As a soldier, I was never taught any "trick." The trick is to be so sleep deprived and exhausted that your body shuts down immediately any time it has a chance lol
Was in HS when I graduated BCT. Came back for my senior year and my buddy had a full 19 minute long conversation with me and didn't realize that I was asleep until I didn't respond to one of the things he said. I was sat up right looking down at my computer on my lap with my hat pulled down below my eyes
@@derpsternium8334because you would be surprised how many odd places you will find people on a ship sleeping, meditating, or praying and strangely not notice.
Not army, but I am an insomniac. If you can't sleep due to an overactive brain, and you happen to have a mind's eye, make soup. In your mind. Stretch the steps way out- cut up all the carrots, peel the onions, sear the meat before it goes in... when you leave it to simmer, may as well fry up some croutons, that's good with a soup. Ladel it into a bowl. If you're still awake by then, make a different soup. This works with just about any menial task that gives you freedom of decision, but the one most people have done is soup. You can also tend to a garden or paint something in your mind.
Actual soldier of 20 years here.. I've never heard of that one, but what they did teach us is this.. your breathing is much deeper and slower when sleeping.. you can literally tell if someone is awake or asleep by their breathing, but I digress.. the trick is to start breathing like you're already asleep.. your breathing usually follows the body, but you reverse the process, and the body will follow the breath
@@4everseekingwisdom690the method in the video is to stop you from thinking, most people who cant sleep are overthinking while trying to sleep keeping them awake, setting your mind on the breaths and counting stops you thinking and clears your mind. had this taught to us at a mental health session at work by an ex pro rugby player that tried to off himself and he uses it when those thoughts come back as he said the lack of sleep was the reason he first attempted with the imense pressure to do good during that season (his rope broke and got help and was shown the technique by a therapest because its the same thing they used when they talk to people)
@jakestarling7598 you could have Googled it first to see if you were right.. you might want to next time.. I'll help you out this time. Here's what the NIH said "as your body enters deeper sleep stages, particularly during "slow wave sleep," where your respiratory rate naturally decreases, meaning you take fewer and deeper breaths compared to when you are awake"
Yerp was my first thought and I'm only a hospo worker, ends up you can sleep real easy when you're only allowed time to sleep 4-5 hours a night and have to run around all day. I can only imagine what it's like when you've got like 30kg+ of shit on your back too, someone says you can put that shit down and sleep I don't imagine it's taking long.
@@RadarFinsR You also have to learn how to wake up quickly. A soft nudge from a boot means it’s time to get up. If that doesn’t work, the next time it’s not a soft nudge. 😅
1. Physical exhaustion 2. Mental exhaustion from reading/doing something new from recreation (if work does not support innovation) or work. 3. Deep breathing technique he mentioned 4. Daily routine sleep time and no food/electronics after dark
Sleep deprivation mixed with sleep apnea. I'm out in seconds. You train your body to catch a quick "power nap" whenever you have down time. There was a time in my military service where I probably didn't get five hours of sleep a day. You survived off of soda and coffee. And the junior officers had it worse. Because they were in nonstop meetings and pulling officer watch duties. My DIVO probably didn't get three hours of sleep a day at times.
Fr I was about to say the same like either u sleep or don't get used to it😂 I remember first time I slept on a bed of rocks when we we're in the field and I fell asleep like a fuckin baby😂
They didn't teach me any trick to sleeping in the Navy, but i did figure out how to get to sleep. Step 1: Close your eyes Step 2: Think to yourself "God I'm fucking tired." Step 3: Step 4: Wake up four to six hours later.
As a current elite aspirant the real trick is very easy, it’s called sleep deprivations, after a week of stress, minimal sleep and training you can very easily close your eyes and sleep instantly
That's so funny! I started doing this when I was little. I never thought about it till I was older. I think I started doing this when I would cry myself to sleep and have to calm myself. But I still use this. Mainly when I am stressed.
As a U.S. army vet I'm gonna say there's no fucking trick, you're constantly stressed and on edge and the mere mention of being late is enough jettison you back into the waking world.
