How to stay awake and resist the urge to sleep?

How to stay awake and resist the urge to sleep?
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Description : When you can't sleep, at what hour do you say "screw it" and stay awake?

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Description : Is it better to stay awake or go back to sleep?

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How do I fight the urge to stay in bed?

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Last Answer : It's not so difficult, but it will take some change in your thinking. It seems right now - based solely on the dearth of information you have provided us (such as how much sleep you're getting, ... get sufficient sleep - however much that is - and then arise to begin a healthy and productive day.

What kind of things can I do to stay awake?

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Last Answer : Sleep for half your normal amount of sleep - so if you are an 8 hours a night gal then four will do. we have natural sleep cycles that oscillate up and down so if you wake up when you've had some ... to your normal sleep as soon as possible. Then don't sleep too much - get into a routine is best

How to stay awake?

Description : How to stay awake?

Last Answer : answer:Heh, I wish I knew why I'm able to stay away so well. I usually get a second wind around 11:30 every evening and I'm up till 1:30 ish. I drink a toooon of soda during the week - ... or overactive, just might be to blame for my odd sleep patterns (or maybe I'm just a normal high school kid)

How much extra sleep do you get or staying in bed awake do you do before you feel bad about it?

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Last Answer : answer:“Hit yourself on the head with a hammer. You will be out in nano-seconds.” If you are going to insult me, use proper spelling, then you appear to have some intelligence. I might just might be offended as an award.

Why am I wide awake at 7 in the morning everyday even if i want to sleep in?

Description : Why am I wide awake at 7 in the morning everyday even if i want to sleep in?

Last Answer : its always like that. Set ur mind where u don’t think about the night before. Its your mind playing tricks on u

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Last Answer : answer:Do you drink coffee or any other similar things? Are you overexcited or overanxious? Do you stay indoor and don’t let enough sunlight in? Maybe those are possible causes of your insomnia.

What is that startle reflex that makes you jump or twitch awake?

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Last Answer : I read about a man who stayed awake for eleven days. He then slept for 24 hours. And he was back to normal.

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Last Answer : answer:Any number of things, although apparently not for too long or I'd be really tired all the time 1) Worrying about money (bad thing) 2) Stress about work (another bad thing) 3) When I know I ... to have a fight to the death (hopefully not mine) with it before I could turn out the lights lol!

It is 4 30am and I am still awake. I've tried every trick that I know of to fall asleep. Any advice?

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Last Answer : Have you tried… cough um… you know… relieving some stress cough cough nudge nudge wink wink

Does it ever bug you when other people are awake when you are?

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Last Answer : I can understand the loss of quiet time but it is something that you can't really prevent- others awakening. I spend a lot of time working in the early hours of the morning - I am more ... I get interrupted I do find it irritating - unless I simply stop what I am doing and become social.

It's 3am and I am awake and up and at my computer. I have to get up at 8am. Am I crazy?

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Last Answer : You’re not crazy. I tend to be a night owl as well, e.g. I have to get up at 6:45 am. Its 2:18 am now.

Why don't we snore while awake?

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What was the longest time you spent awake?

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Last Answer : around 30

How can I stop remembering my dreams when I awake ?

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Last Answer : answer:I'm not sure if simply trying to forget the dream is the way to go. I think the bigger question is why these dreams are happening in the first place, generally it's some kind of worry or ... strange ability to know what dreams mean. They've done if for me before, and their advice helped me.

When was your last 'stay in bed a good part of the day' day?

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What is it about rain that makes us want to stay in bed?

Description : What is it about rain that makes us want to stay in bed?

Last Answer : It is dark when it rains and there isn’t the stimulation you get with bright sunshine. I like the rain, which is just as well as we get a lot of it over here. I like to hear it beating against my windows.

Do you get stomach aches when you stay up real late or all night?

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Last Answer : nope, i never sleep that long anyway…

How to stay up all night?

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Do you sleep better (more deeply) if your sheets and pillowcases match?

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Why do my ears sometimes hurt when I sleep on them?

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Last Answer : There’s a pretty good list here in @canidmajor’s question from a week ago.

How many pillows do you have on your bed while you sleep?

