Woke up and now cant fall back to sleep, what do you do?

**musicforlife** · 02-21-2011 12:03 PM

So went to bed about 4 hours ago, got about 3 hours a sleep and woke up hungrey as heck. Ate a sandwich and been wide awake since. How the heck do you fall asleep again? Tried closing eyes and relax(forgot the name of it) but get out of that calm state of mind from cars driving.

**silver2k** · 02-21-2011 12:57 PM

I take it you listen to music all the time? Cant you put on earphones and listen to music and fall asleep?

**musicforlife** · 02-22-2011 05:49 AM

no i dont listen to music, music is nothing, musics not real.............of course i could put on headphones and listen to music, i'm not stupid but i woke up from having 2-3 dreams and tried falling back to bed tried music, tea, everything but cars and parents getting ready for work got totally in the way, about after 2 hours laying there wide eyed awake i dosed off to another dream.

**StonedApe** · 02-22-2011 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by musicforlife

no i dont listen to music, music is nothing, musics not real.

Reminds me of a bad acid trip I had once.

Try this. The Mad Philosopher » 61-Point Relaxation

Or have sex, that usually works.

**Arra** · 02-23-2011 05:28 AM

If you're not tired at all, maybe you shouldn't try.

I've noticed lately that to fall asleep my mind has to drift, in a certain way. It almost never fails to just let my mind drift. I don't try to think about anything. I don't think about the fact that I'm trying to fall asleep, and I make sure not to focus conscious attention on any thoughts, which usually means not thinking about big important issues. Just lie down, don't try to think about anything specifically and let your mind wander. If you've ever tried to meditate, you know this happens naturally, even when you aren't consciously thinking in words about things.