I curse Death that she didn’t take me peacefully during the day.
Force myself to stop thinking in words and start thinking in pictures. Otherwise I’ll never actually get to sleep.
I sometimes let my mind go on a fantasia-esque dream journey. I always start with the same imagery, and then try to coax my subconscious into taking the reins. It’s like tricking your mind into the REM state.
Is there an aphantasia community yet?
Pretend to be asleep
I usually read myself to sleep, given the opportunity.
Scroll lemmy until my phone falls off my unconscious hands.
Turn the other way
Watch videos on the orange and black website.
I cry
But why?
I mean gestures vaguely at everything
Double check any alarms.
I perform a highly sophisticated ritual known as “struggling to find the most comfortable position”, only to wake up later feeling like I went ten rounds with a mattress." It’s real art, ya know.
I see you, too, are a master of the midnight monster fights. And it’s not that my bed or pillow are bad or uncomfortable either. It’s painfully infuriating.
Turn on a video on my phone to distract my thoughts then lie on my stomach
Breathe
Take my glasses off. I’m the kind of person that needs to watch something to fall asleep to. So I usually roll over, take my glasses off, and then just listen till I fall asleep.
Crank one out then lights out.
Put in the R airpod and start a random SEA video on Youtube (Friendly+ app) on 0.75x speed, adjusting the volume to just barely drowning out the tinnitus. Gets me to sleep within 5 minutes every night.