Not like, casual “Hi, how are you?” but seriously, how are you? Are you sleeping okay, is everything in your personal life going all right? And if not, can Internet strangers do anything to help?

  • @[email protected]
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    311 hours ago

    I’m the opposite of an insomniac - I’m a rabid sleeper and love sleep. I usually hit 9 hours a day, sometimes more.

    Here’s what works for me - most obviously won’t work for you, but give some another try if you haven’t done them yet -

    • Clean your bedsheets every couple days. Clean sheets = 😍
    • Wash your hair well and shower right before getting into bed. No smell = 🥰
    • Use white noise. You’ll never get perfect silence, so drown out noise instead
    • Turn off every single LED and light in your room. Don’t have a single light source visible while you’re in bed.
    • Get an eye mask - a high quality one - if you can’t do the above.
    • Do the workout of your lifetime - Do an all-day hike or something. You can clock out from physical exhaustion
    • Get in and out of bed at the same time every day. Start with less sleep time than you need. Force your body to recognize “I only rest in this bed”
    • Conversely, don’t do anything in your bed besides sleep. Especially don’t use your phone with the nasty blue light
    • @naught101
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      18 hours ago

      That last one I heard from a psych. They also said: if you’re in bed and you can’t sleep, get up. Go back to bed only when you feel tired again. That way you train your brain that bed=sleep.