Usually it takes me about 10 minutes to fall asleep. For the first minute I adjust myself to a comfortable position and then after that I try for a few minutes to fall asleep and then I do easily.

PacmanandMariofan : How do you "Will" yourself to fall asleep? Every time I try doing that it just keeps me up longer!

Zephyr : I close my eyes and wait to fall asleep.

I lay down in bed and play games and such on my phone. Eventually my eyes will get really heavy. I will put down my phone and go to sleep.

Yeah believe me I am an insomniac as well, it takes me forever to actually fall asleep, but with school back in my schedule, I am starting to get back in the swing of going to bed earlier. I stay up sometimes and listen to my music, play a game on my ds or post on vizzed late in the night because I just can seem to fall asleep. I also sometimes get broken up sleep which sucks. I am tired from a long day of school and I will take a nap for an hour or so. Some nights I sleep well and get 10 hours of sleep or more and other nights I barely get any sleep at all and I wake up tired and go on the day with little too no energy and I have to will myself to be awake during class so I won't miss information. So yeah it is hard for me to fall asleep.

I have been insomniac all last summer I couldn't get a wink of sleep until I figured out how to when I had to go to sleep earlier for school I just close my eyes for a long amount of time and eventually I had fallen asleep.

You shouldn't have to will yourself to fall asleep. It's a natural daily cycle that - normally - should automatically just happen, without you having to think about it. Insomnia is a disorder where your brain and body are somehow not working correctly when it comes to this natural cycle of falling asleep and staying asleep.

It's not your fault. That being said, you can't really ask us for advice, because we cannot help you treat this disorder. If your quality of life is being affected by how little sleep you are getting, you should definitely see a doctor.

Personally, I sometimes have issues falling asleep quickly as I would like, but it's for measurable reasons. One thing that prevents me from going to sleep is using the computer right before trying to go to bed, because it makes my mind too active. Looking at light sources, studying, working or watching films directly before going to bed can sabotage you, because it takes awhile for your mind to "calm down" afterwards. I find that meditating, reading a book (not using light that's too bright), listening to relaxing audio, eating something warm, or simply turning most of the lights off in my house, helps my mind and body wind down before bedtime.

I usually try to sleep just by laying in bed and daydream with my eyes close. Sometimes I drift to sleep in a few and other times, it takes a while. Sometimes I listen to my mp3 or use my tablet when I can't sleep right away.

I usually get to sleep pretty fast, and sleep pretty well after I do. I used to have a lot of trouble sleeping, it would take me hours to get to sleep, but I'm doing better with that now. I don't get enough sleep though, I go to sleep too late.

I get to sleep after listening to the radio for an hour and then it takes me about half an hour to finally fall asleep. I like to sleep because the time flys!

I basically just lay down in my bed and play games or watch videos until it is late or i get tired. Then i just lay on my side and sleep.

I never got any sleep in my school days. It got to such a point to where at one point I just laid in my bed the whole day trying to sleep. Even now, I can barely sleep that well. I have tried countless times to improve my sleeping habits. I spend most of my time on the computer so I use F.Lux, a program that adjust to the time of day from cooler to warmer colors. Its easy on the eyes but doesn't help me. That is just one example but either way I never got any sleep. But now this may sound a bit cheesy, but the thought of my wife with me kind of calms me and helps me sleep. So now I get about 4-6 hours.

I normally force myself to sleep by shutting my eyes and putting pleasing images in my mind ( not too pleasing ) . I get sleepy afterwards and doze off

It may vary from person to person. There are times when I get to the point of when I can't sleep, one way is to do some work during your awake hours so that way it will make your body physically tired and wanting to get some sleep.

I have a lot of sleeping problems... due to my sleeping disorder.. usually I stay up for hours and if I can't find something to do.. I end up listening to songs or playing games for an hour or 2 until I actually feel like resting.. it sucks.. I can't give you any advice because I am out of advice for myself.. I hope you can start sleeping better someday.. I also take meds but it takes somewhat a while to work at times.. an sometimes it doesn't work at all.





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I usually sleep too much once I get started. I don't normally drink any caffeinated drinks at night and my only problem would be using the computer right before going to bed. I usually exercise on the treadmill or do a few core exercises before bed and a hot shower helps to clear my mind. I fall asleep pretty readily after that.