How come when you have to wake up early, you can't fall asleep?

[DTM190]

Ha thanks for the tips, the things you learn on r3v. :p

Will give it a go tonight even though I dont have any stress/worries/problems compared to the past.

[CleanAzzE30z]

Dont get frustrated, its tough at first because our brains are wired to constantly fire.... But keep at it and itll start to work and get easier to think of absolutely nothing of black. Just concentrate on your breathing in and out, something trivial. Why do you think that sometimes doing "auto-pilot" activities such as (for me) washing the car, ironing, or vaccuuming, or daydreaming, things where you let your mind wander and think of nothing can rejuvenate us and kinda press the "reset" button on our mind? There is science to back this up.

One more thing.... control your breathing. Breathe deeply and slowly (in through nose, out through mouth and fill up your lungs, push out with your stomach muscles). THAT will be what you concentrate on to take your mind off of worries, stresses, problems.

[b*saint]

Alright Im going to give it a try in 7 minutes.

[CleanAzzE30z]

Its the same reason that when no ones looking, you can make 10/10 free throws, perhaps. But in a championship game, different story. Its all in your mind. Learn some breathing techniques (Im no fucking spiritually-in-tune guru of ANY sort and I thought it was bullshit too) but meditating helps a LOT to quiet the voices in your head. I learned a lot of it in rehab. It works! The first couple times you do 2 minutes of trying to empty your head of EVERYTHING EVERY thought and think of nothing, of total blankness.

Its so hard at first but try it for a couple (5) minutes and gradually do more. Before you know it, it gets easier and you start getting sleepy near the end of your allotted time. It also somehow refreshes you. Then you can start using it for when you go to sleep. But it takes a bit of practice. The first time, youll think it impossible because youre head is a jumble and itll be constant struggle to remove what just replaced your last thought and then when you do that another thought comes in. It can be frustrating but I guarantee you it get better. It will help in these types of situations. I never thought Id be recommending this but it actually works.

[DTM190]

Haha, I am lucky to get to bed before 3am lately.

I find it easier to get up at say 7:30am after being on the turps til 4am and feel fine,

Get a good night sleep and struggle to get up. Im a bit of an insomniac so I think if i do get on the turps I have a good deep sleep as opposed to crappy sleep if i go to bed early.

[NKRoberts]

same with having to get up early when not on a schedule of doing, the first few nights of adjusting to a wake up early schedule are a bitch.

yeah i am the same way if i have to get up earlier than i normally do i cant ever fall asleep and then when i do i wake up every five minutes

[b*saint]

That's not your real name. Stop lying child.

[Eecen]

^ replace sleeping meds with alcohol and your golden.

[Dagamus(NM)]

this shit happened to me last night!
took 2 tylenol pm's and still couldnt sleep right.
my day has been fueled by excedrin and coffee and sugar...yay...lol

Ambien is my friend. I don't have this problem, I get to work at 0530 and usually get done at 1800. I feel great, better living through chemistry.

[ALYKZANDYR]

so true, when ever i know i have something important to do the next day i can never fall asleep, same with having to get up early when not on a schedule of doing, the first few nights of adjusting to a wake up early schedule are a bitch.

[joshh]

ha, reminds me of:




and

It's so wrong....and you feel like you got 10 seconds of sleep as well.

Anticipation? it happened to me last night.

[NKRoberts]

this happens to me every night

[devon.818]

this shit happened to me last night!
took 2 tylenol pm's and still couldnt sleep right.
my day has been fueled by excedrin and coffee and sugar...yay...lol

[aaron325ix]

^haha, so true

[Maluco]

ha, reminds me of:




and