What do you do when you can't sleep?

Cynistera 2014-05-30 12:03:23 UTC #1

I play vidja games, paint my toenails, clean random things, wander aimlessly from one room to another, drink soda, watch anime, read comics.. blahblahblah. I've currently been deciding if I should construct a new origami something, build/scupt something out of sticky tack or something else. I want to do something I will find fun or enjoy. I spend so many nights unable to sleep that it affects my psyche.

Someone else remind me that not sleeping is okay/not that bad? :3 What do you do when you can't sleep?

davidloveii5 2014-05-30 14:09:48 UTC #2

Haha well it's hard to do anything with my grandmother sleeping in the same room but If I could I would be playing games, drawing, or try watching some youtube/ twitch videos hah.

Jinglestan 2014-05-30 14:39:14 UTC #3

When I can't sleep its normally always due to the fact I'm SO INSPIRED my brain wont shut off. So I'm either writing or drawing.
and on occasion I'm not asleep because I'm addicted to a videogame......... They're just too fun, man. can't put them down just because its 4 in the morning...!

alexissugden 2014-05-30 15:15:42 UTC #4

I lie there in the dark, pretending to be asleep.

jeremyscottnich 2014-05-30 22:44:53 UTC #5

Drink. Alcohol beats insomnia every time.

fatfreesugar 2014-05-31 00:46:59 UTC #6

If you're serious about falling asleep, all you have to do is start reading the most boring book possible. Otherwise, play DS until I pass out and hope that you save right b4 so that you don't lose all your data once it runs out of power.

animefangirl110 2014-05-31 06:20:02 UTC #7

I think a lot. It's like my mind goes in overdrive and I can't stop thinking about all these things. Sometimes it's very serious and personal issues and other times it's a story unfolding in my mind. As much as I hate not being able to fall asleep sometimes, it sure does help me come up with the weirdest stories

Cynistera 2014-06-04 05:44:45 UTC #8

Yay! Responses! I'm not so alone! :3

I've never been much of a 2d artist. I should write more often but the difficulty of rendering the images, scenes, interactions and characters in my head baffles me: WHERE THE EFF DO I START IN THE ARTWORK?!? So I stick to my silly stories and dreams.

I birthed a new journal tonight- built for catching dreams, hopes and anything I could never physically say.

Cynistera 2014-06-04 05:54:19 UTC #9

Pretending is trying is failing to sleep. I do this too sometimes and often it leaves me much more exhausted than I was previously. Sucks eh?

Cynistera 2014-06-04 05:56:06 UTC #10

I like the DS aspect of your approach but is that the only thing you do when you're unable to fall asleep? This is coming from someone who beats new 3DS games over night trying to fight boredom.

Cynistera 2014-06-04 05:57:19 UTC #11

The reasons you list are reasons that keep me awake and unable to sleep at all. Those nightmares just don't know when to quit,

animefangirl110 2014-06-04 06:23:31 UTC #12

Same. I've had nights where the things I fear have kept me up for hours. I do agree; they don't know when to stop. They can be unbearable at the worst of times and haunt us when our mind wonders off.

alexissugden 2014-06-04 07:04:56 UTC #13

I like to think it leaves me feeling rested...maybe I just like to live in denial.

meddlesomepixie 2014-06-04 15:42:27 UTC #14

I turn on my phone and talk to my friends in other time zones who are wide awake =w=

If I'm having trouble sleeping, just talking to them lulls me back to bed