Asklemmy

I leave my dark, warm place of sleep, walk into a room with a light & cool air, stay for a few minutes, maybe have a drink of water, then lay a heating pad across my stomach and go back to sleep.

headphones?

Read until I fall asleep again

I meditate. Very occasionally, I still am not ready to sleep, but it still helps me to do that.

I listen to a podcast, if nothing else works.

Mostly, I don't worry about not sleeping. It took me years to feel OK with not sleeping, but here I am.

Peace.

If I can't sleep I get out of bed and play video games until I fall asleep. Sometimes that means a full night of gaming but most of the time I get tired after an hour or so.

I put the phone down as the light coming from it is part of the reason your brain is staying awake.

I sort out and organize my thoughts, problem-solutions and a plan moving forward. It takes a while, but I get a sound sleep afterwards

I've been playing mudborne.

Get up and have the cats bite my elbow.

Doom scroll.

Ambien.

Throw on an eye mask and headphones and turn on an audiobook.

Call it quits and get started on work, play a video game, run or workout.

I put on a Playlist of DCAU animated series. Batman: The Animated Series through Justice League Unlimited. I've seen them all a million times and it's something that lets my ADHD brain rest. You'd be surprised st how much of those shows are orchestral soundtrack withiut dialog.