Do you ever have trouble falling asleep?

[Dynamite2013]

I have many times and lately it is almost every day. I won't take a sleeping pill in case I have to get up for an emergency. What do you do to help yourself sleep?

[Timberlan127]

I often have trouble falling asleep. Usually I put on a sound effects recording of the ocean and that helps me relax enough to finally clear my mind and dose off.

[jkhanson]

Ocassionally I have trouble falling asleep.  It is usually at times when I have a lot of things I need to do or there are big things coming up.

Thankfully it doesn't happen often. 

Listening to the ocean sounds as suggested by Timberlan127 sounds relaxing...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[campbell829]

Most of the time I have no problem falling to sleep. The only time it is a problem is when I have something bothering me and I have to solve the problem before I can get to sleep.

[minioncookies]

I have always had trouble falling asleep... I don't know why but sometimes i pull all
nighters so that i can sleep the next night....Even though i can't fall asleep during the day or the whole thing is ruined because if i fall asleep during the day i will not be able to sleep at night.. I usually get to sleep by 3 or 4 in the morning.. although sometimes if i been working in the yard or walking alot i can fall asleep about 1 or 2

[Jon626C]

Yes, I have  trouble falling asleep. Thank You!

[dwggs]

I can usually always fall asleep .. the hard part is staying asleep ...

[kingozzy]

Yes it does happen to me once in a while when I have a lot of stress going on, but not that often

[bonzie]

I occasionally have trouble sleeping when I am very stress,but other than that I sleep really good most of the time.

[sak4kat]

I don't usually have a difficult time falling asleep.  I'm usually so physically and mentally exhausted that I crash as soon as my head hit's the pillow.  If I've undergone anything physically stressful that leads to emotional exhaustion than I find myself lost on prayer till I drift off.  Never fails though I wake up and the pattern repeats.

[buckbuck1]

I don't but I know some people that have to take medicine each night to be able to go to sleep. Without them, they have insomnia

[lvstephanie]

I sometimes have trouble falling asleep if I'm under a lot of stress or if I'm trying to solve some problem from work. The best way that I've found to help me fall asleep in those instances is to essentially meditate... I'll start at my toes and relax all of the muscles there, slowly moving my attention up my body, and relaxing all muscles in the process. By doing this, I keep my mind off of whatever is keeping me up as well as relaxing my body. And if I've moved away from say my shoulders and later realize that they are tensing up once again, I'll start the entire process all over, starting all the way back at my toes. I'm sometimes surprised how tense some of my muscles are even though I thought I was relaxing on my bed.

[freedavis]

Yes I do.  Try using a sleep guard at night to help you sleep.  It really helps you sleep so much better.

[plennis]

I have no trouble falling asleep, but then I wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning and cannot get back to sleep.    I have been trying to make sure I get out a do more walking so that I am really physically tired.     

[veronica773]

Sometimes I have a hard time falling asleep.  It started when My Mom died.  Those nights I can't sleep I get up and do some work on the computer. 

I wish I knew how to mediate.  I have tried but I can't relax my muscle with it.