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Quitting/Taking a long break from cannabis, and my sleep has been awful for the last week and a bit. What do you folks like to do to get ready for bed? (self.casualconversation)

submitted 2 days ago by Cracks_InTheWalls to c/[email protected]

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Been through this before, so I know it gets better eventually, but what do you folks generally do to optimize beddy-bye time? To the insomniacs, what are some things you do in the wee hours/early morning for a relaxing start to your day?

This morning's choice is checking out the music of Casiopea - saw them mentioned in a meme here recently, then later on saw one of my favourite gig spaces has a great local fusion jazz band doing a show covering them at the end of the month. Very chill, feels like menu music of a mid-90s Japanese 3D game in a very good way, lol. Funny how these things happen sometimes, kinda like seeing the car model you just bought everywhere on the road shortly after purchase.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know about marijuana withdrawals but when I'm having a tough time going to sleep I try listening to those guided meditation videos on YouTube.

I learned about meditation fairly Young so I've got a bit more practice than some people, but most of the ones that are like an hour long or so are enough to send me off to lala land

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls 2 points 2 days ago

Appreciate the comment - all good on the lack of experience with cannabis withdrawls, intent was really just folks talking about sleep habits in general and early morning routines.

It's a good tip. I have some meditation experience under my belt as well, and it's usually provides some useful tricks for inducing sleep. Funny, actually - as a young teen I was dating someone who meditated (their Mom was Indian, so coached in a particular outlook) and had trouble sleeping. Described what I did as sort of like meditation, and she asked "But how can you fall asleep". I said "You know when you're feeling relaxed and your mind starts to drift? Change your focus to that relaxed feeling, and feel it getting deeper." Worked like a charm.

Nowadays, I use a looped bathtub filling sound and just focus on the sound of the water. Usually works unless there's some kind of biochemical nonsense afoot :)

Appreciate it!