this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2025
84 points (100.0% liked)

Asklemmy

49624 readers
468 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 

It’s actually like the title asks; What does everyone here do when you can’t sleep and are wide awake besides being on phone?

So let’s say it’s in the middle of the night and you are unable to sleep. You have to keep things soundless due to family or partner.

Trying to get the phone usage significantly lower when being in bed but it feels like nothing can replace the ‘easiness of mindlessly scrolling’.

(page 2) 12 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've been playing mudborne.

Get up and have the cats bite my elbow.

Doom scroll.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Read until I fall asleep again

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

headphones?

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ambien.

Throw on an eye mask and headphones and turn on an audiobook.

Call it quits and get started on work, play a video game, run or workout.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Lately I've been watching videos from twoodfrd on youtube. Guitar luthiery. Gets me napping like no other. Found another that seems promising "Machinery Restorer". Turn on subtitles if you need to be quiet.

[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I meditate. Very occasionally, I still am not ready to sleep, but it still helps me to do that.

I listen to a podcast, if nothing else works.

Mostly, I don't worry about not sleeping. It took me years to feel OK with not sleeping, but here I am.

Peace.

[–] replicator@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Listen to music, or watch stream vods, specifically Moist Critical's. I do remember when I was really depressed I would put on Mitch Hedberg, it would laugh me to sleep.

[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If I still have 8+ hours time I’ll throw in a Zopiclon, otherwise I’ll give up eventually and watch Youtube until the alarm goes off.

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I put on a Playlist of DCAU animated series. Batman: The Animated Series through Justice League Unlimited. I've seen them all a million times and it's something that lets my ADHD brain rest. You'd be surprised st how much of those shows are orchestral soundtrack withiut dialog.

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›