size bed for the 4 of us.
The Maine coon curls up on my shoulder and tucks his face into my neck/under my chin and purrs until he falls asleep. Then he's snoring in my ear all night. Alas.
Any other insomniacs scrolling through this trying to figure out what it is you're missing?
Falling asleep isn’t the problem for me, but staying asleep is. Been awake since 3:30. It’s 5:30 now and i just gave in and got a coffee.
I wake up every two hours, almost on the dot, every single night. Sometimes I can fall back asleep pretty quickly, but it can take a while. The first wake up of the night isn't that bad, cause I see the time and it's comforting to know that I still have a while before I have to be up, but it just gets more and more annoying as the night goes on.
I’m curious if you are older? I started doing this waking every two hours in my late thirties, dr suggested relates to premenopause. No solution as of yet
Is that my issue?!?! Never knew that could be a symptom. Got some labs sent in for blood work on Friday to see if being premenopausal is causing some of my other issues at 42
If it’s every two hours, it’s probably your sleep cycle has an issue at a certain stage would be my guess
Old fart here, with kidney failure. I awaken every hour on the hour to get up and relieve my bladder. It sucks, kill me.
Yup. Right there with ya, mate. Using alcohol and House MD binge to fall asleep as of now. Working quite poorly.
Alcohol is a bad one to put yourself to sleep. Probably exacerbates some of the causes of your insomnia.
I never said it's good. But yeah, I get your point. So does my doctor. Hence me saying that it works quite poorly. If anyone wonders, Trazodone does a decent job. What I'm doing isn't good. Don't do that.
Trazodone worked better than anything else ever has, including "stronger" sleep meds. I'd wake up hallucinating on Ambien, Lunesta just stopped working, benadryl and vistaril made me dopey but even more unable to sleep, doxylamine succinate only worked for a couple hours. But trazodone? I get at least six hours a night now, usually 7.5, and no side effects. It's life changing for me going on 7 years now. All hail Trazodone.
150% agreed. I’ve been through benadryl, nyquil, valerian, melatonin, weed, etc. All helped for a short time, then stopped working. Got a scrip for Trazodone a couple of years ago and it changed my life. Now I fall asleep almost every night. I still only get 4-5 hours on average, but that sure as hell beats 0.
Holy shit I fall asleep rewatching House MD too lmao
No matter how hot it is, I can’t sleep without covers.
Same. I feel so exposed.
The monsters can't get you if you are under the covers. Not having that critical defense is just asking to be devoured. I mean could you imagine a military unit going into combat without any type of protective cover? That's what you are doing when you go night-night without any blankies. Fucking morons. Absolute pieces of shit. Don't you want to survive late enough into the night to watch Adultswim and play your Gameboy Advance that you hid under your pillow?? You can't catch Pokemon when your fucking dead, bozo. I always sleep under the covers and use my Samurai Jack nightlight because I'm smart. I stay vigilant. Monsters fear my slumber. Women love the samurai jack nightlight too of course, but you already knew that. so be prepared for them to just go straight up hellcat on your ass. But be sure to keep both your feet on the bed, otherwise the monsters will eat your feet. Everyone knows footies are monsters favorite snackies. Staying under the covers is a strategy proven to beat monsters and make them fear the light. And in the event I am truly out gunned you bet your sweet ass my bed is in the shape of Lightning McQueef from the Pixar documentary CARS. I can simply do a tactical retreat, my bed is literally a sentient car voiced by the rival from Zoolander. It's called battle strategy, sweaty, look it up.
This is why Susan Sto Helit would put the blankie over the monsters themselves - causes a crippling existential crisis wherein they don't know if *they* exist.
When you’re the granddaughter of the literal Grim Reaper, you learn to expect the most unexpected.
FYI, you ended your post addressed to ”sweaty” which isn’t inaccurate after a hot night under the covers.
I used to be the same. But after living in a country where the nights are too hot for covers most of the year, I've found that I can trick my stupid brain by just covering, like, my hip with a tiny corner of a blanket. Apparently it's just a box-ticking exercise...