Exactly. Exhaustion was the way the "quick nap" eventually happened. I developed the issue where any little change in sound wakes me up and I have to be alert just in case there's danger. I have to resort to sensory deprivation in order for my brain to think it's safe.
Me ADHD ass staying awake for probably hours at a time, waking up at least twice a night all because I’m mentally creating scenarios from my fantasy worlds:
Fellow ADHD insomniac here I trick myself into going to sleep by laying down when I have a chore to do then telling myself that I need to get up to do that chore.... I have no idea why this works but it's better then nothing
I am also one and every technique I’ve ever tried did absolutely nothing other than not work. Even sleeping pills like ambient won’t work. If I get one good night’s rest, then I can’t sleep for the next two until I crash for 17 hours
Hmm… Marine veteran here and I’ve never heard any of this crap in my life. We “learned” to fall asleep so quickly because we were tired from all the training.
Here's what they taught me in the military about sleeping quicker/easier... be extremely tired. Works wonders. The sheer amount of effort you exhaust during the day makes it really easy to be tired
Actual psychological trick here- Lie down and close your eyes. Place the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth, JUST behind your teeth. Breathe deeply like you’re about to snore. This, for whatever reason, actually makes you very, very sleepy. There’s some science behind it but I can’t remember. I’m not in the military but I used to suffer from insomnia and this fixed it. Now I can be out within a minute or two whenever I want.
FYI that's a phenomenon commonly associated with ADHD. The caffeine acts as a stimulant for the parts of your body that are normally less active due to ADHD but are necessary for controlling and calming runaway thoughts as well as relaxing muscles. Obviously there's more to an ADHD diagnosis than this, but maybe it's some food for thought in case you want to look further into it.
@@doof-the-chonk Makes sense to me lol. I have adhd, and I don’t really drink caffeine since I don’t feel any effects of drinking it. Maybe I never noticed the increased ability to focus since I’m too busy trying to figure out why it doesn’t wake me up like how most people feel lol
@@doof-the-chonk does that also apply as to why I'm not getting drunk after 5 bottles of beer, liquor, or wine? I say 5 cuz I'll get a stomach ache if I drink further.
Simple I was a track and field runner as a kid and my father was a coach every weekend i had runs somewhere and my father was there with me and his other children when I grew older my races were later on the day but we had to be there in the morning since he trained 6-10 year old children so I had plenty of time to sleep there while waiting. This trained me to sleep whenever I want.
Never taught how to sleep in the army, we didn't need to be taught, if you are exhausted you will sleep anywhere. If you've been awake from 05:00 to 23:00 every day for 6 months, running everywhere, doing push ups every hour, 2 hours of PT, and the most mind numbing menial tasks man can concoct you will sleep as soon as you close your eyes. I've slept standing up, I've slept in the back of a canvas covered truck with no suspension in sub zero temperatures, I've slept in a hole in the ground in the snow, I've slept with gunfire 20 metres away. The trick to sleeping anywhere, any time, is to be really fucking tired.
That's one gift I have that almost everyone I know is envious of. I'm out like a light within minutes. I can just let my mind drift and I slip into sleep with no effort.
Meditative practices like this are a must, and so is the exposure to being in situations that are excessively loud, or dangerous and having to sleep anyways. Eventually the exhaustion catches up with you. Then sleeping on anywhere else aint so bad.
Not sure this would work on ADD/ADHD people. We spend a lot of time dealing with a brain that’s figuratively like watching three or more television channels at the same time, both straight-on and around your peripherals. The only way I seem to get a handle on it is through constant multitasking. It’s like a numbing agent we do to ourselves when we don’t already have amphetamines doing that for us during the day. Having to sit still and pay attention to my breathing would honestly feel like torture. Anyone out there with similar issues who has creative ways to wind down for sleep? I personally have to take diphenhydramine (Main ingredient in Benadryl) + melatonin around 8:00 PM every day and pray I get tired enough before midnight. Otherwise my night owl ass will be up past 3:00 AM.
