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- CannedMango, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8714. Wait for a WordPress article to load
- shaun3000, on 10/10/2007, -3/+48That anything like masturbation?
- gl77, on 03/31/2008, -0/+45pretty funny that someone in the comments added "masturbation" before "sex" but then again, this is digg.
- Milkey, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3915. Drinking scotch while masturbating.
- Travisty2012, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4313. Masterbation
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24Most of these "unconventional" tips are the CONVENTIONAL tips.
- kaffein, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Sweet dreams web server.
- Travisty2012, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22A common mispelling of "masturbation" used by retarded twelve year olds who are neglected by their parents and listen to Linkin' Park. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=masterbation
- mucnix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+181. Stay off digg past midnight...
- thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1613.) Not do anything you'll feel guilty about later.
- ilkeryoldas, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18unconventional is the new conventional
- 89vision, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1512. Bottle of scotch
- Samsong, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12http://www.duggmirror.com
Nope...
No Google cache...
No Archive...
I give. Guess I won't sleep tonight... - frozenyoghurt, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1322 was 1 race horse and 11 was one 2! 11 1 1 race and 22 1 1 2!!
- rheaume, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1718. Roll a fatty
- TalkingBanana, on 10/10/2007, -6/+16Melatonin
- Sube6491, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Mirror? I'm getting a Wordpress error.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10off the bed so there's room for you to sleep?
- DrakeGTA, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Or doing something you'll feel guilty about later until you are both exhausted.
- montiff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8This blows, how am I suppose to fall asleep now ?
- nipterink, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9well no one gets mad when you fall asleep while masturbating.
- Matt2k, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9No. It's totally wide open now. YOU CRACKED THE CODE!!!
- Vodka2389, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9OK, now I digg you down.
- donkeyshow, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9eh, im sticking with ambien.
- kaffein, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1117. Little n, Little y, BIG ***** Q.
- eatsleeptrumpet, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8play railroad tycoon 2...
- aknightwhosezni, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7none of the mirrors seem to have caught it.
- ipodman715, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Coralcache finally got it: http://blog.spine-health.com.nyud.net:8080/index.php/archive/11-unconventional-sleep-tips-how-to-get-to-sleep-and-stay-asleep/
Text also, just in case.
I have a lifelong difficulty with falling asleep at night and then – even more problematic — staying asleep. I don’t have a medical cause for insomnia or any sleep disorders, just a brain that likes to go into overdrive when my body finally has a chance to lie down and rest.
I’ve looked to the Internet for sleep advice, but I’ve mainly just found lists with sleep tips so obvious it’s painful — like “avoid coffee in the evening” and “make your room dark”. It’s taken me a bit of trial and error, but finally I’ve found a number of things that really do work in helping me get to sleep and stay asleep long enough to get enough deep restorative sleep to wake up feel rested and refreshed in the morning. For me, the following has worked well. I call these sleep tips unconventional because I haven’t seen them in the typical sources — in fact, I often see the just the opposite recommended.
Nap every day
Contrary to most sources that say avoid napping during the day in order to sleep better at night, I believe it is a good idea to nap every day. But it is vital to stick to three rules – nap regularly, keep it short, and make it in the early afternoon: 1) By napping at the same time every day, your body will start to regulate itself to want to nap at that time and it will become easier to fall asleep quickly; 2) Keep it short – only nap for about 20 minutes. This length of time, which is called a power nap, is just enough to make you feel refreshed and mentally more alert but doesn’t allow you to go into a deep sleep (which would interfere with falling asleep at night), and; 3) Make sure to nap in the early afternoon – preferably about 20 to 30 minutes after lunch, which is when your body is naturally inclined to feel sleepy, and early enough in the day to not interfere with falling asleep at night.
Avoid taking a hot bath right before bed
There is lots of advice that says take a hot bath right before bed to relax yourself, but since the body needs to lower its temperature in order to fall asleep a hot bath will actually keep you up. If you find a hot bath very relaxing, enjoy it about 2 hours before your bedtime so that your body has enough time to cool down.
Make your room cold
Similar to the point above, your body needs to cool down in order to fall asleep and stay asleep, so do what you can to make your room cool.For me, a cool bedroom has the added benefit of nestling into a heavy comforter, and I find the heavy warmth on top of me very soothing.
Exercise intensely
Don’t just “exercise”, but do so intensely, to the point of feeling physical exhaustion. At the end of the day, this is probably the single best thing for helping induce deep, restorative sleep. When I say “intensely”, I mean intense relative to your capability. For some this may mean running 5 miles, for others it may mean a brisk 20 minute walk that elevates the heart rate. Physical tiredness is absolutely essential to getting a good night’s sleep.
Limit to one glass of wine
This seems to be especially true with red wine. Drinking more than one glass of red wine is a sure-fire way to interrupt your sleep during the night and make it difficult to get back to sleep, especially (although I don’ t know why this is) if you’re over 30.
