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16 Tips For Getting Good Sleep

huffingtonpost.com — There's a lot of advice out there about getting good sleep -- it's VERY important. We quickly adjust to being sleep-deprived, and don't notice that we aren't functioning at a normal level, but lack of sleep really affects us. If you're feeling blue or listless, try going to sleep thirty minutes earlier for a week. It can really help.

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  • inactive, on 05/17/2008, -46/+284Best tip: Smoke a bowl. :)
  • inactive, on 05/17/2008, -3/+149Have sex.
  • chrisbosh123, on 05/17/2008, -3/+13517. masturbate furiously
  • Wilsontristan, on 05/17/2008, -2/+133"Slather yourself in body lotion"? That doesn't really sound comfortable to me. Sticking to the sheets and such...
  • vMsam, on 05/17/2008, -2/+91i personally just masturbate and i fall asleep like a baby within minutes.
  • grimward, on 05/17/2008, -1/+79And if you don't have that option, have a wank!
  • fuzed, on 05/17/2008, -2/+68Turn the TV off an hour before you want to sleep and read a book instead.
  • dillhole, on 05/17/2008, -1/+64"10. If your feet are cold, put on socks."

    No *****. Who's digging this crap?
  • BrendanSheehan, on 05/17/2008, -2/+6317. Stay away from digg
  • jcorn1, on 05/17/2008, -3/+62I have seen the effects of sleep deprivation when it comes to school. Losing even 1/2 hour of sleep can really mess up a student's school performance. At one college I know, kids were selling ADD drugs to other kids who wanted to stay awake during exam week. It worked, too.
  • Snakedal337, on 05/17/2008, -6/+58From their comments:

    "The guilt that I would feel about leaving six devices plugged in, pulling electric power and increasing your carbon footprint, would affect my sleep......"

    Guess i'll pick up your slack, I have my stereo, PC, Laptop, and PS3 (F@H) running all night most nights =)
  • plup, on 05/17/2008, -0/+47He means masturbation, right? Right? Right?
  • gpcprog, on 05/17/2008, -4/+46Meh, when sleep doesn't come just run:
    while(!asleep())
    sheep++;
  • glinsvad, on 05/17/2008, -1/+39Best tip: Ask her how her day went
  • wilhoitm, on 05/17/2008, -2/+38OGC
  • gryphon50, on 05/17/2008, -0/+36never, ever have children.
  • staffell, on 05/17/2008, -1/+29They missed out having a healthy diet.
  • nascentia, on 05/17/2008, -1/+27This usually ends with me getting LESS sleep...I love to read, and keep doing the "One more chapter, THEN I'll sleep" bit. And next thing I know, the sun is up and I've finished the book.
  • dominikkom, on 05/17/2008, -0/+26The key is falling asleep during the burnout. You'll wake up feeling like a champ
  • ab498, on 05/17/2008, -1/+25I guess playing Call of Duty 4 until 4am isn't included on this list....
  • RMoore08, on 05/17/2008, -1/+259. Slather yourself with body lotion. This feels good and also, if you're having trouble sleeping because you're hot, it cools you down.