Try to create a fantasy world scenario in your head in wich you are either "pretending to sleep, sleeping, paralysed from a poison and the nice magician is trying to cure you..." I've been always doing that it's great, my favourite is flying on the back of a dragon, looking up at the stars and drifting of to sleep up there
My Technik that works for me is just laying down, and trying to relax every muscle, concentrate on breathing steady and ignore any itch, involuntary movement, anything. Just completly ignoring anything from your brain outwards, any stimulation. I usually take 5min to fall asleep like this
As a Marine it's just a thing that you do eventually just embrace the suck and u can sleep anywhere pile of rocks well ones a pillow, dirt at least it's soft, standing we'll guess I'm a fucking horse
Ya, the military doesnt train you to sleep LMAOO. You just get beat on so hard you sleep sometimes. I used to be able to sleep standing up waiting in line at the chow hall.
I never heard any of that when I was in but they did teach us this. Step 1. Be malnourished and exhausted Step 2 don't sleep for roughly three days at a time This always worked wonders for me
I remember hearing about this when I was serving. I was the asshole who could sleep anywhere any time, no problem. If I was tired, I could then and can still be out in a heartbeat. It pisses off every woman I've ever been with dearly.
In the search and rescue/fire department, the technique that they teach is to find somewhere comfortable to lay. Get very comfortable. Then tense up all your muscles from your toes to your neck, and hold it for 30 seconds. Then release slowly. Your body will enter a new ease and comfort level, and it will help you to fall asleep in the next 5 minutes. Doesn't work if there are distractions around like loud noise, fluctuating temperatures (hot flash/cold snaps), or particulates in the air (smoke, chemical, etc).
I have heard of the Marines method. Which is to start with a random letter. Let's say A. Then think of a word that begins with it, say Atomic. Then think of a word that begins with C, the last letter of the previous word. And keep repeating until you fall asleep. Usually works on most people and they fall asleep before the 7th word. Some people who are neuro-divergent this trick may not work. And the military sure has an affinity for those different minded people, either through sheer luck, or attraction for the honour, or it is active service that creates normal people into different abled.
I'm not a vet, but working as a night time dispatcher for a shiping company I learned during holiday season how to have short rests fall asleep in under a minute, sleep for 15-30min, really helps when your young, trying to have a 'normal' 20's kid lifestyle but still work a night shift
Yup, I agree, 3 reps is all it takes. You learn to sleep when you can wherever you are because if shit hits you may not get any sleep for a while. Learned how to sleep standing up for short periods of time, like 5 or 10 minutes. I was a Combat Engineer, a lot of sleepless nights, wearing unwanted mud, using the rain as a shower and a poncho for a quiet spot to sleep.
I also use a similar technique. You breathe 10 times, each one lasts about 5 seconds. While you breathe, you focus on tryng to "de-active your eyes", if that makes sence. If you can focus on breating and achive the feeling of blindness, you should fall asleep. This is for day time, but it still works at night time. I used to be really tired all the time untill I got this method form a friend who went to the military
It’s called Box breathing and it’s used to naturally reduce stress and calm the body, no it will not work for everyone, as someone with quite bad insomnia it has never helped me sleep but has helped me calm down in high anxiety moments
I guess there's something different that works for everyone. My whole life I had a tendency to "make up stories" in my head when I was supposed to go to sleep. For a very long time I tried to avoid them and tell myself "not the time, you should focus on sleeping". Now I just "give in". Live in my stories. Works like magic for me.
I haven't done the whole sleep quick method but I've figured out the sleep anywhere method. I've fallen asleep standing, on freezing cold bleechers, a concrete slab, tile floor, a dog bed quite a few times. Literally doesn't matter to me as long as I'm tired enough
Here's the real military way: wake up super early and only get 5 hours of sleep each night. 3 nights later you will continue to fall asleep instantly until you sleep in.
i just have anxiety and stress then feel a sence of calmness and it takes about 30 min and it gives you time to think abt the good things that happened during the day
Heavy asthma guy here - I woke up in the ER.
😭
😂😂😂😂
Worked so well you were asleep through the ambulance siren? Sounds like a deal
I would like to research and practice this method, emphasis on research.
