How long does it take you to fall asleep?

[Celtore 2,769]

I pretty much fall asleep just about instantly. Once I close my eyes, give me 0-2 minutes and I'm gone. Completely dormant. I didn't know so many people have trouble going to sleep, I just hug my derpy plush and I'm asleep...

[Virulence 254]

It takes me about 45 minutes to fall asleep. If I'm really really tired, then it would be 10 minutes. Sleep just irritates me a bunch... 

[Piodx 49]

In my case, every time before i go to sleep, i take my Ipod and watch some of the favorite videos i have downloaded for it, I take about 30-1 hour to get enough of that, and when i get to sleep, i do it almost instantly.

 

I really can't sleep without watching something in bed ;-; 

[Pony Joe 582]

Anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour for me on most nights, but about once a month I have these nights where I absolutely cannot sleep for no reason at all.

 

I just lay there with my eyes closed, occasionally trying to force myself into a dream by imagining the tactile sensation of walking, but mostly just having my mind wander like it does every night, without the sleep that comes with it.  On these nights, I'll usually get a couple 20-or-so minute sessions of sleep until it finally gets deep around 5:00 AM.  If it's a school night, I have to resign to a complete lack of concentration and energy throughout the day.

[Zygen 6,065]

It really depends on how tired I am, but I'll have to know that most of the time I am watching MLP on my ipod or just my subscriptions on youtube or something, I can't really fall asleep without watching something, it use to be I had to have a TV on. Not sure why, anyways now that has migrated to watching my Ipod, and I don't really fall asleep until I pass out with my Ipod in the middle of watching something.

 

That can take any amount of time honestly. It all depends on how late it is and stuff. It could be anything from an hour to a half an hour.

 

Normally atleast 30 minutesish before I fall asleep though, on a normal night.

[Replicant 113]

I taught myself how to fall asleep whenever I want while I was in high school... I was very unhappy and I liked to sleep through classes instead of actually experiencing them. I don't know if that's a thing most people can train themselves to do, or if I was just lucky enough to be able to do it easily, but it's come in handy since then. I can sleep on any surface, at any angle (as long as I'm not in a ton of pain)... so falling asleep on an actual bed takes minutes.

[Gone Airbourne 21,969]

It varies alot for me...

 

Some nights I can fall asleep with no problem. But other nights I can hardly relax myself to rest. Usually it takes me around 30 minutes to sleep. I think that is pretty fast considering. Other times ill toss and turn witho getting any rem sleep :/

[ComradeUncleJoe 29]

Between 30 minutes and an hour usually. I usually just lie there rolling around until I finally fall asleep. Once I fall asleep I'm out. Nothing can wake me until I want to wake up. Usually...

[SrFrog 926]

On any given day when I'm actually all serene and listening to some music, than no more than 30 minutes. Of course, there are those times when it can take me hours if my body is all stressed and crap.

[XxSAINExX 29]

I am on a terrible sleep cycle (trying to break it) where I can be restless for an hour to last nights where I closed my eyes laying down and fell asleep.  

[Thundershock 310]

sometimes i fall asleep really quickly if im tired, and sometimes it takes me forever to fall asleep. on average, about 30 minutes or an hour and a half.

[/mlp/ 106]

I guess you can say I'm like Chuck Norris. I don't sleep...I wait. xD

 

But in all seriousness I sleep pretty much 10 after my head hits the pillow. IT's lights out and I hate when I'm woken up before I want to. I get so mad xD

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 937]

I dont. Really i dont. Like tge most i can dleep is 3 hours a night, ebvery night. Just watch. Time 4 hours right now and ill get back to you after.

[uuunph 288]

All my feels go to the people posting here.

Edited May 21, 2022 by Railrunner

[AnonyPoni 564]

Way too long. I've had trouble sleeping for as long as I can remember. Melatonin helps every once and a while, though.

 

However, I actually made a playlist of brony songs that, when played, I fall asleep during it. They're not all relaxing or something, just that I fall asleep when listening to it.

 

Now, if you excuse me, I need to wake up at 6:30 am tomorrow and I get less than 5 hours of sleep. GN forums

[Guest]

Sleep is for the weak-willed. I'm never in a vulnerable state -- what most people would call "falling asleep", I call "activating my subconscious".

Seriously, I could even rob a bank in my slee- uh, I could rob a bank with my subconscious activated. Yeah.

I never sleep.

[Commander Urdnot 2,680]

I'd say it takes me about an hour or two. It's hard for me to lie still long enough to fall asleep.

 

I always gotta be moving or doing something,

[IronPuddinG 249]

Similar to many others, it depends on the situation.  On average, it takes about 30-45 minutes.  If I'm beat tired, 5 minutes.  If I'm wide awake, well, I go into this state where I know I'm awake, but I feel asleep.  Almost like a deep mediation state.  I might do that for 2-3 hours and be wide awake for the rest of the night.  

One thing that really keeps me up is actually physical.  Sometimes, I can't relax my face muscles and keep my eyes closed.  I'm squinting just to keep them closed.  Then I get a headache and bleeegggh.

It doesn't help if I have some riff of a song (not even the whole thing!) just stuck on loop.  It drives me insane.

[morethanicecream 116]

With ADHD, my brain has thousands of thoughts. I normally stay on my phone, except on the weekdays. I go to bed at 2 AM, but it takes minutes for me to fall asleep. It normally takes me about 30 minutes or more. I used to leave my door open, but now I close it. My mom and my sister go to bed at 11 PM every night cause they are on instagram. I really don't like that I can't fall asleep quicker. I want to, but so many things within this fandom distract me, along with my twitter, instagram, youtube, facebook, and fim fiction accounts.

[Pinkazoid 3,493]

1/2 - 3 hours, unless I'm in school, and then I fall asleep in only a couple of minutes :I

 

I find it a bit funny though, my handwriting turns from my already horrible writing into random scribbles x)

[Mr Dash 1,818]

I've got ADHD as well. I guess that could contribute to why it can take a bit for me to fall asleep. My mind is always going, even when I'm trying to go to sleep. I guess 20-30 minutes or more, but I really don't know. I just lay there with my eyes closed, thoughts racing through my mind. Then suddenly dreams, and I'm awake. If I'm really tired, I can go to sleep almost right away or within a few minutes.

[Victor van Dort 202]

Depends on how long I spent awake during the day. If I get 12 hours or less of being awake, I'll usually take like an hour, but if that amount of time is 12 hours+, then it'll take like ten minutes.

[SOHCAHTOA 51]

On a good day? 3 hours. Otherwise I tend to not fall asleep at all.

 

And I hate so much how my parents, my uncles and aunts, my teacher are always saying that "I should sleep earlier". I TRY, I TRY!!! But it can't be helped that I have insomnia, and a very energetic mind. I can't stop thinking, and I can't think right unless I'm walking back and forth.

 

I know that last part is weird. But I can't change myself like that damnit! DX

 

EDIT: Something I left out I just realized I shouldn't have: In days I don't fall asleep, I can pretty much sleep whenever I want the next day. It's just falling into bed, and then BAM! I'm unconscious.

Edited January 26, 2013 by SOHCAHTOA

[Concord 1,980]

Hello!

 

It really depends on how active i was that day... Sometimes i will fall asleep in just 5-10 Minutes. On some occasions, i'll have to spend 2-3 horrifying hours...

[Drehgunklew 136]

I've been taking medicine for sleeping for a while now so it takes... 15 mins for me to fall asleep! For 4 years, it took 2-3 hours for me to fall asleep which had extreme effects on my concentration in school. I was diagnosed with insomnia when I was 10 due to depression