How long does it take you to get to sleep?

DCJR

On a good night it takes me minimum an hour, a bad night would be anything up to four or five hours. probably have a mild form of insomnia tbh. i just have an active brain, am constantly thinking of things.

the brother is the complete opposite, he'd be conked in about 2 minutes.

wat about the rest of ye?

Riddle101

10 mins on a good night, on a bad about 3 hours.

alwaysadub

Usually go to bed bout an hour before i go to sleep.
It depends though-when im not doing much during the day it takes me at least 3hours to fall asleep..

Prof.Badass

Used to find it hard to get to sleep. Then i discovered fapping :pac:!

*Never wonder why women have higher insomnia rates than men, eh?

Overheal

When youre thinking about how long it takes you to sleep: you will never get to sleep.

IvySlayer

Takes me ages to go off. As soon as I hit the pillow I'd get a million thoughts. Then I'd be like 'Oh maybe I'll switch the laptop on or what's on TV?'

seanybiker

Can take hours if im not drinking. If im sober ill go to bed around 1-2 then watch telly for about an hour and try to go asleep. Once or twice a week Ill stick be awake at 9 in the morning trying to sleep.
If Im drunk then it only takes about 20-30 minutes

drunkmonkey

depends on how big the moon is.

Emoran

depends really?

stressful day and you've gone through alot you might not even sleep same if you've a big important day ahead!

or if its just an average day or you've done some sport or had a few too many pints il be out within 5 minutes tops

pebbles21

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thetonynator

from when i turn off the light ( usually after reading or boardsing for a while ) usually about 5mins . . .

TPD

If I'm drunk I can be asleep within a minute of getting into bed. Normal night, I'd say about 20 minutes. The odd time it can take about 5 hours though.

RoadKillTs

I'm the same. At least an hour. Usually more. Just cant switch off :mad:

sillyputty

RoadKillTs wrote: »

I'm the same. At least an hour. Usually more. Just cant switch off :mad:

Ditto

Plus i have new internet enabled mobile - hence numerous late night postings on boards

GLaDOS

Way too long, usually in bed at least 2 hours before I sleep. Helps if I have something good to read. Helpful when you're cramming the night before a test though!

brummytom

DCJR wrote: »

On a good night it takes me minimum an hour, a bad night would be anything up to four or five hours. probably have a mild form of insomnia tbh. i just have an active brain, am constantly thinking of things.

the brother is the complete opposite, he'd be conked in about 2 minutes.

wat about the rest of ye?

Same as yourself. My mind just keeps on thinking about stuff and keeping me awake. I'm so jealous of people who can get to sleep easily

sam34

about ten mins usually, thankfully

theres been a few times when ive been unable to sleep due to stressful stuff going on in my life, and it was horribly disabling

GLaDOS

brummytom wrote: »

I'm so jealous of people who can get to sleep easily

I can't understand it frankly. My girlfriend can pretty much decide to go to sleep and off she goes. Me "deciding", if I'm not really tired, involves lying there for an hour or so

Chicken Run

if I've not had a drink, takes me ages.....to the point where I get so cross at not falling asleep I inevitably get up again, making it worse.
If I've had a drink - about 15-20 mins

sam34

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I can't understand it frankly. My girlfriend can pretty much decide to go to sleep and off she goes. Me "deciding", if I'm not really tired, involves lying there for an hour or so

i'm like that too. as long as i'm warm, i can sleep anywhere. it doesnt have to be dark, or quiet, or even comfortable, i just have to be warm.

*awaits onset of hate-filled posts from insomniacs*

Jimmyhologram

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/good-night-and-tough-luck/

mickmcgee

30 seconds,, drunk or sober

bazmaiden

Takes about 20 mins, the key is to wind down before sleeping, watch a little tv, listen to your i pod then nod off

RoadKillTs

I'm so jealous of people who can get to sleep easily

Ya me too. My gf can sleep straight away. Sometimes I accidently wake her up.

wmpdd3

Atleast 3 hours, always has, ever since I was about 7.

Biggest mistake you can ever make is put a telly in your kids bedroom, mine did and I never learned to put my self asleep!

Jumpy

RoadKillTs wrote: »

Ya me too. My gf can sleep straight away. Sometimes I accidently wake her up.

Mine too, for some reason its seems that people who fall asleep easily tend to be easy to wake as well, except they usually wake up shocked.

It probably doesnt help that some of my sleep farts have more of an echo than a "Khan" shout.

gigawatt

it used to take me ages to go asleep cause my head wouldnt switch off but now if i make a list of things i need to do etc before i go to bed i go asleep within 20mins! it definately works

Abi

It takes me aaages to get asleep. Only it seems to have gotten worse lately..