Expose yourself to bright light/sunlight soon after waking up in the morning
When you wake up, don’t lounge around in bed. Don’t even stay inside. If possible, get out in the morning sun soon after getting up. The bright sunlight (or any bright light) tells your body’s natural biological clock that its time to wake up, and that same clock will then be set to tell your body its time to go to sleep about 14 to 16 hours hours later.
Don’t watch TV
Avoid watching TV (or looking at a computer screen) at least 30 minutes before you go to bed. Many sources of sleep advice say to watch TV or do something similar like surfing the Internet to wind down before bed, but I think this is bad advice. Watching TV and going online are both mentally and visually stimulating. It may feel physically restful, but these activities stimulate the brain instead of helping the brain wind down enough to fall into sleep.
Block out noise
White noise is restful, and even more importantly, it means that I won’t be woken up with every little thump that the house makes. A fan is ideal because it does double duty of providing consistent soft background noise as well as keeping my room cool. White noise machines are also available. I got one from Radio Shack for about $20 that allows you to pick from sounds such as rain, babbling brook, and or a train (no whistles, just the wheels on the track).
Find a bedtime ritual that works for you
Warm milk? Yech. A cup of herbal tea? No thank you. These are commonly advised to help you rest and fall asleep. I say find the routine that works for you - whatever it is - and do it every night. For me, it’s the simple act of shutting the house down. Turning off all the lights, picking up stray toys, reviewing the schedule for the next day, planning breakfast for the morning rush, and locking each door. Feeling organized about the house helps me feel less anxious. This simple routine tells my body that its time to close down for the day, and it really does help. Find what helps you feel less anxious at the end of the day and incorporate into a nightly ritual.
Do what it takes to manage stress in your life
At some points in our lives we are burdened by a great deal of stress. It may be chronic pain or other health condition, a family or work situation, financial stress, or all combined. And the stressful situation may well be unavoidable. But do what you can to take some control over the stress. There are so many ways to do this — I encourage you to try some and just keep trying until you find what works for you. Simple meditation works best for me. It forces my mind to focus on something, thereby freeing up all the clutter to float to the surface, be recognized, and be gone. For others it is guided imagery, either with the help of a professional or with CD’s, regular massage, yoga or tai chi, calming music, or a therapeutic run or bike ride after work. We all have different preferences — try one that sounds appealing, but if you find it difficult to stick with it, then try a different one.
Keep pen and notebook next to your bed
Often when I’m lying in bed, or even while I’m sleeping, I’ll think of a new idea for work. Or I’ll remember something important that I forgot to do during the day. Rather than try to remember it, which causes anxiety (which is stimulating) I write it down so it exists on paper and doesn’t have to stay in my head. And if I keep a notebook for these things right next to my bed I find I’m more likely to write it down.
For those who are curious, I have tried sleep medications, biofeedback, and many other sleep aids as well, but the above combination has worked the best. I think the bottom line is to re-condition yourself to positively associate the process of going to bed with sleep, which ultimately is an act of letting go — and to get your brain to stop stressing.
The preceding tips worked perfectly for me and I hope will give you at least some ideas of what will work for you, too. What do you think ? Do you have a tip that didn’t make my list? Let us know in the comments.
Sweet Dreams! - Matt2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Invade a country??
- Rocketbird, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1016. Drinking scotch while masturbating to comments on digg
- hrtattx, on 10/10/2007, -4/+912) get a new server
- Vodka2389, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Those aren't unconventional enough!
- Godlesswanderer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Mirror anyone? duggmirror didn't catch it, neither did Google or Coral.
- praveenmarkandu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5someone should come up with "11 Unconventional Wordpress Tips: How to Get Wordpress to handle Digg and Stay Up"
- Jdban, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5 * Nap every day
Contrary to most sources that say avoid napping during the day in order to sleep better at night, I believe it is a good idea to nap every day. But it is vital to stick to three rules – nap regularly, keep it short, and make it in the early afternoon: 1) By napping at the same time every day, your body will start to regulate itself to want to nap at that time and it will become easier to fall asleep quickly; 2) Keep it short – only nap for about 20 minutes. This length of time, which is called a power nap, is just enough to make you feel refreshed and mentally more alert but doesn’t allow you to go into a deep sleep (which would interfere with falling asleep at night), and; 3) Make sure to nap in the early afternoon – preferably about 20 to 30 minutes after lunch, which is when your body is naturally inclined to feel sleepy, and early enough in the day to not interfere with falling asleep at night.
* Avoid taking a hot bath right before bed
There is lots of advice that says take a hot bath right before bed to relax yourself, but since the body needs to lower its temperature in order to fall asleep a hot bath will actually keep you up. If you find a hot bath very relaxing, enjoy it about 2 hours before your bedtime so that your body has enough time to cool down.
