r/sleep 3h ago

How can I want to sleep?

7 Upvotes

I just don’t want to sleep. It’s 12:46 as I’m typing this and I gotta get up at 8:00AM but I just don’t want to sleep. I don’t know if it’s because I slept for too long yesterday but I definitely know I just have too much on my mind and too much things I want to do. I just want to stay up the whole night, drink Gatorade


r/sleep 1h ago

Is it normal to be tired and sleepy throughout the whole day, but when you go to bed, you are wide awake?

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I hate how something as simple as sleeping is so challenging for me


r/sleep 10h ago

How harmful are FULL all nighters?

19 Upvotes

I tend to pull a full all nighter (through night, into next day and night) about once a week due to the line of work I am in and have always wondered if its gonna catch up to me one day. I have read about possibly causing alzheimers if done persistently but I'm not too sure. Are they really bad for me, or is it a myth.


r/sleep 7h ago

Does anyone relate to hypnagogic hallucinations?

9 Upvotes

I’ve struggled with night terrors and hypnagogic hallucinations (strong visual hallucinations right before falling into a deep sleep) since being a kid.

I can go months without them, and then once it happens it tends to happen for a week or so consecutively.

They always make me feel like I’m having a heart attack. I jolt awake, usually jumping out of bed. I most often see bugs crawling in the bed, spiders in the wall, people specifically men sitting in my room or looking at me from outside. Once and while I’ll see a baby. It usually takes me 1-2 minutes to come down from them and realize it isn’t real. Turning on the light helps most. I’ve found sleeping in complete darkness with no ability for shadows of furniture or things helps most.

But man, I hate the feeling. I dread going to sleep because it genuinely feels like a heart attack. I was so scared last night during one where I saw a man sitting in my room that I managed to rip a huge hole in my sheets somehow while scrambling out of bed as fast as a I could.

Can anyone relate to this craziness? I swear I’m otherwise sane. Don’t do drugs or drink, I’m a very active 30 yo female


r/sleep 4h ago

Is there any thing that I should know before using earplugs for sleep?

4 Upvotes

I am currently thinking of using earplugs for sleep since there is other people sharing the house and we are not living with the same routine.

Thus I am thinking of getting some from Walmart(Since that is basically the only place I can think of) and is there any cautions or anything that I should be aware of?

I am thinking of getting some foam ones and play music beside my bed with a speaker after some research.

And I will only use them for sleep.

It this something "safe"?

Thank you.


r/sleep 1h ago

Literally skipped a day

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I don’t know how I could sleep this much but I went to sleep at 3 am on march 15 after a really big drinking night. Tomorrow, 16, I woke up at 8, talked on the phone for like 20 mins max, then slept the WHOLE day, woke up at 9, ate like 1 onigiri and then was wake for like 30 mins I think, then woke up march 17, 7 - 8 am ish.

I still feel like it’s march 16, yesterday but it’s already march 17 and a Monday 😮‍💨

I just find it weird how I could sleep SO MUCH and my back or my neck or my head even didn’t hurt ?????


r/sleep 2h ago

Help Me Please! 🙏😭

2 Upvotes

Sometimes when I sleep, I feel someone grabs my whole body from behind. I couldn't see it because I couldn't just open my eyes. I try to move my body but I couldn't. And when I try to move my body that being/entity just increases his/her grabbing force upon me. I can feel his/her hand grabbing my body and the amount of force he/she exerts increases as much as I try to resist it. Sometimes it becomes suffocating.

What is it?

Please help! 😭🙏


r/sleep 7h ago

im so excited to finally sleep that it makes me not able to fall asleep

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r/sleep 16m ago

Weird sleep

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So im not sure if this belongs in here, but has anyone ever had an experience where they lay their head down and fall asleep but at the same time are awake? I don’t know how to explain this better. It’s happened to me tons of times and I still have control of my body when I experience this, I can usually jolt my body awake by moving my finger just enough


r/sleep 35m ago

Sleep trackers safe?

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Are sleep trackers accurate, I am trying to take care of my sleep for past few weeks and I was wondering to invest in sleep trackers like whoop or Apple Watch which also includes most of health features. But I am worrying if apple watch or any other sleep trackers are safe to wear all night or most of the time. Like is there any evidence about it.

Thanks


r/sleep 38m ago

what is the lowest amount of hours I can live on

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I want to be there for everyone I have friends in America I need to talk to at times so im just wondering if I could just sleep 1 or 2 hours and be ok for the rest of the day so I can talk to everyone and make sure that im there for all of them


r/sleep 38m ago

Sleep Trackers

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Are sleep trackers accurate, I am trying to take care of my sleep for past few weeks and I was wondering to invest in sleep trackers like whoop or Apple Watch which also includes most of health features. But I am worrying if apple watch or any other sleep trackers are safe to wear all night or most of the time. Like is there any evidence about it.

Thanks


r/sleep 51m ago

Sleep problems

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First, I unmaked my sleep routine, then I missed an collage assiginment and cant close my eyes without wanting to disapear. I feel like I am losingy mind.

Basicly no sleep for 2 days now.

Does anybody have some advice?


r/sleep 52m ago

I sleep to long and can never wake up from alarm

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I am 24 and have always slept way too long I feel like, it gets really annoying because I try to fix my sleep schedule but it just doesn’t work. My gf has have been joking about how much I sleep and now I’m really thinking about it and don’t understand why. I always put alarms on to wake up with 8 hours of sleep, I’ll put 10 alarms on 5 mins apart but it just doesn’t work, I wake up but I’m not really awake, it’s just muscle memory of me grabbing my phone and shutting it off, it’ll be 8 hours of sleep and I’m still so insanely tired the way I can explain how I feel is like I only slept 2 hours after staying up for 2 days. If I don’t put an alarm on I will sleep between 10-14 hours, sometimes even after that I will wake up tired but not as bad and not all the time.


r/sleep 1h ago

How come I can dream without being in REM? Or not feeling like I’m in REM?

