That's a good point. Last time I used to read Singapore True Ghost Stories... wah piang... really becoming more and more engrossed... and refused to sleep

So nowadays I will just read self help book.. not very interesting yet not that boring

That means there are quite a lot of sections under your care haha. Rarely see a mod so active in so many sections And I thank you for your understanding and appreciate your work in this forum.

i think this problem is serious if it continue, because i mentioned that you feel over tired the whole day right? are you maybe got something that you wish to do or you must do but you haven't yet do it? maybe your mind keep thinking it over and over so your body becoming restless too.

at least its getting a little better than not feeling anything, being indifferent! so keep going! you can do it!

omg true s'pore ghost stories? hahaha tat's like my childhood "storybook"
hahaha

I used to watch pokemon wifi battles with commentary. These few years I watch Kripparrian playing hearthstone, basically an online card game.

Go for a 5km run minimum once a week and try to reprogram your brain by associating an action or sound/visual cues to sleep. Give yourself maybe 2 weeks of applying this and see whether it works for you.

You could try taking melatonin, or have a cup of chamomile tea before sleeping. A glass of warm milk may help too.

Singapore Ghost Stories!!! That was like, ages ago back then those books were the "in" thing. Used to read them too.

You're right on the self help, that one could probably help. One thing that also helped me is taking Preserved Salted Kumquats (known as "kam kat" in short) an hour or two before bed. I think it reduces heatiness and soothes the body so I sleep better afterwards not sure if it'll work the same for others.

End of the day, most importantly is to clear your mind, exhaust your mind by imagining a story (like a fairytale or something?) to your liking and you'll find yourself dozing off. It's good to keep a creative part of yourself.

Talking about this - there's an interesting fact to share. Most Japanese married couple(s) sleep apart - same room, single beds - so that each of them can have quality sleep. This is to avoid one person's sleeping pattern/ habit affect the other. I find this interesting and very considerate.

In terms of the forum hahaha probably 'coz I've always been active in those sections so the Admin parked them under my care

This post has been edited by sweet_pez: May 30 2018, 05:43 PM

Had been encountering this for years..

I dunno wad is the root caused. Sometimes my head/neck is stiff until i cannot lie down on a pillow. Need to lie down straight on mattress without anything.

Just cant sleep for dunno wad reason.

Tried to exercise kaw kaw.. sometimes it works, sometimes backfired as overly tired until cant fall asleep.. like body is tired but mind is active and keep thinking..

I also dunno wad my mind is thinking... how to shut down the mind/brain ?

I have a lot of things I wish to do or must do. Haiz... actually I am pretty stress.. plan to resign soon but then become more stress because I will be jobless
yea, it's getting better but still not that good. Nowadays I actually eat some antihistamine to make me sleepy as well

IKR ! Very nice to read lehhh.. once read cannot stop one Can see many of us here read these SG ghost stories books

Nope, I had not heard of it. I youtube it.. then saw a girl like whispering to her mike like that.

So i am not really sure it will help or not.

Woooo i see. Not bad

I actually go to gym..

"associating an action or sound/visual cues to sleep."

It sound easy but really tough.. let me think on how to do this

charmomile tea... will search for it. Thank you

I know right ! Ages ago... so nostalgic to see all of you talking about it again haha. Indeed very "in" thingy

You made those "Preserved Salted Kumquats (kam kat) " yourself?

That's fascinating, imagine a story... I sometime imagine i am a girl been loved by lovely handsome dude well, can't sleep and lying in bed got nothing to do

Nowadays, I can't really clear my mind.. is like too many things in my mind, i normally just open my spotify and play a playlist called sleep .. with soothing music.. but I ended up listening to the music instead

I actually also read an article about married couple sleeping in different room for good quality sleep, this only applicable if one of them have severe snoring etc...

But for now, I am staying in a room alone on a single bed.. so that shall not be an issue haha.

Nowadays I sleep with aircond on.. last time I only slept with fan, can feel that my whole body is very hot. That may be one of the reason why I can't sleep well..but I am sort of afraid of cold , so I maintain my aircond at 27 like that.

Admin are lucky to have you as their mods I used to own a forum but it's all history now. LYN just too big to be taken over and i am a latecomer with lousy strategy

Sound like you suffers from severe insomnia. Got plan to see doctor?

To everyone here, I am really grateful and thankful that you all have willingly share with me details etc.

Really thank you so much

No plan. Becuz after see them probably gonna he worst as new problem arise.. wallet problem

Haha

Then so far how is your situation?

Up n down..

Try not to see phone 30 min before sleep..

I see. Wish us all the best 😊

but is it good to always consume antihistamine?
it's still some-sort of a "drug" after allthough..

anyways, u mentioned tat u couldnt sleep more thx to sg ghost stories cause its addictive! hahhaha
so how is it now?

i just saw popular book fest selling them all the way from 1st series till SE. they stopped already or how ya? i wonder how my "childhood storybook" is like now?

Sendiri try and error and discover to see which lifestyle / tactic / method will works for me...

Lately been good...

One of the method is not trying to eat too full during dinner (especially those very susah digest punya food..) And eat lesser processed food that will give out smelly burps after 1 2 hours..

And had been running 5km few times a week.. Make muscle tired to help sleep..

and also tidy the dam bed.. sometimes dusty bed make our sleep bad

Exercising may make you mooore tired, and yet you can't sleep! I would suggest light workout late evening/early night, and see if it works.

Try to keep a regular sleep schedule, and switch off all electronics at least an hour before your planned sleep time.

you worried too much about trying to fall asleep
to solve this u need to have an attitude that if sleep then sleep if not then u just get up watch cat video or things that relax ur mental

Exercise is great but, based on your post it's more of a mental issue than physical. Because u knew the time really well when u woke up/start sleeping.
The tricky part is when u TRY TO relax it's get harder to relax. That how u get insomia.

Thank you so much corihata...I try to relax more nowadays..but got a lot of stuffs to think

"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway"
Enjoy your sleep.