Webmonkey

People should appreciate and not take for granted being able to go sleep quickly?

Some nights it takes me hours...it's the most frustrating fking thing ever. The more you get annoyed with it, the longer you're awake. Stress has a lot to do with it though and I'm a continuously stressed person.

pickarooney

I have to try time it so that I get to bed and to sleep in between night-feeds, but I usually miss the window watching TV so it takes about half an hour, four to five times a night

BluesBerry

RoadKillTs wrote: »

Ya me too. My gf can sleep straight away. Sometimes I accidently wake her up.

On purpose?:p

Im not a good sleeper it take me at least 2 hours to nod of if not at all Ive tried everything as to removing stimulants TV laptop radio form room to nature sounds on cd herbal teas the lot for years nothing worked

Ive giving up trying I still get sleep Im still functioning and not obsessing about sleep anymore

citizen_p

half hour tops....and thats only because i watch a small bit of a film whenever i cant sleep....so film for 30 mins and id conk out

Simi

Takes all night sometimes. Don't fall asleep till somewhere between 5am-8am usually. On days where I have to be up early in the morning I just count down the mins until I have to be up!

we'llallhavetea_old

if i'm tired i'm asleep before head hits the pillow, i have been known to pass out mid sentence when i'm drunk. i will also sleep anywhere, no matter how awkward it is.

in saying that though the odd time it could take me hours to sleep, no matter how much "fapping" i do!

Holsten

Ages, about two or three hours.

Does my head in.

sam34

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

i have been known to pass out mid sentence when i'm drunk.

to my shame, i have (more than once) fallen asleep mid-sex while drunk

i'm a classy bird

JDxtra

Sorry guys but unless I just had a power nap on the couch because of Greys Anatomy, it would rarely ever take me more than 5 minutes. Usually sleep right through all sorts without waking. Drives my wife nuts as she thinks I ignore the whimpers if our child wakes up at night!

we'llallhavetea_old

sam34 wrote: »

to my shame, i have (more than once) fallen asleep mid-sex while drunk

i'm a classy bird

i've woken up and been in the throws of it before.... always near the end:rolleyes:

Riddle101

Seems to me like there are a lot of smokers on this thread with a lot of people saying it takes them nearly and hour or 2 to get to sleep. I mean are you sleeping on jagged rocks or something?

GLaDOS

Riddle101 wrote: »

Seems to me like there are a lot of smokers on this thread with a lot of people saying it takes them nearly and hour or 2 to get to sleep. I mean are you sleeping on jagged rocks or something?

I don't smoke for one, just a case of not being tired, then I'm always knackered when I wake up

BluesBerry

Riddle101 wrote: »

Seems to me like there are a lot of smokers on this thread with a lot of people saying it takes them nearly and hour or 2 to get to sleep. I mean are you sleeping on jagged rocks or something?

What has smoking got to do with not sleeping?

Im a smoker but don't smoke in bedroom and I have a real nice memory foam mattress topper and not jagged rocks to sleep on

2ygb4cmqetsjhx

If MrThirdTesticle and MrsThirdTesticle are making love before sleep time it doesn't take long. Otherwise can take 30-90 minutes.

BluesBerry

Hailey Mealy Maiden wrote: »

If Hailey Mealy Maiden and MrsThirdTesticle are making love before sleep time it doesn't take long. Otherwise can take 30-90 minutes.

Is that the answer to a maths problem

Thomas828

I have no problem zonking out at night. I never have a nap during the day and I usually stay up after midnight. It rarely takes me more than half an hour to nod off.

MissIT

I think I have a bit of a sleep disorder or something. Sometimes I fall asleep even if im trying to stay awake other nights I don't sleep at all!!

If im trying to get to sleep I always decorate a house in my head:o it does the trick sometimes.

Mint Sauce

anything from 2 minutes to 2 hours, nothing in particular affects it, just seems to be random

lalalalinda

It usually takes me at least 2 hours to get to sleep. On bad nights in can take much much more Thing is, once I get to sleep I'm out for the night. I could sleep for days. The only hard bit is trying to get to sleep...so don't know if that counts as insomnia!

Coming in drunk from a night out is great though. I'm out as soon as I hit the pillow

It's gonna take alot longer than normal now cause I'm reading this thread before I try sleep..

Mars Bar

I read for about 2 hours before I turn out the light...could take me a half an hour before I'd go to sleep then.

If I went to bed and tried to fall asleep without reading, I could be awake for 5 - 6 hours...

PoleStar

I have always been good at getting to sleep very quickly.

My wife tells me that once, when I was a bit tired, I literally lay down and as soon as I was in position horizontally, I was asleep, so I guess thats zero seconds!

And btw I dont have narcolepsy!