No one here has said “masturbate” yet and I am highly suspicious.
I came here specifically to say jerk off. It’s also what I do first thing when I wake up. I like to play that game where you try and cum before passing out.
Masturbating before sleep gives me a bad night, but sex before sleep gives me a great sleep quality.
I don’t know why.
Tbf, your body knows the difference between the two
The birds are singing,
The flowers are blooming,
My dick is throbbing,
I’ve been away for a whole 20 seconds and I haven’t coomed yet!
Force myself to stop thinking in words and start thinking in pictures. Otherwise I’ll never actually get to sleep.
I like to come up with stories like movies in my head. I’m out within 5mins unless I come up with something I particularly like, then I’m trying to keep myself up so I can keep watching.
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?
Spoon my wife until she gets too hot and taps my leg so I roll over whilst listening to some trashy young adult fantasy audiobook.
This is the way!
Pretend to be asleep
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.
Read a book
Usually - drop my book
Same.
Same.
Turn the other way
Double check any alarms.
I usually read myself to sleep, given the opportunity.
Scroll lemmy until my phone falls off my unconscious hands.
Watch videos on the orange and black website.
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.
Pet the cat.
Recently I’ve been doing a sudoku on my phone with AMOLED Black backgrounds and it’s actually been great for getting to sleep
I use Open Soduko from F-Droid
Turn on a video on my phone to distract my thoughts then lie on my stomach