@Aguywandering lol, and through the whole asthma attack
As a soldier, I was never taught any "trick." The trick is to be so sleep deprived and exhausted that your body shuts down immediately any time it has a chance lol
Literally the only way I can fall asleep
Now that I'm home my wife and kids get pissed when I'm up for 5 days straight
Was in HS when I graduated BCT. Came back for my senior year and my buddy had a full 19 minute long conversation with me and didn't realize that I was asleep until I didn't respond to one of the things he said. I was sat up right looking down at my computer on my lap with my hat pulled down below my eyes
Same tf is this short talking about 😂
Came here to say this. You don't actually sleep, you pass out long enough to remain functional.
Real Navy boy here. Secret Navy trick. You can sleep anywhere at any time if you're exhausted ; )
Why is there a wink?
@@derpsternium8334because you would be surprised how many odd places you will find people on a ship sleeping, meditating, or praying and strangely not notice.
navy dude here, he's right
@@Z1LT01D BUT WHATS WITH THE WINK!
@@derpsternium8334 ;)
Not army, but I am an insomniac. If you can't sleep due to an overactive brain, and you happen to have a mind's eye, make soup. In your mind. Stretch the steps way out- cut up all the carrots, peel the onions, sear the meat before it goes in... when you leave it to simmer, may as well fry up some croutons, that's good with a soup. Ladel it into a bowl. If you're still awake by then, make a different soup.
This works with just about any menial task that gives you freedom of decision, but the one most people have done is soup. You can also tend to a garden or paint something in your mind.
Instructions unclear, now I'm at soup buying clothes at the soup store
Man my fat ass will start foaming at the mouth and I’ll wake up and see that there’s 74 bite holes in my bed
@XueYlva why are you buying clothes at the soup store ?????
Yoo me too
Thought you’d be like’ “if your still awake by then, get and go make some actual soup” 😂
Actual soldier of 20 years here.. I've never heard of that one, but what they did teach us is this.. your breathing is much deeper and slower when sleeping.. you can literally tell if someone is awake or asleep by their breathing, but I digress.. the trick is to start breathing like you're already asleep.. your breathing usually follows the body, but you reverse the process, and the body will follow the breath
RIP to your kids, they can’t fake sleep around you
@None_0.1 hehe neither can my wife 🤪
@@4everseekingwisdom690the method in the video is to stop you from thinking, most people who cant sleep are overthinking while trying to sleep keeping them awake, setting your mind on the breaths and counting stops you thinking and clears your mind. had this taught to us at a mental health session at work by an ex pro rugby player that tried to off himself and he uses it when those thoughts come back as he said the lack of sleep was the reason he first attempted with the imense pressure to do good during that season (his rope broke and got help and was shown the technique by a therapest because its the same thing they used when they talk to people)
Except you're backwards. Breathing is faster and more shallow when you're asleep. Literally no creature on the planet breathes deeply while sleeping.
@jakestarling7598 you could have Googled it first to see if you were right.. you might want to next time.. I'll help you out this time. Here's what the NIH said
"as your body enters deeper sleep stages, particularly during "slow wave sleep," where your respiratory rate naturally decreases, meaning you take fewer and deeper breaths compared to when you are awake"
That must’ve been somebody in the office because in the infantry you fall asleep when you sit down because you’re just that exhausted
Yerp was my first thought and I'm only a hospo worker, ends up you can sleep real easy when you're only allowed time to sleep 4-5 hours a night and have to run around all day.
I can only imagine what it's like when you've got like 30kg+ of shit on your back too, someone says you can put that shit down and sleep I don't imagine it's taking long.
@ (hugs new friend)
@@RadarFinsR You also have to learn how to wake up quickly. A soft nudge from a boot means it’s time to get up. If that doesn’t work, the next time it’s not a soft nudge. 😅
You also „learn“ how to sleep when walking, but doesn’t work that well
Same, I can literally lay on concrete and fall right asleep
Exhaustion is the military's sleep aid 😂
The only bit of truth in this whole comment section. There's no "technique", most people have just never been THAT tired 😅
Well that and ambien😅
@mattbignall7483 😆 for real.
For real. During my training I just slept in less than 5 mins just because I was exhausted and knew I was about to get only 5 or 6 hours of sleep
You beat me to it.