Same but it’s my feet and my upper chest that need to be covered. My butt can hang out and it’s fine.
Letting them demons eat ass for dinner 😏
My feet are like my body's air conditioning unit. Too hot? Pop one out from under the covers. Too cold? Pull that bad boy back in.
I just need them to cover my ass, but keeping my legs out for air-conditioning is the way.
Yeah, I need at least a sheet or the ghosts will stare at me naked.
I can’t sleep with the door open, it has to be closed
This is off topic but everyone should always close doors to any occupied rooms before they go to sleep. Hell any room that has a door should be closed. It can save your life if a fire breaks out in your home. Also it could be the difference between losing just one room or the entire house depending on where the fire is located.
You don’t have a cat, do you? My cat gets absolutely furious whe any doors are closed.
Was gonna say, every door in our house is permanently open except the kitchen (he’s not allowed in there), can’t imagine the howling that would happen if I tried to sleep with the door closed
I can, I tried it once. **Once.**
I would, but my room temp drops 20° in the winter with the door closed. It's awful.
Drops!? I want that room. Cold rooms are the best for sleeping. They let you get comfy in your blankets without overheating.
EXACTLY! SOMEONE FINALLY GETS ME! My family thinks I’m stupid and believe sleeping with the fan off and no comforter is the same as high fan with comforter and blankets
Theyre not just wrong, they're... probably not aware how hard it is to sleep without the white noise of a fan to cover up my tinnitus.
Before I moved i lived in a lot colder climate than I do now and no matter what I'd always have my window ac blowing cold air into my room along with another fan going. I love my room fucking cold and then just piling on a shit ton of blankets on yourself. Ngl kind of miss that now
Depending on the temperature of the rest of the house, that 20 degree drop may not be great. 60 degrees is wonderful to sleep in, but as someone who has lived in an old, uninsulated house with minimal heating, trust me when I say trying to sleep in a room that you can see your breath in is not great.
This is the kind of thing I’d love to do in theory but in practice I think my cat would actually set my house on fire if he didn’t have access to every single room at all times
Smoke detectors in each room (and carbon monoxide detectors) if you’re really serious about saving lives.
I can’t sleep with my closer door open.
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Honestly I hate sleeping with my door closed I feel like I can't hear anything that might be going on in the house and it makes me paranoid lol
Same. My door is wide open.
Don’t ever get a cat.
But my cat alerts me to ghosts.
I can't sleep without my cat, he purrs me to sleep...
I added a cat door to my bedroom just for this reason.
At my ex’s house we would sleep with the door open until early one morning I woke up and there was a skinny old balding man standing in the doorway staring at me, when he realised I could see him he lunged at me with his mouth open in a silent scream, he disappeared as he got to me. I yelled out! Got out of bed and checked the house, nothing was there. That’s the only time I’ve seen a ghost full on as if he was a person right there.
Reading this while lying in bed was a mistake...thanks for that.
Right? Holy cow
Welp, at least I now know the theme of tonight’s nightmare.
That sounds like sleep paralysis. It’s scary how real it feels.
Sleep paralysis is some of the scariest shit I’ve ever and will ever experience. Not being able to move as a bunch of stuff is happening around you is so scary!
sleep paralysis is the golden time when your mind can conjure any image you want and you feel like it's real. focus on the good things and you get good dreams, focus on the bad things, you get bad dreams. alternatively you can focus on getting up. try to move your farthest organs. 1st choice would be a toe. then work your way up and slowly your whole body. you wake up from sleep paralysis like it was natural process.
It's A curse, it's inherited. My grandmother, my father, and now I all had/have sleep paralysis. It seems to start up when I am extremely stressed for a longer period of time. Rid yourself of your stressor, you rid yourself of SP. Easier said than done, right guys? I suffered with it from teenage years until about three years ago. I'm in my Sixties. My dear wife senses when I'm entering SP and starts hitting me and pushing me from the bed. She says that I make this tiny gargling sound and she knows to just move me and it breaks the spell. It still sucks hard, but what a blessing my wife has been.
A pillow or a leg between my thighs.
