1. CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS 2
100 Solutions for Sleeplessness
Submitted by SAS

2. 1- Sleep through Meditation to avoid sleepless nights
2- Start counting stars to put your mind off bad scary thoughts, keep counting till you sleep
3- Get cozy, get as much comfortable as possible. Take care of room temperature, sleeping
position and clothes to wear while sleeping
4- If you are afraid of darkness, make sure that there is one lit night bulb in the bedroom
5- Start reading a book till you fall asleep
6- Start watching some interesting movie till you fall asleep
7- Start playing PS-3 or any game on your cell phone, it would definitely help you to fall asleep
8- Deep breathing will help you in relaxing which will eventually put you to sleep.
9- Go into an imaginary world, paly with your mind, think of impossible things. This mind exercise
will made your mind tired enough to fall asleep
10- Try self-hypnosis to release your fear and put you to a comfortable sleep.
11- Avoid taking naps during the daytime
12- Take a warm shower before going to bed
13- Taking care of diet will also help you to sleep properly
14- If nothing seems to be working out for you, it is better to get professional help
15- A cup of warm milk always helps to put you to sleep
16- Don't keep on worrying after lying down about your sleeplessness, Rather close your eyes and
think of a good deeds you did during the day passed.
17- Observe the movement of fish In the fish tank as it proves that observing fish movement of fish
helps in reducing tension.
18- Brush your teeth before sleeping
19- Listen to soothing music
20- Reduce nicotine/caffeine intake
21- Sleeping with someone else. Likegf, bf, spouse, mommy or dad
22- Take a walk before going to bed
23- Workout before going to bed will definitely help in sleeping.
24- Change working hours. Start working in night shifts n sleep in day time.
25- Get drunk
26- Get high on some drug. (weed would work)
27- Start sleeping with a stuffed toy.
28- watching boring movie before bed
29- try to go on parties at night so that feel tired n sleep without thinking much
30- counting sheep
31- ask someone to sing lullabies
32- ask someone to tell u a bedtime story
33- Making future plans and thinking as if you are already in the future.
34- watch picture albums
35- Log on to your Facebook and starting wandering around on different friends’ profiles .
Eventually you will be bored and will go to sleep.
36- Start having a conversation on your cellphone with some friend
37- Start texting your friends.

3. 38- Sleep in group of people when they are talking n awake to avoid the feeling of fear.
39- Sleep with your TV on, voice of TV will keep your fear minimal even if you are not able to sleep.
40- Start talking to yourself
41- Start talking to your imaginative friend
42- Think about polishing your positive traits
43- Think about getting rid of your negative traits
44- Start taking sleeping pills
45- Recall the events that took place during the day and judge yourself in the light of that event if
you did good deeds more or bad deeds more, if there are more good deeds, which will definitely
help you relaxing and eventually sleeping.
46- Start watching your favorite sport on TV
47- Keep staring at the fan moving right above your head, will make your brain tired enough to put
it to sleep.
48- Try to listen to your own heartbeat, or start feeling your pulse.
49- Change your sleeping position if one position is not working for you.
50- Writing down all your worries on a paper so that you can go to bed with peaceful state of mind.
51- Put a pillow under the knees to relieve lower back pressure.
52- Close your eyes and roll it upwards three times. This happens naturally when falling asleep and
evidently triggers some sleep chemicals in the body.
53- Massage your feet with warm oil. That will give you relaxed feeling.
54- Keep a regular sleeping schedule.
55- Start thinking about dating your favorite celebrity.
56- Go for head massage before going to bed to relax.
57- Put cucumber on eyes to relax and sleep.
58- Put a nice painting on wall in front of bed. Start observing that painting till you fall asleep.
59- Watch a comedy show to relax and sleep.
60- Imagine yourself as a “sleeping beauty” ;). A prince will come and will wake you up feeling will
help in sleep.
61- Start thinking about getting promotion in job next day and sleep happily.
62- Learn dancing salsa or tango. Practice it before going to bed.
63- Aerobics are helpful for meditation and sleep relaxed.
64- Don’t sleep at night; go out on late night movie with friends. This will help in relaxing.
65- Go on long drive late night to pass time and get tired enough to sleep.
66- Start singing and sleep while singing.
67- Start writing and sleep while writing.
68- Start using social network chats at night and sleep while chatting.
69- Read boring newspaper in bed.
70- Start talking to yourself and talk till you fall asleep.
71- Write down your woes.
72- Snack on cheese and crackers
73- Start studying your course books, will always make you sleepy.
74- Spray a sleep inducing scent

4. 75-Turn on the white noise
76-Stop Smoking
77-Stay Cool
78-have a high-protein snack
79-Learn relaxation techniques
80-Catch the sleep wave
81-Let go and go with the flow
82-Eat an apple a day which will keeps you healthy hence there won’t be fear of death during night.
83- You can sleep under your bed to deceive the angle who will come to claim your life ;)
84-Keep the lights of bedroom on if you are afraid of dark.
85- Keep the door and windows of bedroom shut so that nobody comes in to take my life.
86- Listen to patriotic songs which will give you strength not to lose hope and will give you the faith
that youwill wake up next morning to serve your country.
87- Get blessings and love from your mother prior to bed.
88- Give candies to some kid and make him wish for your long life.
89- Change your sleep timings, start sleeping during day time.
90- Pray to God for your long life before sleeping.
91- Meditation or prayer time is always a helpful idea right before bed. It gives the brain a task to
occupy it as you slow your breathing and then your brain relaxes too, calming and preparing to
rest the body.
92- Eat cherries, scientists discovered thatcherries are full of melatonin which helps in regulating
sleep
93- Balance your blood sugar level.
94- Think positive.
95- Set smaller goals on daily basis.
96- Slip on some socks to make yourself warm.
97- Soothe your worries
98- Take a whiff on oranges, the smell of oranges help you feel less anxious, more positive and calm.
99- Dunk into the tub. When your feet and hands are warm, blood vessels dilates, allowing heat to
escape and body temperature to fallwhich guides the brain into sleep mode.
100- Last but not the least, start working on creativity assignment, you will feel so sleepy that not
even angel of death will scare you.