What do you do when when you can't sleep?

[Ricebug 555]

I usually watch tv until I am utterly bored. Or re watch something on you tube until I am bored. My trick is get so bored that you get tired and fall asleep =3. It's usually how I get to sleep since I almost always sleep odd hours and need to get back on track a lot of the time.

[Lil Pip 775]

When I can't sleep I make sure the next day I exercise, I make sure I don't have caffeine, and for that night I sorta. You know *cough*. Or read a book, not using an electronic for one, that usually gets me tired real fast.

[Light Diamond 950]

If i can't get to sleep i switch my Vita on and start playing in bed or i go on the computer or my phone until i get tired.

[Chara 1,565]

I read a boring  book, like an encyclopedia.

I'm currently having trouble sleeping, which is what has brought up this topic!
I try to close my eyes and fake sleeping to try and lead my body into doing so, but that doesn't always work. Eventually I pass out, but it's always a pain when you have an thing to go to early in the morning.

Do you have electronics or something like that in your room? If you do I think that is the reason you are not sleeping, it was proven by science that some people when you have things like laptops, phones, tv's, or anything like that in your room or near you in your sleep your brain is tricking your body that it should still stay awake and not fall asleep due to the fact your brain is telling your body it's "day" mode and not "night" mode. You get what I mean, right?

[gamecubeguy214 2,512]

Completely random thoughts that I can barely choose come to mind. Pony related thoughts, Smash related thoughts, life related thoughts, there's not telling of what I can think about. If I'm still unable to sleep, I might meditate for a second time.

[00000000000000000000 32]

I tend to listen to music or watch movies, sometimes even browse forums.

[LunatheNightmare 68]

Sometimes i read, sometimes i watch TV. More often than not my brain just dives in to fetish canyon and i fall asleep

[Silver Lining 39]

I watch an episode of a 20 minute show and then summarize my day in my head.

[Oblivion 20,270]

Cry until I do eventually do fall asleep.

[Tapfire 92]

What, so what I do every night? Get out my phone, and binge watch YouTube videos until 3am. Then I fall asleep until 10am and repeat.

[Nila Bean 133]

I drink a hot beverage (tea or hot cocoa). It soothes me and helps me settle down a bit.

 

Sometimes a little ASMR works. 

[Megalomaniac 100]

Reading books or playing computer games.

[cwhip9 1,078]

writing on the forms here in diffrents RPs or listening to music. pending on how stressed I get I actualy look up sleep meditations on youtube, they help sometimes

[Swish and Flick 63]

Hit myself over the head with a lamp 

[SparklingSquirrels 21,356]

Usually I'll just keep lying in bed, but I'll either read a book or go on my phone until I get tired enough to sleep.

[best poni 1,521]

Think about Fluttershy and how adorable and sweet she is. That usually helps out

[darkwingmare 1,321]

What NOT to do: Sit on the computer, phone or any electric device! Preferably, put all of those devices that signals your brain outside the room! It's proven to help your sleep to get better.

What to do: Do what you need to do before you go to sleep, eat properly, use the bathroom, make sure that you feel satisfied. If you're too hot, get a towel, wet it in cold water, wrench it out, put it on your forehead and over your eyes to cool down. Always helps me.

And about sleeping, just try to think of a place, a place of your dreams, where you can be at peace. Any place. I love waterfalls, so I think of my dad sitting by a waterfall, dad has always been my safety at home. That calms me down. Try to look for that place in yourself.

[Away 2,077]

listen to music, browse internets, maybe just think to myself. this happens to me way too much :c

[Slendy 2,918]

I usually just go on my phone until I pass out if I can't sleep or just stay up. But, that won't work for everyone, obviously.

[Solid Snake 282]

Cuddling my pony plushies helps a lot. I like to grab a bite to eat before bed too.

[EverEverOn 346]

I watch YouTube videos or chat on forums.

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

I just stare at the wall or the ceiling until I pass out....

[Sabrinie 392]

I've suffered from pretty bad insomnia since I was in high school and it didn't really get any better until recently. Throughout high school, I would try listening to music, or reading, or listening to "natural sounds" and not much really helped. In college, I started listening to comedy stations on Pandora and that helped a bit. I find that listening to people talk makes me fall asleep easier than music or sounds do, so now I pretty much do that. Another thing that helped a lot was to listen to sleep meditation videos on youtube. They would put me to sleep faster than anything else, so that might help too

[PacificGreen 1,163]

I usually draw, read, or play something on my phone.

 

I remember I once was on a family trip and couldn't fall asleep, so I tried counting sheep. I think I even started seeing goats, pigs and dogs, it didn't really work.

[Meson Bolt 2,648]

I watch stupid YouTube videos, play frustrating first person shooters, read incredibly boring books, write even more boring fanfiction, and incessantly spam descriptive adjectives.