    Can this be done by someone else?
  • ry4nsm1th, on 05/17/2008, -0/+21And have my brain stuck in an infinite loop of sheep counting during the day time? I don't think so.
  • crapmatic, on 05/17/2008, -4/+2517. Ask the hooker politely to turn out your lights on her way out.
  • kakwakas, on 05/17/2008, -1/+21I think the lotion is for... Something else that helps you sleep.
  • maelnum, on 05/17/2008, -2/+21wink wink nudge nudge
    /captain obvious arriving in 3...2...1...
  • AlwaysAwake, on 05/17/2008, -7/+25The causes of sleep deprivation can be many, and varied. Sleep apnea needs medical attention, treatment, and is much more common than most people realize. But, far and away the biggest single cause I have observed within myself, and others with whom I have shared about this problem, is addiction to the Thinker/Feeler/Self. Bedtime is NOT the time to review my life, and "figure out what is going on, and what to do about it". That kind of activity in the mind, often called racing thoughts, is a symptom of Thinker/Feeler/Self Addiction. So, if I pay complete, non-judgmental attention to my mind, with no intention to stop it, I see that when I lay down after a day of trying to "get ahead" in the stream of ruthlessly efficient activities we accuse of being "life", that is precisely what my conditioned mind wants to do. Figure "it" all out, adding more stress, to what has already been an impossibly stressful day of "struggling" and/or "enduring".in wasteful mental activities of the futile "pursuit of happiness". Something we have been conditioned to "do" since early childhood. It is only in clearly observing that conditioned mind; the train of thought/feelings, always moving mentally from the past, into the present, and then the future; the structure of it; the falseness of it. that it effortlessly withers away. Then both waking hours, and sleeping hours are no problem. "Happiness" is not a project; an ambition; something or someone to "become" in the future. "Happiness" is being Now, choicelessly aware; "happy" for no reason at all.
  • mal1964, on 05/17/2008, -1/+19Thats why it works.
  • Typhoon2009, on 05/17/2008, -0/+17Get to bed earlier. Chances are you're staying up later than you have to. I know I've been staying up late this past week for no real reason. Going to bed at 12AM when you have to get up at 630AM isn't good... because then you hit the snooze button a few times and before you know it it's 7AM and you still haven't showered.
  • palmdalian, on 05/17/2008, -2/+18I think you mean Pamela Handerson
  • grimward, on 05/17/2008, -0/+16I can personally attest to the fact that chilling your bedroom makes you more sleepy. As my computer is located near my bedroom, I open up the windows an hour before bed, that way I gradually get more and more chilly until I reach a threshhold where I get sleepy. Works like a charm :)
  • mal1964, on 05/17/2008, -3/+17AHH, You're still waiting for grass to grow in the front yard
  • Whadabala, on 05/17/2008, -0/+13Have what?
  • ajadoniz, on 05/17/2008, -0/+12what about a movie based on a book?
  • fuzed, on 05/17/2008, -6/+18I would somewhat agree, but when I do that, I wake up super groggy the next morning.
  • shawnanigans, on 05/17/2008, -0/+12Have sex, then you sleep like a dirty baby.
  • inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+11Some strains make you stoned and some make you very awake and aware. Its more of a head high. Sativa VS Indica
  • ACwriter, on 05/17/2008, -4/+15One has to understand why milk works or why it doesn't to get the most benefit. Milk and banana with L-Tryptophan is more likely to cross the blood brain barrier. Your diet throughout the day can also limit effects, with competing amino acids. Drinking Green Tea and such in the day helps. Melatonin works great IF you're deficient in it...with few side effects. Also when a cow is milked and processing affects the levels...I'm curious about melatonin enhanced milk myself.
  • inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+10Yeah just don't go to sleep high.

    And ginko biloba will fix the mental fog.
  • Typhoon2009, on 05/17/2008, -1/+10Does wanking fall under the 'feeler' category?
  • unpolloloco, on 05/17/2008, -0/+9I do that and i'm not on ADD drugs!
  • Wilsontristan, on 05/17/2008, -3/+12Wait, what?
  • brux, on 05/18/2008, -0/+9...but then you have a hard time sleeping from having sweat balls.
  • BrendanSheehan, on 05/17/2008, -1/+10You need more than that.
  • kyle212, on 05/17/2008, -0/+9This is Digg course we dont have that option!
  • buffyangel108, on 05/17/2008, -2/+1017. Get married
  • mal1964, on 05/17/2008, -0/+8You do pass out and it seems like a solid night sleep but alcohol consumed within an hour of bedtime appears to disrupt the second half of the sleep period. The subject may sleep fitfully during the second half of sleep, awakening from dreams and returning to sleep with difficulty. With continued consumption just before bedtime, alcohol's sleep-inducing effect may decrease, while its disruptive effects continue or increase. This sleep disruption may lead to daytime fatigue and sleepiness.
    http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa41.htm
  • richardhammond, on 05/17/2008, -0/+8As somebody who has ADD, those drugs saved my life. The problem now for me is I can't have a normal sleep schedule. I want to go to bed at 4 am and wake up at 1 pm. Don't know why but thats what my body likes to do. So during the week I get no sleep at all and on the weekends I am a zombie.
  • xtinamo, on 05/17/2008, -1/+8I've found that poppy tea works better than just smoking alone. The wake up is quite pleasant as well.
  • dominikkom, on 05/17/2008, -2/+9Depending on where your getting your poppy seeds/pods and how their harvested you could be ingesting morphine, codeine, and papaverine

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy_tea
  • inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+7Um...I know, that's why I drink it.
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