Aww I like that idea.

 

It's not really a 'game', but I concentrate on making each part of my body really heavy, attaching mental weights to my legs, arms etc until I feel I'm sinking into the bed, it really makes you relaxed.

Can't remember who told me about it but it works for me!

I do the A-Z thing too....movie stars,breeds of dog,BB HM's......at the moment I try and remember the cast of CBB and fall asleep immediately!

I used to do the A-Z of  boys/girls names, cars etc but these days, I'm lucky enough that I put my head on the pillow, close my ears and I'm asleep within minutes 

Your decorating houses is a good idea. If ever my luck runs out and I can't sleep, I shall remember that one 

I just count..   numbers...    1, 2, 3, etc..  

 

 

its a desperate ploy, if I am having one of those nights it has a 50:50 chance of succeeding..     I wish counting the other halves snores would work..    but when I track his snores its more a countdown..   to stabby rage time 

 

last couple of nights we have had the fan on in the bedroom, oscillating between us (its hot as hell still here)...   I have found that quite hypnotic - waiting for the wonderful cool to come back to me..   

 

problem was that today at work, when the fan was on oscillate it made me sleepy then too 

Can you fall a-peeps in front of the telly?

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I dance to get to sleep! Well, my feet do . The rest of me doesn't.

I go and play in the Games forum .....

Grow up ... Buz lightyear

 

*snigger*

I count penguins waddling up an iceberg

Pirate I used to play the a-z game in my head to try to sleep.

 

Then I changed it to having music on really low and sang the lyrics in my head.

 

All of this was after reading a book knocked me out.

 

These days I resort to  1 (of the two a night) Nytol, or 2/3 glasses of wine or a big fat glug of Night Nurse.

When BB is on I try to calculate who will nom who and will be up

I pop a 'happy' pill.

I play the 'move into the spare bedroom to get away from the snoring warthog' game ... it always works

whenever I get to the stage of saying I am gonna set the spare room up as a spare room (its currently a clutter storage room), he miraculously manages to stop snoring for a while.    He thinks it would be bad for our marriage if we slept separately - yes, I have pointed out that being driven to the point of fantasising about smothering him to death with the pillow isn't exactly nourishing the love 

 

 

anyways..   I have discovered the "sleep aid" tablets, supermarkets own brand ones, available at the pharmacy in Asda, Tesco & Sainsburys.   They contain the same sleepy stuff as night nurse & benylin, but with dosages precise for the intention.

 

Been using these quite a lot over the past few weeks (Mum stress), but decided when the last lot ran out not to buy anymore to "keep in".    I am so bad, if they are in the house then I will take them...    

 

So, am not medicating to get to sleep at the moment, saving those measures for when I need them 

 

Oh & cos its so god damned hot here we are the fan on in the bedroom, it is quite noisy but its a constant noise you can get used to, AND IT DROWNS OUT THE WARTHOG OF LOVE 

I do the "alternative life" thing... I always have an ongoing story line... It's cool, cause sometimes you dream about it too!!

I agree with Ickle

Run through a pleasant scenario, something you've done that was wonderful - like a holiday

Before you know it  z z z z

I watch crime/murder programes....

Twister 

 

I do that. Often wake-up to find the TV has switched itself off, it's clever like that, it knows when your not watching it.

A-Z of a chosen tv show A-Z of countries/cities Name 20 episodes of friends Name all episodes in series 1 of friends Name 5 episode titles of friends with a chosen characters name in Or counting down from 50 to 0 on each breathe I exhale, and start from scratch if I lose count