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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg 
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Pretty much every night, pretty much every one of us does the same thing... lay down and close our eyes, and then suddenly, we're asleep. But it's not like we just hit some kind of switch, no... there's so much more to it, and because the sleep experience is so individual, it's different for everyone. For you, what happens... between when you close your eyes, and when you are off in dreamland? What does it take for you to make that journey? |
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Skyfire
since 2000-12-27
Posts 3381Riding |
Generally about two hours of tossing and turning. If I write in my journal before I go to bed, my mind is emptied, and I'm able to sleep quickly, but when I don't, I'm awake and thinking for hours. I doze a lot, but I dont' actually sleep until I find the perfect spot in my bed (which changes every bloody night). Sometimes I have to play with my pillows a bit before I can sleep. If I've studied a lot that evening I'm asleep right away. Monkey!! |
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PoetryIsLife
since 2001-10-27
Posts 1763...in my boxers... |
Generally, after hours of homework, normal human activity, turmoil of family, turmoil of self, reading, social activity, and thinking too damn much... sleep comes easy. Within minutes, or so. I think for a bit, and then I'm out. Waiting for the 6am or earlier wake up call to start my life all over again. Sometimes, I think to much and sleep doesn't come. But.... hell, four hours of sleep yesterday did me enough. I haven't had a single nightmare. And one strange dream ala 'Planet of the Apes', before ever having seen the origonal classic. ~Titus Es ist gut, daß das Leben die Toten studieren sollte. |
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Miah Senior Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 1062Pennsylvania |
Toss and turn, toss and turn then I say my prayers. I don't know when I fall asleep the next thing I know its morning.  |
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Kielo Senior Member
since 2002-02-11
Posts 1109 |
I think. Thinking makes me more stressed out than I am already, which makes me unable to sleep. So I think some more, and so it goes. Kielo I know only one thing, and that thing is that I know nothing. |
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chasing rain Senior Member
since 2001-05-15
Posts 737Canada |
 Seriously? I usually listen to music while I'm sleeping, so the music usually sets the background for further mind tales.  |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
I start on my back, listening to music or reading. Then I curl up on my left side, reach down and shut everything off, and wake up groggily in the morning with most if not all the sheets and covers kicked off. Oh, and I wonder about dying in my sleep a lot, too. Mike -- on vacation, do not disturb I know it's over. |
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Marshalzu
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
I usually think about all my problems and ideas, when they are resolved I tend to get to sleep.  |
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Jaime
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MemberPosts 250 |
lol.. I guess not, huh? Oh well. - Jaime the faeries creep into my hair at night leaving it in terrible knots |
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anonymousfemale Member Elite
since 2000-02-02
Posts 2797Limbo |
Gee - I love how my replies keep getting deleted... "Write something, even if it's just a suicide note." -- Gore Vidal |
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Jaime
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MemberPosts 250 |
Come on. Have a sense of humor. Just laugh like I do. - Jaime the faeries creep into my hair at night leaving it in terrible knots |
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Marshalzu
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
You shouldn't be such a naughty girl then  |
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LoveBug
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Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
I can't sleep without some kind of noise, preferably music. For some reason, ever since last summer, I have a fear of silence. I start thinking that I'm dead or dying or in terrible danger if I don't hear SOMETHING.. so I either leave the TV on a news channel or I leave on some music. I also can't sleep without praying.. and sometimes, like nights before important auditions, Tylonol PM's help!  Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.--Jesus Christ |
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cherish Senior Member
since 2001-03-25
Posts 1639swimming in fairy floss........... |
*shakes head* just think of the deleted posts as going to a 'better place', full of mirth and bee stings. i fantasize.