* Make your room cold
Similar to the point above, your body needs to cool down in order to fall asleep and stay asleep, so do what you can to make your room cool.For me, a cool bedroom has the added benefit of nestling into a heavy comforter, and I find the heavy warmth on top of me very soothing.
* Exercise intensely
Don’t just “exercise”, but do so intensely, to the point of feeling physical exhaustion. At the end of the day, this is probably the single best thing for helping induce deep, restorative sleep. When I say “intensely”, I mean intense relative to your capability. For some this may mean running 5 miles, for others it may mean a brisk 20 minute walk that elevates the heart rate. Physical tiredness is absolutely essential to getting a good night’s sleep.
* Limit to one glass of wine
This seems to be especially true with red wine. Drinking more than one glass of red wine is a sure-fire way to interrupt your sleep during the night and make it difficult to get back to sleep, especially (although I don’ t know why this is) if you’re over 30.
* Expose yourself to bright light/sunlight soon after waking up in the morning
When you wake up, don’t lounge around in bed. Don’t even stay inside. If possible, get out in the morning sun soon after getting up. The bright sunlight (or any bright light) tells your body’s natural biological clock that its time to wake up, and that same clock will then be set to tell your body its time to go to sleep about 14 to 16 hours hours later.
* Don’t watch TV
Avoid watching TV (or looking at a computer screen) at least 30 minutes before you go to bed. Many sources of sleep advice say to watch TV or do something similar like surfing the Internet to wind down before bed, but I think this is bad advice. Watching TV and going online are both mentally and visually stimulating. It may feel physically restful, but these activities stimulate the brain instead of helping the brain wind down enough to fall into sleep.
* Block out noise
White noise is restful, and even more importantly, it means that I won’t be woken up with every little thump that the house makes. A fan is ideal because it does double duty of providing consistent soft background noise as well as keeping my room cool. White noise machines are also available. I got one from Radio Shack for about $20 that allows you to pick from sounds such as rain, babbling brook, and or a train (no whistles, just the wheels on the track).
* Find a bedtime ritual that works for you
Warm milk? Yech. A cup of herbal tea? No thank you. These are commonly advised to help you rest and fall asleep. I say find the routine that works for you - whatever it is - and do it every night. For me, it’s the simple act of shutting the house down. Turning off all the lights, picking up stray toys, reviewing the schedule for the next day, planning breakfast for the morning rush, and locking each door. Feeling organized about the house helps me feel less anxious. This simple routine tells my body that its time to close down for the day, and it really does help. Find what helps you feel less anxious at the end of the day and incorporate into a nightly ritual.
* Do what it takes to manage stress in your life
At some points in our lives we are burdened by a great deal of stress. It may be chronic pain or other health condition, a family or work situation, financial stress, or all combined. And the stressful situation may well be unavoidable. But do what you can to take some control over the stress. There are so many ways to do this — I encourage you to try some and just keep trying until you find what works for you. Simple meditation works best for me. It forces my mind to focus on something, thereby freeing up all the clutter to float to the surface, be recognized, and be gone. For others it is guided imagery, either with the help of a professional or with CD’s, regular massage, yoga or tai chi, calming music, or a therapeutic run or bike ride after work. We all have different preferences — try one that sounds appealing, but if you find it difficult to stick with it, then try a different one.
* Keep pen and notebook next to your bed
Often when I’m lying in bed, or even while I’m sleeping, I’ll think of a new idea for work. Or I’ll remember something important that I forgot to do during the day. Rather than try to remember it, which causes anxiety (which is stimulating) I write it down so it exists on paper and doesn’t have to stay in my head. And if I keep a notebook for these things right next to my bed I find I’m more likely to write it down. - puddi, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7WORDPRESS WORDPRESS WORDPRESS WORDPRESS
- ThatGeek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5yeah, wordpress errors really help me get to sleep
- osclinear, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4damn i need those tips!
- GirSaysDoom13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Thanks Oprah.
- clickwir, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Would it kill someone to just copy and paste when it's a text only article? We only need links to pics, videos or downloads.
- SOhp101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Trying to exercise right before you go to sleep will keep you awake.
- sagery, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4taking ambien and playing animal crossing at the same time will make you think you are banging the raccoon store manager. GOD I MISS THAT STUFF!
- Rocketbird, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4That stuff only works for a short while. I slept great for about 3 nights but after the third, it didn't help at all.
- Battleloser, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Honestly, this is one of the best ways to fall asleep. I purposely keep a small stash of really bad weed so I can smoke it and crash quickly if I need a good nights sleep.
- s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Who do you think has been posting all the complaints about ron paul supporters?
- Matt2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The Q is talking to me!
- dasunst3r, on 10/10/2007, -2/+412. Learn how to enable caching so that your server doesn't crash when it gets dugg.
- photoguy416, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Shhh.. Don't tell him, he just hacked the Gibson
- pinkcherry, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2#12 giving your husband/boyfriend a nice bj before bed... works every time ;)
- Smuikas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21 tip:
add caching -
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