1. Physical exhaustion
2. Mental exhaustion from reading/doing something new from recreation (if work does not support innovation) or work.
3. Deep breathing technique he mentioned
4. Daily routine sleep time and no food/electronics after dark
Bruh if I don't eat before bed I wake up feeling like I was in the Great Depression 😓
There's no training, you're just exhausted.
Sleep deprivation mixed with sleep apnea. I'm out in seconds. You train your body to catch a quick "power nap" whenever you have down time. There was a time in my military service where I probably didn't get five hours of sleep a day. You survived off of soda and coffee. And the junior officers had it worse. Because they were in nonstop meetings and pulling officer watch duties. My DIVO probably didn't get three hours of sleep a day at times.
Facts or you just get used to it
Yeah also that I can't get my mind off of stress I tried it I was thinking of 2 different things that wasn't that and it didn't work
Fr I was about to say the same like either u sleep or don't get used to it😂 I remember first time I slept on a bed of rocks when we we're in the field and I fell asleep like a fuckin baby😂
i stay exhausted. its hard to sleep[
Im not even old enough to be in the military but I can fall asleep anywhere too because I am quite sleep deprived
They didn't teach me any trick to sleeping in the Navy, but i did figure out how to get to sleep.
Step 1: Close your eyes
Step 2: Think to yourself "God I'm fucking tired."
Step 3:
Step 4: Wake up four to six hours later.
Most accurate description
this deserves more likes 😭😭
Step 5: Think to yourself: "God, I would do anything for just a little more sleep."
Step 3: wake up 12.25 minutes later when your best buddy with a giant grin is whispering in your ear "you're on fire watch"
Omg, lol
am I the only person who enjoys the hour when i am trying to sleep? Its just bliss relaxing time.
Im an overthinker, and if i use this technique, it takes 30 minutes to fall asleep.
It usually takes 1-2 hours to fall asleep, so this really helps :3
Imagine yourself in 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 scenarios
@rayanshorts233
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@rayanshorts233 Actually, I wanna see how that ends up, maybe ill stay focused on that? I'll try it ig
@@eclipse._.Theriancat works for me. I usually take three hours to sleep. With the.. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 scenarios it's Abt 15 mins
@@rayanshorts233certified freak 🤣🤌
I have never been in the military, but i use this trick to fall asleep after I saw it on a reddit thread.
As a current elite aspirant the real trick is very easy, it’s called sleep deprivations, after a week of stress, minimal sleep and training you can very easily close your eyes and sleep instantly
That's so funny! I started doing this when I was little. I never thought about it till I was older. I think I started doing this when I would cry myself to sleep and have to calm myself. But I still use this. Mainly when I am stressed.
As a U.S. army vet I'm gonna say there's no fucking trick, you're constantly stressed and on edge and the mere mention of being late is enough jettison you back into the waking world.
Exactly. Exhaustion was the way the "quick nap" eventually happened. I developed the issue where any little change in sound wakes me up and I have to be alert just in case there's danger. I have to resort to sensory deprivation in order for my brain to think it's safe.
FTR = PTSD
POV: You just woke to a text @0630. "Aye, where are you at?".
Current active here. This is painfully fucking accurate.
There’s no military sleep trick, it’s just being extremely sleep deprived
Me ADHD ass staying awake for probably hours at a time, waking up at least twice a night all because I’m mentally creating scenarios from my fantasy worlds:
Fellow ADHD insomniac here I trick myself into going to sleep by laying down when I have a chore to do then telling myself that I need to get up to do that chore.... I have no idea why this works but it's better then nothing
@ Maybe it’s because your brain straight up “nopes” because it doesn’t want to do the chore ha ha
SAME my stories go crazy in my head i had one where i was hiding from a alien idk what was going on in my head that day
This is so real. I don't know if I have ADHD or not but i do have insomnia. The scenarios are fun though lol ❤
@@samanthabrooks6516 hm i might try this
Instructions unclear, i woke up with with only one kidney
In the military rn. You go to sleep so fast bc you’re so tired just waiting for the opportunity to sleep so when you do you’re out
Yes this is the answer
i saw this like 2 years ago and use it so often, it works literally ANYWHERE. In class, in the car, on the bus, not just your bed
As a US army veteran, we're just extremely tired, and sleep every opportunity we can
I am also one and every technique I’ve ever tried did absolutely nothing other than not work. Even sleeping pills like ambient won’t work. If I get one good night’s rest, then I can’t sleep for the next two until I crash for 17 hours
Y’all I’m not even joking, I did this as a joke, and fell asleep on the fucking floor
I usually roll over and think I'm tired, then fall asleep
Learned this a few years ago, it took me quite a while to fall asleep quick but it does work.
