How do you sleep ?

[KG]

Re: How do you sleep ?

I can usually sleep through anything. I sleep with all lights off, on my stomach with my arm under my pillow under my head usually. I don't really care if a fan is on or not or if the AC is on or not. As long as whatever's on is making a steady, consistent noise, I'm good.

I used to sleep on my stomach with my arm underneath but sometimes I would wake up and my arm would be asleep.

Now it's

Fan on
TV off
dog at the foot of the bed

[JBH3]

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When I'm extremely tired I'll just fall asleep in any position.

But normally, to go to sleep I have to be on my right side. For some reason when I try to go to sleep on my left side my mind just wanders. Then when I turn to my right I usually conk out quickly. I always like to be facing outward I guess.

In the past I didn't ever need the white noise, but now I love falling asleep to some nature-scapes. The vent fan in the bathroom works good too, but the wife just bought a Homedics digital clock w/ built-in naturescape sounds. The Rainforest sound is real relaxing, and knocks me right out.

Sex also helps!

[ODogg]

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I have to have PERFECT conditions to sleep. Here are my requirements:

1. 100% dark room, not ONE bit of light. I have room darkening blinds, sleep with the door shut and wear an eye cover.
2. 70 degrees or lower.
3. At least one fan that's decently loud, to provide both air and background noise.
4. 3 pillows, one for my head, one for my arms and one for my legs.
5. 100% quiet, no tv, radio or anyone talking

If any one thing from the above list is not kosher then forget it, I'm not falling asleep. Needless to say, this is why I hate camping or spending any time at another persons house.

[The GIGGAS]

Re: How do you sleep ?

I have to have PERFECT conditions to sleep. Here are my requirements:

1. 100% dark room, not ONE bit of light. I have room darkening blinds, sleep with the door shut and wear an eye cover.
2. 70 degrees or lower.
3. At least one fan that's decently loud, to provide both air and background noise.
4. 3 pillows, one for my head, one for my arms and one for my legs.
5. 100% quiet, no tv, radio or anyone talking

If any one thing from the above list is not kosher then forget it, I'm not falling asleep. Needless to say, this is why I hate camping or spending any time at another persons house.

Just don't take any red-eye flights.

[JBH3]

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Just don't take any red-eye flights.

Or join the military....

geesh...ODogg is such a diva when it comes to sleep.

"The room MUST be 70 degrees"

[ODogg]

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Yeah i am, LOL. My girlfriend is a sleep technician so she does sleep studies. She says I'm one of the people that sleep techs hate. I don't like it either, I wish I could just fall asleep in a chair watching TV like I see so many people doing but I couldn't ever do that. Not unless I had a bunch of booze, heh. But then that's passing out more than going to sleep.

[Chef Matt]

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Yeah i am, LOL. My girlfriend is a sleep technician so she does sleep studies. She says I'm one of the people that sleep techs hate. I don't like it either, I wish I could just fall asleep in a chair watching TV like I see so many people doing but I couldn't ever do that. Not unless I had a bunch of booze, heh. But then that's passing out more than going to sleep.

Heh, I was just going to type; I sleep by passing out drunk everynight.

Spoiler

Not really.

[BurghFan]

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But normally, to go to sleep I have to be on my right side. For some reason when I try to go to sleep on my left side my mind just wanders. Then when I turn to my right I usually conk out quickly. I always like to be facing outward I guess.

This reminded me of something that happened to me probably close to 20 years ago. Me, my cousins, and a couple of our other friends were sleeping in a tent in my cousins yard one night and at one point during the middle of the night several of us got up at the same time and went inside to go to the bathroom. When we came back out I got into my sleeping bag laying on my right side then began to roll over to my left side but apparently conked out when I got to my back because once I finished my rollover it was light out. It's like I started to roll over, fell asleep, the woke up and finished rolling over.

Yeah, I know, I remember the most trivial things, but that was just kinda weird.

[DJ]

Re: How do you sleep ?

I'm either a side or stomach sleeper. I have to have a fan going and we also have a humidifier in our bedroom.

I used to make fun of my dad for having all these sound devices when I was younger and now, there's no way I can sleep without at least a fan going. Even if I travel, I have to request a fan in the room. Crazy.

[JBH3]

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Yeah i am, LOL. My girlfriend is a sleep technician so she does sleep studies. She says I'm one of the people that sleep techs hate. I don't like it either, I wish I could just fall asleep in a chair watching TV like I see so many people doing but I couldn't ever do that. Not unless I had a bunch of booze, heh. But then that's passing out more than going to sleep.

This reminds me of the time I choose this strategy to combat my father's grizzly bear-like snoring while on a weekend trip to Philly to see the Phillies play.

During the Saturday night game I decided to pound the beers, and then cap it off at the hotel sports bar and stumble up into the room where I would pass out, waking up the next day after my father threw a bucket of water on me or something.

Instead...his snoring woke me up around 0300 in the morning, and I could not go back to sleep for the next 2 hours...tossing/turning....eventually waking him up and telling him to go out to the truck (don't know how my mom deals with it). The next day I was death...the worst hangover, sick, the runs....you name it.

This reminded me of something that happened to me probably close to 20 years ago. Me, my cousins, and a couple of our other friends were sleeping in a tent in my cousins yard one night and at one point during the middle of the night several of us got up at the same time and went inside to go to the bathroom. When we came back out I got into my sleeping bag laying on my right side then began to roll over to my left side but apparently conked out when I got to my back because once I finished my rollover it was light out. It's like I started to roll over, fell asleep, the woke up and finished rolling over.

Yeah, I know, I remember the most trivial things, but that was just kinda weird.

Yea...I don't even know why I bother to get into bed, and lay on my left side. Its like I know I won't fall asleep on that side, but for some reason I'll get into bed lying on that side initially and within 5-10 miutes rollover and I'm done.

[ODogg]

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JBH3 - omg, that's exactly what I do. I always initially lay on my left side for about 10 minutes, then go to my right. It makes no sense. Why not just go right to the right side? I guess it is what it is and we'll never know.

[NDAlum]

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I fall asleep best when my girlfriend tries to have a talk with me lol...she's not a fan of this method.

[KG]

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I also sleep on my left side. If my wife & I are watching TV and she sees me turn over on my left side she know's a wrap in 5 minutes.

[ODogg]

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I always say to my beagle "Good night John Boy" each night as well.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: How do you sleep ?

I have to have PERFECT conditions to sleep. Here are my requirements:

1. 100% dark room, not ONE bit of light. I have room darkening blinds, sleep with the door shut and wear an eye cover.
2. 70 degrees or lower.
3. At least one fan that's decently loud, to provide both air and background noise.
4. 3 pillows, one for my head, one for my arms and one for my legs.
5. 100% quiet, no tv, radio or anyone talking

If any one thing from the above list is not kosher then forget it, I'm not falling asleep. Needless to say, this is why I hate camping or spending any time at another persons house.

What are you a vampire ?????? Blind darkerners, eye covers, geeeeee whiz. Then all the pillows......good lord.

I would hate to own a hotel and have you stay there LOL.