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[–] 40 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Meditation, masturbation and moderation. The last one is the most important, a well habituated bedtime will help you sleep better.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    The tricky part is getting that habituated bed time started. If I dont sleep for 36 or 48 hours I have an easier time to meet a bedtime deadline but if I have anything over 4 hours of sleep, my brain is running at 150% for at least the next 24 hours. I practice good sleep hygiene, get a 3-5 km walk 4 or 5 times and 3 lifting sessions a week but my mind won't stop. I'm physically exhausted 90% of the time yet my brain says "no, you don't need to sleep"

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  • [–] 3 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

    Annecdotally (and ironically because I just woke up from indigestion and cant sleep) I never had good sleep hygene until I took a nightshift job in college over the summers. Having to flip my sleep schedule by staying up somehow snapped my circadian rythym into being good and predictable.

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  • [–] 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    This sounds like over-tiredness honestly

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 21 hours ago (1 child)

    In the sense that I'm pushing myself too hard physically and that prevents me from sleeping?

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  • [–] 2 points 21 hours ago

    I become manic like this and unable to control my thoughts when I'm overtired and have pushed myself too hard in a day or over some period of time. Also happens when I stay up later than normal. I think it happens to a lot of people and they just struggle to notice it. We're probably best off just sleeping at the exact same time each day and that fixes the brain into a routine of calming down at bedtime

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