Any tips on sleeping??

Captain Rex reporting. Yes I know, this is the third post about this issue but for the last 2 nights, I've been having terrible sleep. I seem to be stressed during school nights as opposed to weekends which really bothers me. It's sometimes difficult to fall asleep and I often wake up in the middle of the night. I seem to be an insomniac as I've been battling this for months since I started NoFap. Although, I do get good night's rest sometimes, but not often.

The worst thing about having these terrible nights is that I end up feeling really drowsy, anxious, tired, miserable, depressed, etc. I end up being socially incompetent in a group as opposed to being decently confident when I get a good night's rest.

Yes, I do abstain from electronics 2 hours before bed and I do workout, meditate, read, etc. And yes, I do take melatonin as well but I still get insomnia some nights. But the issue still remains. Anyone know how to overcome this issue? I'm sick and tired of this agonizing problem. Maybe I should've have not ate that cold pizza in the fridge right before bed. Captain Rex out.

 

Leave the melatonin a lone for a minute cause too much of that or prolonged use may be making things worse. Working out was the first thing that came to mind but you said you do that.

Do you sleep on any kind of regular schedule or are you all over the place? Regular bed time and wake up may help your brain regulate itself. If you have a shitty mattress or uncomfortable sheets and blankets that could do it also.

 

Yes, I did try that but that doesn't even help at all tbh. It just causes more stress so the way I do it is to just think about mundane things (not ranting). That helps me not focus on sleep and I end up going to sleep without even knowing it. So tbh, breathing exercises don't really help me sleep, they just cause me to stress out.

Thankfully though, I did fall asleep without any problems whatsoever last night and I feel much, much better now. I did get insomnia but that wasn't a big deal whatsoever. I ended up falling asleep shortly after. The trick I used was to turn the clocks around so that I don't look at them. Thanks for the advice anyways guys.