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[–] jesterraiin@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I curse Death that she didn't take me peacefully during the day.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to go out peacefully in my sleep like my dad and not screaming like the passengers in his car

[–] jesterraiin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bingbong@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one here has said “masturbate” yet and I am highly suspicious.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I came here specifically to say jerk off. It's also what I do first thing when I wake up. I like to play that game where you try and cum before passing out.

[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Masturbating before sleep gives me a bad night, but sex before sleep gives me a great sleep quality.

I don't know why.

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[–] havokdj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The birds are singing,

The flowers are blooming,

My dick is throbbing,

I've been away for a whole 20 seconds and I haven't coomed yet!

[–] Brazzburry@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Force myself to stop thinking in words and start thinking in pictures. Otherwise I'll never actually get to sleep.

[–] Nfntordr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I like to come up with stories like movies in my head. I'm out within 5mins unless I come up with something I particularly like, then I'm trying to keep myself up so I can keep watching.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Is there an aphantasia community yet?

[–] cabbagee@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I sometimes let my mind go on a fantasia-esque dream journey. I always start with the same imagery, and then try to coax my subconscious into taking the reins. It's like tricking your mind into the REM state.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spoon my wife until she gets too hot and taps my leg so I roll over whilst listening to some trashy young adult fantasy audiobook.

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[–] to55@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago

Pretend to be asleep

[–] StewartGilligan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I perform a highly sophisticated ritual known as "struggling to find the most comfortable position", only to wake up later feeling like I went ten rounds with a mattress." It's real art, ya know.

[–] TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I see you, too, are a master of the midnight monster fights. And it's not that my bed or pillow are bad or uncomfortable either. It's painfully infuriating.

[–] Kefass@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] daveywaveyboy@feddit.ch 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Turn the other way

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago

I usually read myself to sleep, given the opportunity.

[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

Double check any alarms.

Scroll lemmy until my phone falls off my unconscious hands.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Take my glasses off. I'm the kind of person that needs to watch something to fall asleep to. So I usually roll over, take my glasses off, and then just listen till I fall asleep.

[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Pet the cat.

[–] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Watch videos on the orange and black website.

[–] MakeItCount@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] sadbehr@lemmy.nz 16 points 1 year ago

I mean gestures vaguely at everything

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Recently I've been doing a sudoku on my phone with AMOLED Black backgrounds and it's actually been great for getting to sleep

I use Open Soduko from F-Droid

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago
[–] baruchin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I play this video on YouTube, and program the sleep function on my TV.

[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nice, there was a time when I always play rain sounds while asleep, it gave me good quality sleep, but my wife made me stop, apparently it has the opposite effect on her.

And also, apparently some playlist have thunder in them. I wasn't aware because I was very deeply asleep.

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[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Turn on a video on my phone to distract my thoughts then lie on my stomach

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Close my eyes.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Brush my teeth.

[–] yenahmik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Roll onto my stomach.

[–] H4mi@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Put in the R airpod and start a random SEA video on Youtube (Friendly+ app) on 0.75x speed, adjusting the volume to just barely drowning out the tinnitus. Gets me to sleep within 5 minutes every night.

Close my eyes

[–] FrostbyteIX@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Crank one out then lights out.

Surprised that no one mentioned ASMR. Listen to it almost every night and it helps with falling asleep quicker a lot.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I have a playlist that I listen to every night. I hit shuffle then I usually pick out 10 or 15 minutes of songs and drag them to the top of the shuffled list.

[–] PrimarilyPrimate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pat the dog and tell him what a good boy he is.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Last thing I consciously do is listen to a YouTube channel that one's fun at whatever shenanigans the right is up to, and when I realize I'm getting too sleepy to pay attention, I pause it and let the thunderstorm noise I almost always have playing as part of my Assistant bedtime routine finish it off.

Sometimes I change it up for some crickets, or white noise.

[–] Artard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I usually hit the sack, then go to bed.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Say 'oof' as the youngest cat stomps across me to cuddle with my wife.

[–] leah@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Snuggle with my cat, make sure he's comfy and isn't in a spot where I'll trap him under the covers or something by rolling over.

[–] Jordan117@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Set alarms on my iPhone and iPad, plug them in to charge, and swap my glasses for a sleep mask. (It's crazy how much wearing one improved my sleep)

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