If you live alone, and trust me on this, start screaming. It feels weird but it works 9 times out of 10 also it relieves some stress probably.
If you feel uncomfortable doing that or don’t live alone or share walls with other people, try splashing you face with cold water. It fucking sucks, it really does, but you probably won’t fall asleep again.
If you’re ADHD like me and you’ve never been able to establish a consistant sleep schedule in your entire life then you gotta find tricks like these to help. No amount of “just go to bed at a regular hour and get up at the same time every day” is ever going to change anything. Coffee helps and so do prescribed stimulants but I can still pass out with those in my system. Cold water and staying on my feet hasn’t filled me.
However, if you’re struggling to get out of bed bc you turn off your alarm in a sleep haze and pass back out I recommend getting an app called alarmy and using it’s barcode scanning function. I pasted a barcode on my medication bottle that stays in my bathroom and the alarm won’t turn off until I scan it. It forces me to get out of bed and take my meds ASAP bc that alarm is annoying af. You can also keep your phone charger far away from your bed for added protection but if you have no self control at night this will eventually get annoying and you’ll move it back to your bed.
I hope something here helped o7 best of luck fellow permanently exhausted pigeon
I actually did and the other 2 classes as well. Haven’t passed out yet either, trynna not to fall asleep until it’s actually its actually time to go to bed. Granted this happens relatively regularly so you get a little used to it.
Didn’t have the brainpower for differential equations today though
If you live alone, and trust me on this, start screaming. It feels weird but it works 9 times out of 10 also it relieves some stress probably.
If you feel uncomfortable doing that or don’t live alone or share walls with other people, try splashing you face with cold water. It fucking sucks, it really does, but you probably won’t fall asleep again.
If you’re ADHD like me and you’ve never been able to establish a consistant sleep schedule in your entire life then you gotta find tricks like these to help. No amount of “just go to bed at a regular hour and get up at the same time every day” is ever going to change anything. Coffee helps and so do prescribed stimulants but I can still pass out with those in my system. Cold water and staying on my feet hasn’t filled me.
However, if you’re struggling to get out of bed bc you turn off your alarm in a sleep haze and pass back out I recommend getting an app called alarmy and using it’s barcode scanning function. I pasted a barcode on my medication bottle that stays in my bathroom and the alarm won’t turn off until I scan it. It forces me to get out of bed and take my meds ASAP bc that alarm is annoying af. You can also keep your phone charger far away from your bed for added protection but if you have no self control at night this will eventually get annoying and you’ll move it back to your bed.
I hope something here helped o7 best of luck fellow permanently exhausted pigeon
This accurately reflects my position on the matter
It is currently almost 3 am, I have class at 9
7:10 for me. At some point I just gave up
I’m only an hour behind you lol
Probably won’t bother sleeping tonight either
Did you make it to your class?
I actually did and the other 2 classes as well. Haven’t passed out yet either, trynna not to fall asleep until it’s actually its actually time to go to bed. Granted this happens relatively regularly so you get a little used to it.
Didn’t have the brainpower for differential equations today though
If I start screaming at 6 AM, my neighbor would call the cops.
Added a clause for a reason lol, I don’t do this now that I live in an apartment but when my family wasn’t home and I woke up for school I’d do this.
I think it also helped that I had parrots so initially when I woke up they’d start screaming first and I felt included. I miss my birds
Waking up to screaming parrots and screaming with them sounds great! Stress relief and company
It was pretty cathartic. Got them really excited too and my greencheek would march around the top of his cage while he did it lol