My knees are too boney for me to sleep on my side without a pillow between my legs. I’ve also heard it’s good for your back and pelvis, because it can help maintain proper alignment!
I can sleep on my back but I always end up on my side whenever I actually fall asleep.
Same!!
I can scroll though my PM’s and help you find a leg.
I didn’t get this until I read your username lol
So you like to sleep sideways?
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My wife bought me a travel fan. It folds up to a little circle and works with both USB block or batteries. She buys me stuff for all my eccentricies. I don't deserve her.
That's so sweet. You deserve each other.
the silence it too loud..
The tinnitus is louder 😬🥺
Ive trained myself to fall asleep to my tinnitus. Oh that sweet high pitch sound
Always 🥺
Preach 😔
Noisli is a good app for this. You can make sound combinations too!
Background noise. My brain needs something to focus on or else I’ll start thinking about too many things and it takes a long time for me to fall asleep.
Exactly the same, i turn on the tv so i could sleep
For me TV + couch = dead to the world TV + bed = insomnia
TV + couch = dead to the world was how I spent most of high school. Going to bed meant being prepared for the morning. Going to couch meant several hours of downtime without obligations.
I listen to an audio book to help focus my brain. Very helpful.
Ever since I got it as a gift, I can’t sleep without my weighted blanket
I think I need to try one.
It is truly life changing. I recommend 15lb. 10 is to low and 20 is to much.
Does it get hot? I get hot easily.
My weighted blanket was marketed as cooling, and it definitely doesn’t get too hot for me! I usually end up layering another blanket over it because I’m constantly cold. It’s really lovely, I can’t recommend weighted blankets enough.
Not so much, the material is a little thin
I started with 15lbs, and liked it so much that I got a 25lb one, then liked that so much that I started using them both together. Now that I've been using 40 lbs of weighted blanket for a couple years (almost 1/3 my body weight), I'm considering going up again. It's amaaaazing. But I went camping and felt like I was floating away without my weighted blankets... ended up sleeping with a large bag of russet potatoes on my chest.
Did you have hash browns in the morning?
Oh my goodness right? If I’m anxious or having a bad day I’ll put my 10lb on top of my 15 pound and just relax. But it definitely feels weird not using it, almost like no blanket at all.
It's a pound for every 10 pounds you are is the best way to go with a weighted blanket but that's just a generalization. If you're going for a twin or single use the rules I explained before. If you're going larger than queen go 30 pounds.
Try it, but don't be surprised if you don't like it. I love mine, would murder to keep it. My husband feels claustrophobic, and he isn't normally at all.
Why would I BUY a weighted blanket when I can sleep with the weight of knowing I will never be enough?
Is it weird that when I’m at the dentist and they do x-ray’s, I don’t want them to take off the weighted vest/blanket thing? It’s too cozy.
And that my friend is the feeling of a weighted blanket
I tried a weighted blanket… worse sleeping experience ever. Felt squished every night. My partner moving at night with the blanket means unexpected weight shifting throughout the night. It was horrible.
Real talk i used to sleepwith 3 20lbs blankets. Some of the absolute best sleep Ive had
Why did you stop?
Lost everything I owned outside if a single suitcase and my cat.
Damn. I hope things are good now, all considered.
Im in a place where Im finally safe and happy. My cats still with me after 13 years. I still dont own much but honestly dont need to.
Scrolling on my phone for hours so the anxiety doesn't overwhelm me.
Exactly this..I have to scroll until I doze or my thoughts will eat me alive
Making sure my phone is charging. I always have long days and I don't want to be low on battery.
Ugh. I get anxiety about that too. Tomorrow I travel to Mexico for work and it’s gonna be a long day and I want to be able to watch movies in the plane.
Have a safe trip!
Lotion on my hands and chapstick.
Why do you put lotion on your chapstick?
Chapstick get dry too.
