I have those nights and I hate them.

I stay in bed and at least rest the body. I found that getting on an electronic device keeps me up.

For me there is often a problem that causes to not be able to sleep, and I’ll try to solve that. Like being hungry, thirsty, radiator too warm, radiator not warm enough, I have some energy I need to get out, need to close the window, need to open the window. If nothing helps I get out of bed for a while and this makes me more tired after some time. I try to avoid scrolling because it just makes the time fly by without changing the circumstances or making me sleepy.

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.

Not exactly quiet but works for me because of the layout of my house.

I go to the laundry room which is on the other side of the house from the bedrooms, turn the kitchen light on, laundry room like off (so it’s light enough to see but pretty dim), sit on the washer and play sad songs on my guitar.

It’s therapuetic and after about 20 minutes I’m just exhausted.

I lay completely still. Properly, completely still. I focus all my energy on not moving a single muscle besides what I need to breathe.

Then, while doing that, I try to conjure up elaborate fantasy scenes in my mind.

9 times out of 10 I’m gone within five minutes.

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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.

I do visualisation techniques. Mostly, I’m on a soft picnic blanket on a hill with long grass blowing gently with a mild breeze on a warm day. I can smell nearby flowers and I can hear a nearby brook bubbling over little rocks. I focus on the sounds, smells and visuals, and overall sense of peacefulness till my brain drowns out whatever is stressing me out and keeping me awake.

Read or take a dose of melatonin.

Reading books or playing video games. If I have the energy then also working on projects.

Count from 1 to 10, then 10 to 1. With each number, relax your body a little more. When the mind strays, bring it back to counting. Repeat until unconscious.

If that isn’t working at all, get up, go to another room, play soft music at low volume on headphones, and depending on the circumstances read a book, jot stuff down, or just contemplate stuff. Chill until sleepy, then either go back to bed or just curl up where you are.

I take a random number around 800 and start to count backwards in increments of 7. It’s kind of tedious and drowns out my other thoughts. I don’t think I’ve ever made it to zero :)

Of course you should use bigger numbers if your math skills are better.

I can usually sleep at night, but if I didn’t use my phone I would probably draw or play the keyboard (with headphones connected) for a while, then I would stop and try to sleep again.

Coom to weird porn for an hour and feel like shit afterwards, then take melatonin.

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.