• Fallyn said on Nov 09, 2007....

  blogging here.
  reading
  blogging
  reading
  writing....
  somewhere online.....
  laying awake for two hours before giving up and just getting online again.
  

• crybabylu said on Nov 09, 2007....

  that is exactly what i do.  i come here to SoulCast.

• rupert7 said on Nov 09, 2007....

  silver - I have to run with the consensus  here. Sorry, not much help hey?

• Fallyn said on Nov 09, 2007....

  well, really.....what else is there?

• Fallyn said on Nov 09, 2007....

  oh...speaking of which.....i think i can finally go to sleep now....so goodnight all!!!

• the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 09, 2007....

  Ugh to that wakeup.
  
  I usually have more trouble initially getting to sleep than I do with wakings after that. Maybe I don't wake up because I'm so friggin' exhausted by the time I get to sleep the first time. :-D
  
  Anyway, if I can't sleep, I putter around here and at my other online haunts, mess with photos in Photoshop, and chat with any other unfortunate souls still on AIM at that hour - though the more wonked I am, the less that appeals.
  
  ~Infernal
  

• silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....

  fallyn, dee, rupe: obviously, me too. :>
  
  infernal: uh-oh...you'rea photoshopper? heh...and people wonder why i refuse to post my pic.. :D
  
  ed

• evil_twin said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I usually come here when I can't sleep. But I also check my email and a visit a few other places that I go to. Sometimes I upload pictures to my Flickr account or play with the photo toys they have there, like the Warholizer. And then I always come back here!
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....

  i was kinda half-expecting you to say "i put on my headphones and sing along to the OMWF soundtrack"!
  
  heh...you and nat should learn that dance that xander & anya do. :D
  
  ed

• unassuming said on Nov 09, 2007....

  if it is really bad, I will usually go to the office, shut the door, pop in a movie, and fire up a game on the computer.   Granted the last time that really happened, the S-O discovered me not in the bed about 5 am and I had been up since about 2:30 so I was really on my second movie.

• ubt248 said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I meditate. In bed.
   
  I'll typically view myself as captain of some spaceship - maybe even a helicopter - headed off to war. For some reason, the intense battle sequence going off in my head releases those "chemicals."
   
  My girlfriend counts sheep.
   
  Yeah, sheep . . .

• silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....

  unassuming: oo, been there (SO discovering me not in bed)...my sympathies!
  
  ubt: hey, welcome to my bog and thanks for visiting! that's interesting, action seqeunces tend to relax you? do you spend much time playing video games by any chance? i've tried the sheep-counting thing but the little bastards are always moving so i lose count!
  
  ed

• beyondtheveil said on Nov 09, 2007....

  Ed- If I had insomnia now I'd also probably go on SC, but haven't had much of a problem with it since being here. However, if it strikes me I would split the time in those lonely hours between being on SC and doing what I used to and that is making a pot of coffee and going to the front yard with the dogs.
  
  They loved it when I had insomnia.
  

• evil_twin said on Nov 09, 2007....

  Dude, if I listened to OMWF I'd never get back to sleep! I'd be singing and wanting to dance :-P
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....

  beyond: heh...the cat always wants attention when i'm out here. i feel their pain. :D
  
  kyle: but of course! besides, the music is so cool, esp the medley!
  
  ed

• uniquely-ironic said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I'll usually get up and read or watch TV.  If I blogged I'd never get back to sleep.

• moonriver said on Nov 09, 2007....

  moonriver k'ung fu-tzu say, when i no can sleep, i go get thick encyclopaedia volume, open random page, and read. sometimes i fall asleep again, sometimes i read on until morning. in any case, i benefit.
  
  

• silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....

  u-i: heh...if i'm out of bed, i've already given up on going back to sleep! :>
  
  moon: ah...there's something i hadn't considered...of course, i lack an actual encyclopedia but the concept is sound.
  
  ed

• uniquely-ironic said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I was reading Anna Karinina for awhile, which was the best boring book that put me right to sleep after about 20 minutes.
   

• silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....

  oo, i should try that--translated russian novels never fail to make me sleepy!
  
  crime & punishment, here i come!
  
  ed

• the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 09, 2007....

  ed: I'd never do anything to compromise your picture in any way...*looks innocent* :-D I mostly just tweak the kids' pics, getting lighting adjusted and all, or make web signatures if inspiration strikes. It's addictive!
  
