I can't sleep.

[milestogo]

[True Dough]

1. Try counting sheep

Mr. Robert Frost!

[Solly Mack]

2. I'd offer to sing you to sleep but I'd only scare you with my singing.

You'd never sleep again, the memory would haunt you the rest of your life.

[milestogo]

3. Well alright then.

No singing please.

[Solly Mack]

4. Sorry. I do read bedtime stories well though.

I do the voices and sounds.

[shenmue]

5. Me neither

[CottonBear]

6. I cant sleep either.

I’m going to get a glass of water and a warmer blanket.

[NanceGreggs]

7. Maybe it's because ...

... you have milestogo before you sleep.

[global1]

8. Same Problem Here...

I just took some melatonin. In a few minutes i'll get real relaxed. I work on a crossword puzzle as well and as I relax I get drowsy and fall asleep. The crossword puzzle focuses my mind only on it and keeps my mind off of the problems of the day. Works every time. Goodnight!!!!

[LisaM]

9. Sleep is for weaklings.

I resent every second I have to spend on it.

[Laffy Kat]

11. You must be a youngster.

I remember thinking that I can sleep when I'm dead. Now I treasure every second of shut-eye.

[Wounded Bear]

21. Sleep is a weapon...

-Jason Bourne

[LisaM]

24. LOL. No!!

It runs in my family, though. I am on the West Coast and I have family in the DC area who I can depend in to reliably be awake at midnight....MY time!

[Laffy Kat]

10. Me neither. Seems like any more I can only sleep in early morning to late afternoon.

It's what happens when you get off work at 10:30 pm. I just finished making two loaves of banana bread, though.

[sprinkleeninow]

12. Send some o' dat over. Yummy!

I got a lotta sleep last two days, now I'm wired. Gonna pay when the sun comes up.😴
Take a 🚿 and drink my 🍼then hit the sack! 😄

[Laffy Kat]

13. Wish I could.

Love to bake and through the years I've made the banana bread healthier in very sneaky ways. (You'd never be able to tell.)

[sprinkleeninow]

14. Stealth! It's smart to rework a basic recipe that may not be the healthiest

for you and add or change some ingredients.

Lots of times the redo is actually a nice improvement, yes?

Nitey nite! 😴

[AJT]

15. I can't either.

[edbermac]

16. Watch a Bob Ross painting show.

[JonLP24]

18. My grandma used to copy his paintings all the time

One of her favorite hobbies while she was alive.

[NNadir]

22. My son is a serious artist studying at a serious art school, and Bob Ross is a favorite meme...

...among the students there apparently, particularly in Art Criticism and and Art History seminars.

"I admire the work of Degas...but he's no Bob Ross."

I had no idea who Bob Ross was until my son started telling Bob Ross jokes, thinking I would get it.

I didn't. The worst thing possible happened to him, he needed to explain his joke.

[JonLP24]

17. I woke up a hour and 17 minutes ago

Good morning

[Siwsan]

19. When I can't sleep I watch the live safaris, on line

From 11:30 until 2:30, eastern standard time. Safari Live (Part of the NatGeo network) airs live safaris in Kenya and South Africa.

Sometimes when they are having trouble finding animals, the guides constant time filling dialog lulls me to sleep. But when the wildlife is abundant, well, I'd rather be watching them than sleeping, anyway.

[NNadir]

20. I'm a chronic insomniac. There are two kinds of insomniacs...

...those who don't care about it and those who do.

Unfortunately, I'm the latter. It has an upside though, which is this: I have learned so much while being unable to sleep, as miserable as I may feel, by reading, and then reading, and then reading some more.

Use the time.

Nobody in America should be able to sleep, in any case, given the horrible racist in chief in the White House.

[NJCher]

27. Me, too

I read on my iPad. If the battery on that runs out, I read on my Nook.

I have my nightly sites that I go to: bookmarked sites for long pieces, then news aggregators, a paranormal board, a magazine from the library that I can get online, pictures at flickr or maybe Imgur. Perhaps a little Reddit. It's now a routine.

I finally get some sleep between 4 and 8 a.m.



Cher

[NotASurfer]

23. If me no sleep

Me zombie next day brane not werk no gooderer need mo coffeffeffeeeee....

[Boxerfan]

25. Keep Walking!

The woods are dark, full & deep. And you have promises to keep.

[Ellie319]

26. Same here buttttt....

I can never sleep! Just found out about this podcast that tells boring stories to help Listeners fall asleep. Was skeptical at first but after two nights of passing out halfway through these stories, I will be listening more often. The podcast is called Sleep With Me if you're interested

[NJCher]

28. I'm interested. Thanks.

trying that tonight.


Cher

[gopiscrap]

30. Welcome to DU

[NightWatcher]

32. Ive got it cued up for tonight

[lastlib]

33. Welcome to DU!!

[mucifer]

34. Stuff like that seems to help me for a few days then it stops working

I put watergate documentaries on lately. Sometimes I do old time radio shows from archive.org sometimes it helps sometimes it doesn't I will try that podcast of yours. If I am very upset and anxious sometimes nothing helps and I get two or three hours of sleep.

[fierywoman]

29. Inhale to 4 counts, hold for 7 counts, exhale for 8 counts.

Take a few shallow breaths, repeat the above. I know a lot of insomniacs who swear by it.

[lastlib]

31. Wanna read my economics textbook?

Works for me every time!

Especially the chapter on Leontieff's inter-industry input/output tables!...........ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz...........