“ I can sleep anwhere and at any time of the day and night , regardless of noise and light “ Pure bars right here
I’ve heard of the technique where u flex and unflex every part of ur body starting at ur face and making ur way down to ur feet and then reverse
Hmm… Marine veteran here and I’ve never heard any of this crap in my life. We “learned” to fall asleep so quickly because we were tired from all the training.
Army doesn't teach you how to sleep, they teach you how to appreciate sleep
Here's what they taught me in the military about sleeping quicker/easier... be extremely tired. Works wonders. The sheer amount of effort you exhaust during the day makes it really easy to be tired
My wife snores like a middle aged dad. Definitely going to try this
Actual psychological trick here- Lie down and close your eyes. Place the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth, JUST behind your teeth. Breathe deeply like you’re about to snore. This, for whatever reason, actually makes you very, very sleepy. There’s some science behind it but I can’t remember.
I’m not in the military but I used to suffer from insomnia and this fixed it. Now I can be out within a minute or two whenever I want.
Please explain again❤
@NingiKhathi lie down, shut up, put your tongue behind your top teeth, almost snore then........conk shooo
I was really relaxed but could fell a sleep
its like yawning
Um thats where my tongue normally is. Where are you guys leaving your tongue all day?
sleep comes easy when you’ve been working all day.
For some reason drinking coffee at night makes me hella sleepy, that one time I woke up on the floor drooling
FYI that's a phenomenon commonly associated with ADHD. The caffeine acts as a stimulant for the parts of your body that are normally less active due to ADHD but are necessary for controlling and calming runaway thoughts as well as relaxing muscles.
Obviously there's more to an ADHD diagnosis than this, but maybe it's some food for thought in case you want to look further into it.
@@doof-the-chonk Makes sense to me lol. I have adhd, and I don’t really drink caffeine since I don’t feel any effects of drinking it. Maybe I never noticed the increased ability to focus since I’m too busy trying to figure out why it doesn’t wake me up like how most people feel lol
@@doof-the-chonk SO *THAT'S* WHY I KEEP FALLING ASLEEP AFTER DRINKING CAFFEINATED TEA!
@@doof-the-chonk does that also apply as to why I'm not getting drunk after 5 bottles of beer, liquor, or wine?
I say 5 cuz I'll get a stomach ache if I drink further.
Nah man, I close my eyes, think about a hot character dying and boom I’m asleep, 10 minutes at most
Simple I was a track and field runner as a kid and my father was a coach every weekend i had runs somewhere and my father was there with me and his other children when I grew older my races were later on the day but we had to be there in the morning since he trained 6-10 year old children so I had plenty of time to sleep there while waiting. This trained me to sleep whenever I want.
This is not the strategy the military uses. The strategy the military uses is “if you’re sleep deprived enough, you’ll fall asleep”
Thank you did it last night a I fell asleep after 3 minutes
Never taught how to sleep in the army, we didn't need to be taught, if you are exhausted you will sleep anywhere. If you've been awake from 05:00 to 23:00 every day for 6 months, running everywhere, doing push ups every hour, 2 hours of PT, and the most mind numbing menial tasks man can concoct you will sleep as soon as you close your eyes. I've slept standing up, I've slept in the back of a canvas covered truck with no suspension in sub zero temperatures, I've slept in a hole in the ground in the snow, I've slept with gunfire 20 metres away. The trick to sleeping anywhere, any time, is to be really fucking tired.
I just listen and focus on my breath. I actually do it throughout the day bc it drowns out the anxiety in my head as well.