  ~Infernal
  

• skald said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I try not to entertain my self. I do try to relax and I do some relaxing exercises,telling my body that it is relaxed and I think of beautiful places until I sleep. As a youngster I would think up beautiful stories with me in it that made me sleep. No one taught me that. 

• PassionTraveler said on Nov 09, 2007....

  You are all gonna laugh, but if I can't sleep, I've found the ABSOLUTE BEST REMEDY for sleeplessness:
  
  
  Have an ORGASM!
  
  
  Assuming I need a bit more stimulation, I pop in a porn DVD or surf porn online for a short while ; do the deed; and then I'm back to dreamland in no time. If I had a man in my life, I'd pop him in instead. ;)
  
  PT
  

• silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....

  infernal: a likely story... :D
  
  skald: [sigh] i can never seem to manage the right mix of wakefulness/sleepyness to make that work...ah, well. :>
  
  PT: hey, i'm not like most men in that i get sleepy afterwards! :D
  
  well, OK, maybe i am sometimes but i sure don't need to associate a post-orgasmic glow w/ being asleep any more strongly! the mrs would be kinda upset about that! :D
  
  ed

• Fallyn said on Nov 09, 2007....

  ubt......i got the giggles reading your post. sorry.....
  
  pash.....um....*blushing* i do that to...but was too chicken to admit it.
  

• wild-ting said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I do the following but not in any particular order and not each every time I have insomnia:
  - make a cup of hot Malt Ovaltine
  - make a cup of Sweet Dreams or Sleepytime tea (If I take this before I go to bed, I usually stay asleep. I don't always remember).
  - write in my journal
  - re-read sexy notes and masturbate--masturbating and having an orgasm ALWAYS relaxes me and I get back to sleep
  - lying awake for hours thinking of things I have to do or about people
  - get online somewhere else on the Net

• Brunettebmshell said on Nov 09, 2007....

  Sometimes if I really need to get some sleep, I pray. As weird as it sounds. I actually did last night because I wasn't able to sleep. I was tossing and turning, worrying about bills, my car, and certain family members of mine so I couldn't sleep. Plus I'm sick and all stuffed up, which doesn't help all that much either. 
  
  
  It was 1:47 a.m., and I was still laying there. I began to pray for God to help calm my thoughts and heart. It always seems to help and settle me down.
  
  
  If I am just up during the weekend, I definitely play on the internet. I come to SC, get on my email, and sometimes just look up random things that I'm curious about. And umm... I uh.... also play........ Age of Empires III.... But don't tell anyone k?
  
  
  
  
  BB

• MissMimi said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I read here, or actually pick up a book.  Or I play Mahjong on the computer.  It's pretty mindless and usually makes me drowsy.

• skald said on Nov 09, 2007....

  Ed.  I am so sorry. I know this is awful. 

• inspiration2jms said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I have insomnia so this is something I deal with all the time.  I often spend what time I do sleep right here in this rocking chair.  Seriously. 
  
  I will get up and go to work.  It is actually when I do my best writing.   About two hours into it, I am not ready to go to bed but I will suddenly wake up and find that I lost an hour or thirty minutes.  It is one of the reasons that I use a high backed wing rocker instead of an office or desk chair.  It is big, wide and comfy.  I can curl my legs under me, lay my head to one side and I am out for a bit.
  

• CreativeWoman said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I watch t.v.  Most of the time I land on the History Channel or some infomercial.  I usually wake from dreams and can't go back to sleep.
  
  CW
  

• truthsayer said on Nov 09, 2007....

  Hmmm...sounds it would be a good time to work on my great American novel:

  Trout Smacking in America !!!

  Seriously?  I read the Bible (but often I find this stimulating...which can get me wired) or I watch old movies on TV.  Preferably pre-1970.  I can find comfort in both, each in their own way.  But the first thing I always do is check to see if I am supposed to be praying for someone.  (Intercessory prayer and all.  : )  When I am finished praying, I find that I can go instantly back to sleep.

  Interesting post Ed.

  Truth 

• silverwhisper said on Nov 09, 2007....

  w-t: OK, hot beverages i can do! :>
  
  brunette: wow--that's a solution i've never encountered before, praying. not something i'll be doing, but to me, that's rather novel!
  
  mimi: hm...maybe i should start playing minesweeper again... :>
  
  skald: thank you. :>
  
  janet: i envy you that you can write in that state!
  
  CW: hm...watching TV is something i can't do--too loud, small apartment. ah, well...
  
  truth: using that time for devotional reading is an interesting idea that (obviously) wouldn't have occurred to me up until brunette's comment, above. :>
  
  ed

• PassionTraveler said on Nov 09, 2007....