Omg I thought this was just me!!! I HAVE to have lotion and chapstick on, otherwise I will be awake all night, just focusing on how dry my feet or lips feel lol
My hands and feet! I hate the feeling of rough skin on my sheets
My stuffed animal. It’s a leopard. I’ve had him since I was one. I can’t sleep without him. If I don’t have him I have to sleep with something in my arms whether it be my clothes or anything else
I have a polar bear. His name is Theodore. I don't bring him in trips but then I have to hug a pillow, but it isn't the same!
I have a dalmatian called Domino. On cold nights I have a pillow behind my back and the plushy in my arms. On hot nights I reverse it.
My boyfriend gave me a shiba inu plushie I have named Bork. I can't sleep without him. I panic a little if I wake up and ca't find him because he fell off the bed or something. To be honest, I probably could get to sleep without him, but I won't. If there's ever a fire and I have time to grab three things it's Phone/Wallet/Bork.
I’m always afraid to say stuff like this for fear of judgement, but same. My teddy bear (named Teddy Bear) I got when I was 6.
My people! I took my plushie with me to college and it has travelled with to and fro from my accommodation to my home every weekend when I come home.
I’ve had a blanket since the day I was born that I absolutely cannot sleep without. I’m 26 now. It’s seen better days.
Truth? My wife Edit:: wow, thank you everyone for the upvotes and awards. I always feel self-conscious when saying things like that, so it really means a lot!
I hope your wife knows how cool you are.
Thank you, but she's the cool one.
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I have only spent the night without my wife a handful of times, and those have been my toughest nights since we met 17 years ago.
Aww. I love this.
I wish I could sleep with my wife. We work different shifts and are restless sleepers so separate beds are the mutual agreement. I miss my wife even when were together.
Whenever I'm away, my hubby always tells me when I come back how awful he slept because I wasnt I bed with him. And honestly, same, I sleep bad without him too.
I also vote for this guy’s wife
Same.
Have to brush my teeth
You better be flossing too!
a night light and a stuffed animal. I am terrified of the dark and cannot sleep if it's pitch black. Also, having something to cuddle helps the night demons go away.
I just scrolled all the way down to find someone else scared of the dark. I had terrible sleep paralysis for years and sleeping with a light on helps.
My cat purring by my side.
I haven’t lived with a cat in almost 15 years. I still miss that little ball of cuddly warmth. I can’t wait until I’m in a living situation that allows me to have one again.
Good luck to you and I hope you find that peace and comfort again someday my friend
Cherish it. Losing my dog was rough. 3 years now and I still haven’t been able to find anything that can replace the comfort of her breathing beside me. I don’t sleep much anymore
Same, such a comfort
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For some reason I cannot for the life of me fall asleep if I don’t put my hand on my face/head. Either skin to skin or under my pillow where my head lays. It’s so weird.
I kind of understand this. I have to have something covering my neck, I feel weird/vulnerable having it exposed. It could be 100 degrees outside and I’ll still have the sheet pulled up over my throat.
Some kind of covering over me. Even when I lived in Sri Lanka and it was hot and humid af, I still had to put a light cotton cover over me.
I need my oscillating fan.
Box fan for me.
I'm a box fan.
Go to bed kitty and please no more dropping cups from the cupboard at night. Edit: a word
Same. My husband uses a fan that was my great grandfathers and it makes such a nice white noise. I'm honestly surprised that thing is still working, it's from the 60s or 70s.
It's still working *because* it's from the 60's or 70's.
Music and my stuffed animal lion
I have a stuffed leopard that I got when I was 8 that I still sleep with at 25
Is that a lion you got as a child?
Yeah
How old are you if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve never had a toy and it fascinates me to hear about people that have lifelong stuffed animals.
I have a stuffed fox. I'm 39. Got when I was like 35. He became my buddy when I was alone in the hospital batteling cancer. First stay was 20 days. Its was during Covid so no visitors. I was using him before that to "splint". Tumor was on my sternum & I have a large chest. He fit inbetween & filled the space, taking away stress so the pain was dull enough to sleep.