I actually learned about this a while back and im really close to perfecting it and i can now successfully sleep anywhere anytime
I swear I actually passed out when I tried this. Like genuinely I just blacked out and woke up 3 hours later
That's one gift I have that almost everyone I know is envious of. I'm out like a light within minutes. I can just let my mind drift and I slip into sleep with no effort.
Same for me. When I was younger though I could never sleep
Holy sh*t. I did a really deep inhale and a slow exhale, and I nearly passed out😅😅
Instructions unclear, nearly choked on my own breath
does it work even if ur not tired?
Meditative practices like this are a must, and so is the exposure to being in situations that are excessively loud, or dangerous and having to sleep anyways. Eventually the exhaustion catches up with you.
Then sleeping on anywhere else aint so bad.
Not sure this would work on ADD/ADHD people. We spend a lot of time dealing with a brain that’s figuratively like watching three or more television channels at the same time, both straight-on and around your peripherals. The only way I seem to get a handle on it is through constant multitasking. It’s like a numbing agent we do to ourselves when we don’t already have amphetamines doing that for us during the day. Having to sit still and pay attention to my breathing would honestly feel like torture. Anyone out there with similar issues who has creative ways to wind down for sleep? I personally have to take diphenhydramine (Main ingredient in Benadryl) + melatonin around 8:00 PM every day and pray I get tired enough before midnight. Otherwise my night owl ass will be up past 3:00 AM.
Try to create a fantasy world scenario in your head in wich you are either "pretending to sleep, sleeping, paralysed from a poison and the nice magician is trying to cure you..." I've been always doing that it's great, my favourite is flying on the back of a dragon, looking up at the stars and drifting of to sleep up there
@ interesting, I’ll have to give that a shot 😊
people who can sleep without this, even in a party can like this
My Technik that works for me is just laying down, and trying to relax every muscle, concentrate on breathing steady and ignore any itch, involuntary movement, anything. Just completly ignoring anything from your brain outwards, any stimulation. I usually take 5min to fall asleep like this
Yeah, they teach us to fall asleep anywhere in any position. But, then you're out, with severe nightmares and fear falling asleep.
As a Marine it's just a thing that you do eventually just embrace the suck and u can sleep anywhere pile of rocks well ones a pillow, dirt at least it's soft, standing we'll guess I'm a fucking horse
Former service member here, this is not taught in the military. You simply fall asleep in the military because you are exhausted.
Ya, the military doesnt train you to sleep LMAOO. You just get beat on so hard you sleep sometimes. I used to be able to sleep standing up waiting in line at the chow hall.
Truth
The trick is exhaustion, anyone who served knows this.
I never heard any of that when I was in but they did teach us this.
Step 1. Be malnourished and exhausted
Step 2 don't sleep for roughly three days at a time
This always worked wonders for me
"Fatigue is the best pillow"
-some tired guy
I remember hearing about this when I was serving. I was the asshole who could sleep anywhere any time, no problem. If I was tired, I could then and can still be out in a heartbeat. It pisses off every woman I've ever been with dearly.
I wasn't taught how to fall asleep in the military, being run ragged on a daily basis made that part pretty easy
I just close my eyes any after a few minutes im out
Cool technique but I'm pretty sure the real secret is exhaustion
It is actually 1.55am where i live and i am about to go to sleep so i will be giving this a go
Let us know how it went
@@aferdeath9320i gave it ago and after like 20 repeats with no results i just got too bored. It was relaxing tho. I will try again a bit later
@@HiiliandsavuI tried as well, the trick is be tired as a stone
Quite easy you can sleep when you are actually tired
In the search and rescue/fire department, the technique that they teach is to find somewhere comfortable to lay.
Get very comfortable. Then tense up all your muscles from your toes to your neck, and hold it for 30 seconds. Then release slowly. Your body will enter a new ease and comfort level, and it will help you to fall asleep in the next 5 minutes.
Doesn't work if there are distractions around like loud noise, fluctuating temperatures (hot flash/cold snaps), or particulates in the air (smoke, chemical, etc).
I have heard of the Marines method.