  Fallyn, I knew I liked you!
  
  PT
  

• Yaboyndot said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I just panic and try to find ways to go to sleep. The orgasm thing is usually a last resort because I am already tired and insomnia usually only hits me when I NEED to get some sleep

• TinSoldier said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I hate waking up early (I rarely seem to have trouble falling asleep). In fact, I woke up this morning between 1am and 2:30am but I refused to do what I normally do.
  
  Sometimes I wake up around 3-3:30am and I'll turn on the TV and find something interesting. Sometimes the extra noise helps me go to sleep but more often than not I get into whatever show is on (news, history, PBS, movie, etc.) and it becomes a feedback loop.
  
  Getting out of bed really isn't an option. Like ed said, for me it's a sign of surrender. Plus it is likely to wake up my wife and make her miserable too.
  
  
  

• LadyGamer said on Nov 09, 2007....

  I tend to pop on my pc and pound out some more drivel that will at some point have some poor editor somewhere laying awake at night going "Why do I get all the shit work?"

• Expendable said on Nov 09, 2007....

  Like LG, I go write something. It's fun but can keep me up.
   
  If you don't have an encyclopedia, read a dictionary. Lots of surprises in there.

• tbs230 said on Nov 09, 2007....

  Well, over the summer, when I couldn't sleep, I'd be on SC. Sometimes, I'd just watch TV...the whole night, and maybe read for the whole night.
  
  This happened everyday in the summer, to the point were I got into the habit of putting the turtles outside to bask in the rising sun...they loved it!
  

• polarheart said on Nov 10, 2007....

  Edikins, I've been experiencing this "wake up way before the alarm" syndrome lately too. . .it sucks coz I know I really do need the sleep.  The other morning I started to wake up around 4ish. . .I was so angry I said determindly (in my mind) I am going to lie here absolutely still until I fall back to sleep. . .and it worked!  Thank goodness.  When I just cant still my mind I usually end up coming to SC :-)

• crybabylu said on Nov 10, 2007....

  reading helps too.

• Fallyn said on Nov 10, 2007....

  pash.....wow...um...*blushing* i'm not sure what to say. *giggling*

• quietone said on Nov 10, 2007....

  Wow I didn't realize there were so many of "us" who roam the halls so early in the wee hours!  Because I work 3rd, on the weekends I usually am all messed up lately.  I am up by 1am because I am so tired by 5pm..I take a "nap" that lasts longer than expected.  So I get up, watch a movie, come to SC, do house work...yes house work at 1am.  Then by maybe 5am I can go back for a nap!  I don't mind, cause I like the wee hours...its very quiet.

• Fallyn said on Nov 10, 2007....

  i like the wee hours too......when i have my girls back i'll miss being able to be up this late.......
  
  but no complaints, that will be well worth needing to go to bed earlier!
  

• hotaka said on Nov 10, 2007....

  The last time it happened to me I tried reading Le Petit Prince - in French! But I didn't get sleepy. I figured it would be like studying and put me to sleep right away but instead I was surprised how much I could understand and kept trying to understand the story for an hour. Finally I gave up trying to sleep. Shortly after I was out.

• Fallyn said on Nov 10, 2007....

  sometimes i find that works the best......just give up.....and like an hour later i'm falling asleep
  

• quietone said on Nov 10, 2007....

  I just give up and get up...I think now the world outside is starting to stir..I hear a car and its light outside! 

• silverwhisper said on Nov 11, 2007....

  yaboyndot: heh...i've used it myself, but as i mentioned above, i don't want to develop stronger associations b/n post-orgasm and sleep so i try to avoid it. :>
  
  TS: i find that i have to gauge how deeply the mrs is sleeping before getting out of bed. the sound of her snoring usually helps. :>
  
  LG: don't make me trout-smack you. :>
  
  ex: good point about dictionaries but if i'm drowsy, i don't want that falling on my head!
  
  tbs: ah, i'd forgotten about the turtles somehow! you were getting it every day?!
  
  polar: i've tried willing myself back to sleep. it doesn't usually work well for me but i'm glad it's worked for you. :>
  
  dee: yeah, that it certainly does--if you can risk the light...
  
  quietone: i didn't know how many of us had that problem either! :D
  
  hotaka: perhaps i should dust off an old textbook--that might do the trick... :>
  
  ed

• preacherman said on Nov 11, 2007....

  i don't have trouble sleeping.  My problem is staying awake.