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defenestrate Junior Member
since 2003-01-10
Posts 46nc, us |
i typically lay there, trying to slow down the out-of-control thought spirals for a few hours. sometimes i meditate a bit. sometimes i throw on some soothing music. my favorite is when i reach a hypnagogic or quality meditative trance state. |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
I sleep easily too, now. I had insomnia so badly a while ago that I used sleep deprivation to ensure sleep every night... I'd sleep four or five hours nightly just to make sure I was good and tired the next night. Eventually I grew accustomed to it, I'm not sleepy during the day anymore but I still sleep easily every night, and get 4 to 5 nightly. But yeah, during those moments it seems to be important that I forget where I am and just become drenched completely in thought and imagination, which eventually turns into dreams. Once my mind has perfect conversation with itself, I sit back and let it sing me asleep. |
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PoetryIsLife
since 2001-10-27
Posts 1763...in my boxers... |
I'm hoping I get used to the six I'm getting now...  ~Titus Es ist gut, daß das Leben die Toten studieren sollte. |
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abbe Member
since 2003-01-20
Posts 131michigan, usa |
music - perhaps a current favorite cd or classical music - because it is nonintrusive - and doesn't make me want to get up and dance. i refuse to think about work, but heading into my subconscious dreams i like to 'day' dream into night dreams... then i'm out like the lites |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
usally i try not to focus on anything that might worry me, I close my eyes, realise I have to go to the bathroom, do that get back to bed get comfy, then realise I have to go to the bathroom, do that get comfy, then realise I have to go to the bathroom, do that again.. repeat a few times then a few hours later I fall asleep. But seriously.... I find it hard to sleep these days don't know why.. maybe i should try counting sheep instead of empty beer bottles..lol When I am on a pedestal, you did not raise me there Your laws do not compel me to kneel grotesque and bare. Leonard Cohen |
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Marshalzu
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
I've tried counting sheep, cows, otters but none of them help me get to sleep... |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
That's because they all remind you that you're trying to sleep, which is precisely what you don't want to do... you want to forget where you are and that you're trying to sleep. Just let your imagination occupy itself. Counting sheep never works... |
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Allysa
since 1999-11-09
Posts 1952In an upside-down garden |
Counting sheep never works.... it doesn't. However, I usually find that I can fall asleep within a half an hour if I turn on my lava lamp and watch it... then again, they (who they are, I do not know) don't say Im a hippie for nothing. Anyone ever dream they woke up in a bed with someone 10 yrs older than them and then took off for two weeks in Russia? Or am I the only one? If you want the whole story..... you'll have to ask. "Wie ein Quadrat in einem Kreis, eck' ich immer wieder an obwohl ich doch schon lange weiß, daß ich niemals ändern kann." ~Wizo |
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Local Parasite
since 2001-11-05
Posts 2527Transylconia, Winnipeg |
I hate that dream. He's always so uncivilized, too.  |
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PoetryIsLife
since 2001-10-27
Posts 1763...in my boxers... |
*raises eyebrow* |
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Marshalzu
since 2001-02-15
Posts 2681Lurking |
I find alcohol sends you to sleep pretty quickly |
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chasing rain Senior Member
since 2001-05-15
Posts 737Canada |
So does this mean sheep are evil? (NO! NOT THE SHEEP! ANYTHING BUT THE SHEEP!!!  )Or counting is evil? What about numbers? Well, of course they're evil. Math is evil.  Does this make trying to sleep evil?  Or trying is evil? Maybe I'm too evil-oriented... [This message has been edited by chasing rain (02-14-2003 10:49 PM).] |
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Skyfire
since 2000-12-27
Posts 3381Riding |
Would someone remind me what sleep is? Monkey!! |
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defenestrate Junior Member
since 2003-01-10
Posts 46nc, us |
alcohol works when you don't have a jaded liver the size of a third world country. being irish has its perks, but also its drawbacks. |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
I'm all about karma and meeditation. I've read all these crazy books about dreams, so now I "visulaze" my dreams before i go to sleep. I usually have a cup of chai and listen to music too. (Ok, don't look at me like that) the Wind is invisible. |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
SF, sleep is a kind of pizza with beef and pickles on it. the Wind is invisible. |
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PoetryIsLife
since 2001-10-27
Posts 1763...in my boxers... |
Sleep is what happens when someone doesn't wake you up and you miss two of your classes. ~Titus "On the plains of Hesitation lie the blackend bones of countless millions, who, at the verge of victory, sat down to wait, and waiting - died." [This message has been edited by PoetryIsLife (02-19-2003 02:58 PM).] |
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Skyfire
since 2000-12-27
Posts 3381Riding |
Wind: Excellent!!! Daniel: So THAT'S why I missed most of my morning economics classes last semester. Sometimes you find a friend where once there wasn't one. Sometimes you find a love where once there was a friend. |
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Android 17
since 2001-07-21
Posts 664Winnipeg |
Essentially, I just sit there...in my bed---and stare at my wall. Of course, these are where my DEEPEST thoughts are. I often think so deeply, where I enter a dream-LIKE state. No, I don't fall asleep or doze...but if I'm thinking of something, or reminiscing...it's almost like I'm there---where my mind is. But as soon as I lose concentration, I'm back in my bed...tired as heck! I eventually fall asleep...how or when, is beyond me! Vekrdehk fyc dra uhmo drehk E fyc kuut yd...pid, yd maycd E ymfyoc vuikrd vun fryd E pameajat eh... |
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WinterWren Senior Member
since 2002-12-01
Posts 1044...Coming to |
LOL @ chasing rain. Yes numbers ARE evil!! And maybe you are too evil-oriented also. Run from the numbers!! Run Run Run!! Usually after I brush my teeth and all that, put some soft music on, climb into bed, turn off the light, and ZAP Im asleep! (You envy me that don't you?) WinterWren |
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