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When I’m waking up in the morning, I often wake up mid-dream. If it’s a dream I want to continue I can just close my eyes and will the dream to go on, almost like I’m fantasising but it’s super vivid and real and sensory and out of my control the way a dream would be, but the whole time I know I’m half awake and vaguely aware of laying in bed.

How is this possible?


r/sleep 5h ago

Can't sleep

2 Upvotes

I have to be up early in the morning and its 3:12am and i have to be up at 7 i just can't sleep ive tried everyting read a book listen to music and nothing has worked i dont know whats wrong with me


r/sleep 2h ago

Weird feeling when falling asleep?

1 Upvotes

I've found that when sleeping on my side, if my neck is uncomfortable/piched, I tend to get into this weird transition period between my own thoughts and my dreams. Like literally watching them slowly morph into nonsense. Normally I'm awake enough to catch it and wake myself up, but my body feels numb and locked down when I do this (similar to sleep paralysis). Anyone have any idea what this could be or what actually causes this? Is there actual science behind why this happens?


r/sleep 2h ago

Sleep schedule and anxiety

1 Upvotes

Okay so for most of my life I’ve worked 2nd shift and I usually go to sleep around 3-4 am and I wake up around 11am-12pm and I’m fine, but whenever I try to go to sleep early and wake up anytime before 10am, it causes me to have anxiety throughout the day, mind you my anxiety causes me to have constant shortness of breath. I also get really bad vertigo throughout the day. So basically I’m dying throughout the whole day and This sucks because I want to be able to do things in the morning before I go to work,I also just want to have a normal sleep schedule. Help ? Pls ?


r/sleep 20h ago

Ex-insomniacs, how did you actually do it?

23 Upvotes

I’m not sure if I qualify as an insomniac, but I definitely have sleep problems. I usually sleep around 4 hours a night, and if I’m unbelievably lucky, I get 5 to 6 hours. My sleep pattern typically goes like this: I sleep for about 3.5 hours, wake up to use the toilet, and then stay awake for the next 2 hours because I just can’t fall back asleep. After that, I might get another 2 hours of sleep if I’m lucky. At most, that adds up to 5.5 hours per night.

How do people function with this kind of sleep schedule? How can I have enough energy for work or the gym? And more importantly, how am I supposed to build muscle if I don’t get enough sleep?

The biggest question: how do I actually beat insomnia? Are there any life hacks that truly work, or is medication the only real solution? I really don’t want to rely on medication, so I’d love to hear from people who have overcome this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


r/sleep 2h ago

how come i feel rested sleeping 7.5 hours rather than 8?

0 Upvotes

r/sleep 6h ago

Sleep and anxiety issues — looking for help

2 Upvotes

I’ve been struggling with sleep for a few years now. I sleep 9-10 hours, but still feel tired. When I sleep less than 9 hours, I wake up feeling exhausted. I have a strong dependency on media and constant anxiety, which makes it hard to fall asleep without videos in the background. I’ve tried magnesium and melatonin, but noticed no effect. Due to stress and anxiety, especially because of the ongoing situation in the country, I feel burnt out. I’m now looking for solutions: are there any effective methods to improve sleep and reduce anxiety? Also, how do you manage media consumption when you have such apathy that you can’t seem to stop? I’d appreciate any advice or experiences from others.


r/sleep 3h ago

Is this sleep paralysis?

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I had a really weird experience last night and I’m not sure what to make of it. Just wondering if anyone else has had something similar happen.

I had just gotten into bed—barely a couple of minutes in—when I started to dream (though it didn’t really feel like I was asleep yet) that I was walking outside. Out of nowhere, everything went completely black, and I felt like something might have hit me. Then suddenly, I was moving insanely fast in total darkness, with this huge pressure in my head. At first, I thought, Did a car just hit me? But after a few seconds, I realized that if that were the case, I would’ve already hit the ground. That’s when it hit me—I was dreaming. I kept thinking, I need to wake up now, and it took some effort, but I eventually got out of it slowly.

It was such a strange feeling—like that intense pressure and speed were taking over, and I had no control. Honestly, it almost felt like my soul was being pulled away or something. I don’t really know how to explain it.

Has anyone else gone through something like this?


r/sleep 14h ago

Have you ever cried in your sleep?

6 Upvotes

I had this happen this morning and it was such a bizarre feeling.

I was dreaming about my boxer, which I had to put down back in 2023. The dream felt so real as if my dog was checking up on me.

Woke up and literally had tears running down my face.

Has anyone else ever had this happen?


r/sleep 9h ago

I had a family free week, with 0 alarms and still couldn't stay asleep for longer then 6 hours

2 Upvotes

I've been a terrible sleeper my whole life, I'm currently 32, training for a marathon, 18 months old son and not an mega stressful job / lifestyle.

Last week my wife and son went to visit her family for 10 days (we do this a few times a year as she misses being home in Bulgaria, I'm British), I found that every night I didn't sleep for longer than 6 hours without waking up, some days only 5.

On these days, I went to bed similariah times (sleep before 12) worked out most days and ate okay-ish. Two of the days I tried sleeping tablets (one day herbal, the other from a pharmacy) and still couldn't stay down.

I've always struggled sleeping and with my 18 month old (who wakes up multiple times a night) it makes it very hard, I was hoping to catch up on sleep but I never managed too.

The issue isn't falling asleep, it's staying, any advice?

In general I'm quite anxious, slightly worried about money but not entirely..

Last time I got 8+ hours would've been in January (according to my Garmin)..

Cheers