• silverwhisper said on Nov 12, 2007....

  heh...perhaps we should swap for a little while? :D
  
  ed

• wantingmore said on Nov 13, 2007....

  Well folks...I was relieved to see someone admit to masturbating to get to sleep! I was surprised to see that I was halfway down the list 'til I saw it! :-D I thought, oh my, I can't be the only one doing this! Having an orgasm is nature's greatest sleep aid! 4 out of 5 insomniacs agree!!! ;-) .....And, of course, there's always SC...

• wantingmore said on Nov 13, 2007....

  But thanks Pash for being the trailblazer for the rest of us! Honestly, tho, I don't ALWAYS do that! -now I'm blushing!- I will read, or, like many of you, will get on the internet.

• silverwhisper said on Nov 13, 2007....

  wm: :D
  
  ed

• TinSoldier said on Nov 13, 2007....

  Gah! I woke up at 2:50 this morning. That was almost four hours ago now.
  
  I really hate that.

• silverwhisper said on Nov 13, 2007....

  please tell me you went back to sleep after that and are just now getting up?
  
  ed

• TinSoldier said on Nov 13, 2007....

  Nope. Flipped on the TV for about two and a half hours then got up and did my normal morning routine. I'm at work now and should really get started.

• silverwhisper said on Nov 13, 2007....

  ugh...my sympathies, TS.
  
  ed

• depressed said on Nov 15, 2007....

  I play a really silly word game using the alphabet, names (boys and girls), locations, and items. Sound complicated?  Not really.  Here's an example:

  A) "Anna and Aaron live in Australia and sell Apples"
  B) "Brittany and Bob live in Boston and sell brown baby buggy bumpers"
  C) "Carol and Carlos live in California and sell crazy cartoon books" 

  D, E, F, etc.

  I think up the names really fast--whatever comes to mind. I rarely get through the alphabet, but I can get frustrated trying to come up with words for some of the vowels.

  If all else fails, I also masturbate.  But not while playing the alphabet game!

• wantingmore said on Nov 15, 2007....

  Well...ya know, depressed...that could be quite interesting. Just think of the erotic alliteration that could take place! Oh...imagine the possibilities!

• Fallyn said on Nov 15, 2007....

  depressed, my mom does that.

• PassionTraveler said on Nov 15, 2007....

  [Is honored to be the orgasmic trail blazer here. Bows, to all fellow masturbaters now sound asleep in the insomniac ward.]
  
  PT
  

• silverwhisper said on Nov 16, 2007....

  depressed: my wife does the alphabet game thing. and i like wm's idea there. :D
  
  fallyn: you were referring to the alphabet game, right?! i mean, cuz otherwise that's some very serious TMI ground!
  
  PT: heh...well done! :D
  
  ed

• Fallyn said on Nov 16, 2007....

  YES the alphabet game.
  
  EWWWWE.
  
  though i did walk in on them once as a teen......*STILL trying to get THAT image out of my head*
  
  awwww pash...that's cute. *grin*
  
  

• silverwhisper said on Nov 16, 2007....

  :D

• Fallyn said on Nov 16, 2007....

  *grin*  *still shuddering*
  

• silverwhisper said on Nov 16, 2007....

  well... :>
  
  ed

• depressed said on Nov 16, 2007....

  Wantingmore, I hadn't thought about that.  GREAT IDEA!

• wantingmore said on Nov 16, 2007....

  I think I may have to try it!

• silverwhisper said on Nov 17, 2007....

  wm: i thought you were attesting to its effectiveness on the basis of research! :D
  
  ed

• lovetyrst said on Nov 20, 2007....

  i lay in bed & daydream

• silverwhisper said on Nov 21, 2007....

  welcome to my blog, lovetryst and thank you for visiting!
  
  i'll confess, that doesn't sound like it would help you get back to sleep. ?
  
  ed

• kevilars said on Jul 21, 2008....

  My insomnia gives me a million excuses of things to do at night. Of course the best things happen if my girlfriend is there for the night and after "activity" I will be physically tired, plus sex releases a natural tranquilizer into your body... so that's a big plus. I've found tons of random facebook games, and other internet stuff, and then I've also started my own insomnia blog that you can see here, http://anatomyofinsomnia.blogspot.com/

• silverwhisper said on Jul 21, 2008....

  honestly, i'm finding that orgasm of some kind works pretty well for me at inducing sleep--but that's hardly a response i want to nourish, you know? :>
  
  welcome to my blog, kevilars. :>
  
  ed

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