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Melmac posted:How the hell do you peeps take 1 hour naps? It takes me 45 minutes just to maybe possibly fall asleep no matter how tired I am. Any secrets? I'm terrible at waking up but brilliant at passing out. Basically you have to program yourself to fall asleep in response to a particular brain state. I learned this from having a really hard time passing out as a kid. My folks would say "just close your eyes and try to relax" which doesn't work for me because then I just think about poo poo. So I instead started telling myself stories mentally to fall asleep. It kept my mind focused enough not to drift into random thoughts, but not so focused it kept me awake. After a while that state started to be a suggestion to go to sleep that my brain couldn't ignore. Now I can pass out very quickly. So quickly I barely even get any narrative started before I'm out. The storytelling isn't the important part. You could do whatever. Meditate or count sheep or whatever. They key is that you adopt a mental state consistantly before trying to pass out. Humans are self-programming. Eventually your brain will start taking the hint. Unless it sucks.
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I live where I work so off to lunch at noon, asleep on my own couch from 12:05P to 12:55P. I am a gigantic cranky baby when something fucks with my napping. Even the cat knows to leave me the gently caress alone during that time.
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Dec 7, 2015 14:49
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Pot naps are the best. You wake up feeling extra rejuvenated somehow. It's a real thing, and until you try it you have no idea what you're missing.
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Dec 7, 2015 14:50
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Iron Crowned posted:You'd fit right in with the rest of us in Work Crew! i was in work crew!!! i had a sig and everything but then i stopped postin there because talking about work is depressing.
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Dec 7, 2015 15:02
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Naps are the poo poo, 15 minutes exactly, less than that sucks, more than that, I won't wake up
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Dec 7, 2015 18:02
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Cthulu Carl posted:In my senior year of high school I used to catch a quick nap in the closet where the band stored their tympani drums. I would pass out and wake up when the sophomore band got the drums out, so it even had a built-in alarm. I used to do the same thing except it was a room above the gym on a big pile of volleyball nets. I would actually sneak in there during gym on days we had "free gym" which was when the teacher didn't feel like doing anything and just let us shoot baskets or whatever. Those nets were drat comfortable and I would feel like nap ninja when I got away with it.
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Dec 7, 2015 18:29
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2-3 hours after I get home from work. I stay up for maybe 3-4 hours then sleep for 6-7 hours. Always on a Monday since my sleep cycle is so hosed up from boozing over the weekend.
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Dec 7, 2015 18:32
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I had a roommate that took 5 minute lightning naps is this level of napping expertise even possible
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Dec 7, 2015 18:43
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Captain Yossarian posted:I'll give you a dirt nap op. agreed, time to bury your dick in the dirt op
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Dec 7, 2015 18:54
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gonna take a nap right now op
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Dec 7, 2015 18:56
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SorePotato posted:I had a roommate that took 5 minute lightning naps is this level of napping expertise even possible Yes but you gotta be high level. It's like that schedule where you sleep in 2 hour intervals. Its theoretically achievable (by demigods) but is far more likely to just gently caress ur noob rear end up.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:27
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I like to 'nap' when my family or wifes family comes over chug a couple of bourbons as the car pulls up the drive, say hello, smile, sit on couch, nap if anyone wakes me for any reason I fly into a terrible rage - thus preventing further attempts at waking me
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Dec 7, 2015 21:22
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I just slept off the effects of a bulgogi lunch. Ahh, sweet naps.
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Dec 7, 2015 21:39
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Jeff Sichoe posted:I like to 'nap' when my family or wifes family comes over Awww gently caress yeah I forgot about this. I do this at every holiday because of my mother's loving idiot friends. I don't have to make an example of anybody that disturbs me though because they know better. Everybody just goes "Eh he works all the time and is prolly exhausted we should leave him alone."
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Dec 7, 2015 23:33
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Matoi Ryuko posted:Do you have your tv/computer in the same room as your bed? Change this if you do. Do you wake up every day at the same time? I do have a TV and computer in that room. I think the problem is if I have absolutely nothing in my room then there will be literally no chance of me falling asleep. For example, on vacations, I will just stare at the ceiling for 5 hours because I don't want to wake anyone else up. I do not use my phone or watch TV on vacations. So that thing where the light of the LCD messes with your melatonin or w/e doesn't apply to me it seems. Nathilus posted:I'm terrible at waking up but brilliant at passing out. Basically you have to program yourself to fall asleep in response to a particular brain state. I learned this from having a really hard time passing out as a kid. My folks would say "just close your eyes and try to relax" which doesn't work for me because then I just think about poo poo. So I instead started telling myself stories mentally to fall asleep. It kept my mind focused enough not to drift into random thoughts, but not so focused it kept me awake. After a while that state started to be a suggestion to go to sleep that my brain couldn't ignore. Now I can pass out very quickly. So quickly I barely even get any narrative started before I'm out. This is a really good idea. I did notice my brain likes it when I fall asleep to certain TV shows (it is very picky about which ones).
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Dec 9, 2015 06:38
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Melmac posted:I do have a TV and computer in that room. I think the problem is if I have absolutely nothing in my room then there will be literally no chance of me falling asleep. For example, on vacations, I will just stare at the ceiling for 5 hours because I don't want to wake anyone else up. I do not use my phone or watch TV on vacations. So that thing where the light of the LCD messes with your melatonin or w/e doesn't apply to me it seems. You prolly shouldn't program yourself to require television to sleep.
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Dec 9, 2015 23:42
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Darth123123 posted:I can't nap on planes, sucks. I bring a pillow or two just for that. I put my knees up on the back of their seat, recline it all you want, and have a cushion for my tailbone and sleep mask and I am golden. Alternatively, try drugs or alcohol before boarding...
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Cnut the Great posted:Yeah. Except it's not mayhem, it's just like some really boring poo poo that always seems to happen in real-time. Like I'm a long-haul trucker just driving down a featureless stretch of highway for the entire eight hours I'm asleep, and it really does feel like eight hours.
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