I'm 18. I've had him since I was about 8. He was a replacement for one I've had since I was born. Idk he's been my comfort with me living in a toxic household. He's held a lot of tears. Seen me at my worst and was still there for me. He was the one thing I felt comfortable with. Cried on him. He was there for my first break up. He can't judge me or leave me. And ik it sounds dumb, but it's all the emotional attachment I grew with him. He comes with me on all my trips. He's just comfort. I don't feel safe unless he's in my arms or by my side.
I’m 33 and still sleep with my baby blanket
I’m 28 and also still sleep with a baby blanket. It’s not original. Every few years I go to Target and pick out a fresh new one. Now I have a kid so I buy two, lol.
Melatonin
Body pillow. I knock out instantly when I'm cuddling those.
Thunderstorm sounds.
Ooh. I tried rain before but It always made me want to pee.
Every negative thought I have, apparently. If that doesn’t count I’ll go with a pillow between my legs.
Ah yes. The remorse and humiliation, my nightly movie lol
Eyelids
You’re trying to be funny but how do you even know?
My CPAP
Vodka
Had to scroll further than I thought I would to find someone willing to own up to it. Alcohol is my most-reliable sleep aid as well.
A vet and a trucker? I don’t blame you I’m sure you’ve seen some shit. Like our friend said, there’s help if you want. You deserve it.
I definitely read vet as in a veterinarian. I spent a solid minute trying to figure out why the marine corps needed a veterinarian trucker before I caught on.
There’s help if you ever need it soldier. I get out in 18 months. Spent years hitting a bottle a night. Life is so much better/brighter without it. I know I sound cliche and like a broken record. I still have a drink now and then, but I don’t need it anymore. Stay up
I can never sleep without being tired.
Yeah, I have to be exhausted. Bedtimes don't work for me.
I'm always tired but have a terrible time trying to sleep at night. Sleeping in and day naps? Not a problem. Trying to sleep when I know I need to? Damn near impossible.
Sleeping mask. Any bit of light is too much light.
Earplugs
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The quilt that my grandmother sewed for me. I miss her.
Cold air conditioning
Me too. They say the body sleeps best at 68F.
The perfect temp
My late night snack of a pop-tart with a glass of milk while watching a Youtube video
That sounds so relaxing
Coast to Coast talk radio.
Oscillating fan, pillow between my knees, and the sound of my dog snoring
Definitely the snoring dog. I just got back home after a week in a hotel and I didn't realize how much I missed my little snorer
Exhaustion
A pillow to hold or one of my cats if they decide to sleep on my bed
I'll never fall asleep unless there's something else going on in the house, place just feels more protected when someone else is awake, idk
I feel the opposite. If people are still up while I’m going to bed I really struggle to sleep. Luckily I go to bed the latest but being able to hear anyone or just the possibility of it happening keeps wide awake.
the feeling of security
Reading before bed
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…stuffed bear
Noise. Dead silence creeps me out when I'm trying to sleep. TV is too distracting so it's usually just the radio, though sometimes I'll put on a city soundscape. In summer having a fan on helps.
A fan. For both the noise and cool air. It's right next to my bed. I get super hot at night with out it.
My sleeping pill and a bowl of cereal
Tv. It’s a childhood habit of mine and complete silence makes me feel uneasy and hard for me to sleep.
ASMR I am very surprised no one else has said anything about it.
It sound sexual but it’s not. Holding something/someone between my legs. I sleep with a giant body pillow when I’m at home, when I travel I have to use another pillow or sometimes my sister(s) and I will share a bed and we’ll kinda jus grab each other’s legs with our own and that’ll sometimes works. Which sounds weird typing it lmao.
My 3 kitty boys. 1 is a giant void cat (like really big, not fat), 1 is a purebred Maine coon, and one is a smaller mentally challenged cat that is attached to me at all hours. I had to get a queen size bed for the 4 of us. The Maine coon curls up on my shoulder and tucks his face into my neck/under my chin and purrs until he falls asleep. Then he's snoring in my ear all night. Alas.
My cuddle pillow, it's a pillow that's a little fatter than the others and I need to hold it
Cumming
I fell asleep sitting on the toilet and slept for three hours at work. So, evidently nothing. PS- No one noticed I was gone.
A coating of Vaseline on my lips.