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Last Answer : 2. I don’t understand the need for more than that, personally. My head only rests on one, but the two differ in firmness and sometimes I want one over the other. I also use the two to sit against when I’m watching TV in bed.

When have you had your best sleep?

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How is your sleep pattern?

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Last Answer : Not sure what you mean. Here's how I sleep: Bed time between 11-1130pm Solid deep sleep Awaken at 6:30-7:00 to pee, depending on how much I drank the night before. If it is a weekday, I make coffee, read the ... it is a weekend, I'll get back in bed and if I am luck, I'll sleep another hour or two.

How do I sleep in a way that I don't cut my circulation off in my arms and legs?

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When does Trump sleep?

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Why do people sleep better when it's raining?

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Did you install or already have black bedroom curtains and do they help you sleep?

Description : Did you install or already have black bedroom curtains and do they help you sleep?

Last Answer : We don’t have black curtains, but our bedroom curtains have very thick lining in, and they keep the light out well. If I sleep anywhere else, I never sleep as well, as you really notice the light.

How well do you sleep?

Description : How well do you sleep?

Last Answer : answer:It varies. Usually I make it through the night, but sometimes I go on jags where I wake around 3:00 and stay up a couple of hours Nd them return to sleep. I sleep fewer hours now than when I ... I sleep less than when I was younger, which to me means I'm on the downhill towards death. Oy.

Who else l-o-v-e-s to sleep?

Description : Who else l-o-v-e-s to sleep?

Last Answer : Sleeping and dreaming are high-class activities. Ask any cat!

What is the longest time you've gone without sleep?

Description : What is the longest time you've gone without sleep?

Last Answer : About 28 hours. Pulled an all nighter reading Cancer Ward by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, then had a final.

Do sleep cycles get interrupted, or reset?

Description : Do sleep cycles get interrupted, or reset?

Last Answer : I think you would start a new cycle as you fall back to sleep. Possibly, we go more quickly into the deeper stages of sleep when we are very tired? Like when we wake at night and barely ... have an abnormal brain pattern during sleep. Not extremely rare though, but it ideally shouldn't be there.

What do you do with your arms when you sleep?

Description : What do you do with your arms when you sleep?

Last Answer : And now I will think about it, and never sleep again. Thanks a lot. :-P

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Description : This is a question for people who have two-car garages (or a two single garages) and who also sleep with a spouse in a double (or full, or king) bed. If you sleep on the left side of the bed, do you also park in the left spot of the garage?

Last Answer : There are people who put cars in their garages?

Do you derive the same benefits of sleep while just lying still?

Description : Do you derive the same benefits of sleep while just lying still?

Last Answer : answer:Not quite the same as sleep. Apparently here is a bit (to use a computer analogy) of a reboot going on in the brain and in the body itself during sleep. Restorative hormone changes, a bit ... with quiet time. Yet meditation gives one much of the same benefit, just not to the same extent.

Why do I scratch my boyfriend in my sleep?

Description : Why do I scratch my boyfriend in my sleep?

Last Answer : I do all kinds of stuff in my sleep. I’ve redecorated rooms, crashed, and just about everything else. Maybe try some light gloves for a while? Why would you suspect PTSD?

Do you take any sleep aid, like Melatonin?

Description : Do you take any sleep aid, like Melatonin?

Last Answer : answer:I don’t, but I’m curious: Do you set an alarm, just in case? When I sleep without setting an alarm, I experience something similar – it’s like my brain doesn’t dare to sleep soundly. Also, ungh. I feel for you.

When you go on vacation, does your sleep schedule get all screwed up?

Description : When you go on vacation, does your sleep schedule get all screwed up?

Last Answer : answer:I don't really have a work schedule. My schedule today was wake up 11am. Work for a bit. Nap at 6pm until 1am. It is now 2:35am and I will probably be awake until 9am. And from there your ... clock in over a decade. I actually have a more regular schedule when I am on a vacation. ¯\(ツ)/¯

Why do people think that they can sleep off depression?

Description : Why do people think that they can sleep off depression?

Last Answer : People aren’t trying to sleep off depression, they have no energy to do anything else.