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What do you do when you can't fall asleep?

Bacardi Gold and Sierra Mist Natural - no ice.

Half a not-chilled can plus one shot of rum does it for me whilst reading something boring -- like Microsoft's website.
 
rei101 said:
The best way to recover is to not masturbate for at least 3 weeks. Not even think about it.
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Easier said than done. I don't think I've managed to go more than three days wank free since I was 13. When I try, I begin getting aggressively flirty with people around day two, and starting picking up weird habits by day 3...like blowing things up in my back yard.

It makes me think I beat off not for the pleasure or the habit, but because it keeps my darker impulses at bay. I'm serious. If I were to go 4 days, I'm willing to bet all of you here would be enslaved to me, toiling away in my salt mines for my own personal profit.

...which I'm sure thewitt would appreciate, because it'd mean you've all got jobs. And I wouldn't tolerate unions. Oh hell no. Not in my salt mines.

But to get back on topic, I couldn't sleep the other night, so I ended up doing what I usually do when I'm up at 3 AM: poke around the internet for interesting stories to read. I ended up finding a little tale usually referred to as Ted The Caver.

To put it simply, this wasn't a good story to read in the early hours of the morning. If your intentions are slogging on through the night, it's a great story. If you want to go to sleep? Not so much.
 
Renzatic said:
Easier said than done. I don't think I've managed to go more than three days wank free since I was 13. When I try, I begin getting aggressively flirty with people around day two, and starting picking up weird habits by day 3...like blowing things up in my back yard.

It makes me think I beat off not for the pleasure or the habit, but because it keeps my darker impulses at bay. I'm serious. If I were to go 4 days, I'm willing to bet all of you here would be enslaved to me, toiling away in my salt mines for my own personal profit.

...which I'm sure thewitt would appreciate, because it'd mean you've all got jobs. And I wouldn't tolerate unions. Oh hell no. Not in my salt mines.
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If you are 13 it is ok, your body is brand new. But just be conscious of things.

Masturbation is ok, everybody is different and we are a different person all the time as well. But there are things to realize. usually when one masturbates is because of a sexual desire that is there. It is common that people fall into masturbation instead of approaching the girl. What leads on developing lack of confidence and eventually loosing the social skills to approach a girl... you become a nerd or sexually frustrated.

So, it is a matter on having that in mind and keep the balance, masturbating to release stress but not as a solution for anxiety.
 
rei101 said:
If you are 13 it is ok, your body is brand new. But just be conscious of things.

Masturbation is ok, everybody is different and we are a different person all the time as well. But there are things to realize. usually when one masturbates is because of a sexual desire that is there. It is common that people fall into masturbation instead of approaching the girl. What leads on developing lack of confidence and eventually loosing the social skills to approach a girl... you become a nerd or sexually frustrated.

So, it is a matter on having that in mind and keep the balance, masturbating to release stress but not as a solution for anxiety.
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You have no idea what you are talking about. I'm a 60 year old man who's masturbated regularly since I'm 10 years of age. Oh BTW, I've been in many relationships over the years including the one I have now with the same woman for 20 some odd years. If you think masturbation is abnormal, maybe you should look in the mirror and see what abnormal really is..
 
Well, this thread's taken an interesting turn, though it's obviously rubbed some people the wrong way.
 
I lie there and think about why I can't sleep, then I try and get myself comfy after that fails I get angry at why I can't sleep, I then download pointless games on my iPhone, which the majority end up to be s&^t get mad an delete them.

Browse Pinterest for a while, Pin some things that I will NEVER do but think it's a good idea at the time.

If all else fails...

Masturbate.

**shrug**
 
When I can't sleep I just lay there and accept that I might be up all night and that will be alright because even without sleep I will still be able to function well the next day. Trying to sleep just makes it less likely that it will happen. Even if sleep doesn't come, the body will still get a certain degree of rest and rejuvenation.
 
I stay away from screens of any sort (computer, tv, iphone) as they emit a green color which causes your mind to stay awake longer. Usually I try to stop thinking about whatever is keeping me up and drift to sleep
 
Gregg2 said:
Seriously, just get up and sit in a dark room until you're so bored that you get drowsy. Then go back to bed. You'll get some sleep that way.
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I don't know why I would get more bored sitting up in a chair than lying down in bed, but I'll give it a shot next time I can't sleep. Usually, though, what happens is that I go to sleep fairly quickly, but then wake up after 3-4 hours and can't seem to go back to sleep from there. I'm not depressed, so that doesn't explain it. I just feel really good when I awake after a few hours, and my body and mind start to become more active. Occasionally, I will drift back to sleep after an hour or two, but mostly I just lay there until I decide to get up and have my coffee. Rarely am I tired during the day, so I guess it really isn't that bad of a thing beyond the boredom of laying awake.
 
mgguy said:
I don't know why I would get more bored sitting up in a chair than lying down in bed,
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When you're up, you have your eyes open. If you stay in bed, you have your eyes closed. That's the difference, I think. After I sit up for awhile, my eyelids become "heavy" and I struggle to keep my eyes open. That's when I get back in bed and usually fall asleep again very quickly. I heard this tip from a doctor on a TV talk show. It just works.
 
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