Which is to start with a random letter. Let's say A. Then think of a word that begins with it, say Atomic. Then think of a word that begins with C, the last letter of the previous word. And keep repeating until you fall asleep. Usually works on most people and they fall asleep before the 7th word.
Some people who are neuro-divergent this trick may not work. And the military sure has an affinity for those different minded people, either through sheer luck, or attraction for the honour, or it is active service that creates normal people into different abled.
Yeah I start counting and immediately overthink the counting 😂😂 you just can't put my brain to sleep by force
I'm not a vet, but working as a night time dispatcher for a shiping company I learned during holiday season how to have short rests fall asleep in under a minute, sleep for 15-30min, really helps when your young, trying to have a 'normal' 20's kid lifestyle but still work a night shift
How?
Dudes describing the most basic of meditation techniques.
The technique is called being tired I don't know what the hell he's talking about.
100 repetitions later I'd still be wide awake lmaoo
Bro was taught how to skip time 😂
Yup, I agree, 3 reps is all it takes. You learn to sleep when you can wherever you are because if shit hits you may not get any sleep for a while. Learned how to sleep standing up for short periods of time, like 5 or 10 minutes. I was a Combat Engineer, a lot of sleepless nights, wearing unwanted mud, using the rain as a shower and a poncho for a quiet spot to sleep.
Him: "... I'm up to eight"
Us choir kids: "Eight!? I've got 12!"
Its pretty easy, the longer it takes you to learn, the more tired you get. That makes it easy, then you learn through repetition.
I also use a similar technique. You breathe 10 times, each one lasts about 5 seconds. While you breathe, you focus on tryng to "de-active your eyes", if that makes sence. If you can focus on breating and achive the feeling of blindness, you should fall asleep. This is for day time, but it still works at night time.
I used to be really tired all the time untill I got this method form a friend who went to the military
A dreamless night every once in a while sounds nice 😭
It’s called Box breathing and it’s used to naturally reduce stress and calm the body, no it will not work for everyone, as someone with quite bad insomnia it has never helped me sleep but has helped me calm down in high anxiety moments
Simple trick to quickly fall asleep: wake up at 8am, go to bed at 4am
Summary: Soldier discovers meditation, is exhausted, passes out
thanks now im stressed about not being good enough to do it better than other people
I sort of enjoy the 30-ish minutes I spend laying in bed waiting to fall asleep
I guess there's something different that works for everyone. My whole life I had a tendency to "make up stories" in my head when I was supposed to go to sleep. For a very long time I tried to avoid them and tell myself "not the time, you should focus on sleeping". Now I just "give in". Live in my stories. Works like magic for me.
I figured out how to do this while meditating. Woke up the next day wondering when i fell asleep
Don’t fall asleep because your team leader told you to hydrate at 11pm.
You fall asleep fast because your exhausted and when your on vacation insomnia 1000%
I used to go to sleep watching a specific TV show for like three months. After three months I fell asleep like two minutes after starting the show.
I haven't done the whole sleep quick method but I've figured out the sleep anywhere method. I've fallen asleep standing, on freezing cold bleechers, a concrete slab, tile floor, a dog bed quite a few times. Literally doesn't matter to me as long as I'm tired enough
I just count in binary till my brain stops functioning
Breathing calmly is literally called meditation
I can tell you for fact what the trick is: sheer exhaustion.
Sorry but that 7th clip looks so fucking good.
Sleep deprivation is the secret. I fell asleep while on a ruck march during the crucible.
Here's the real military way: wake up super early and only get 5 hours of sleep each night. 3 nights later you will continue to fall asleep instantly until you sleep in.
Actual vet here. You simply drink a lot, work really hard, and get up way too early. Then just close your eyes and boom, you're sleeping.
That just sounds extremely risky and dangerous.
instructions unclear, i passed out breathing out too long
Love all the vets telling the True story and techniques 😂
The trick was being mentally and physically exhausted.
i just have anxiety and stress then feel a sence of calmness and it takes about 30 min and it gives you time to think abt the good things that happened during the day
I swear... Its so cool sleeping like a fucking ranger like Aragorn. Just counting 4 seconds of breathing and then 7 of exhaling. Boom.