Millennials Are Sharing Their Sleeping Habits, And I Can't Believe How Many People Simply "Rawdog" Sleep
I lay down for bed, and my brain refuses to turn off. Like me, I'm sure everyone knows someone else who can just hit the bed and pass out. This sent me on a search, and I found in the always discussion-heavy subreddit r/Millennials, Reddit user u/amkatsu is trying to see if people can "rawdog" sleep by just straight-up falling asleep without any aid. Some of the comments had me craving for that superpower:
1."I raw dog it every night because I have no energy left after all of the energy vampires drain me (kids)."
2."There are nights I listen to a podcast or watch a TV show to fall asleep. Other times, I can fall asleep without anything. Guess it depends on how tired I am that day."
3."Rawdog is the only way; I CANNOT FATHOM having a podcast, video, fan, or noise machine going while trying to sleep. What the f*ck? But this also means I need earplugs and an eye mask when I can’t control my sleep environment. Even at home, I often have to put in earplugs partially through the night."
4."I only can with my CPAP. Otherwise, I just get into bed, turn off the light, and go to sleep. I can't go to sleep with noise from videos, radio, TV, etc., and I need it dark. It took me a while to get used to the CPAP white noise sound. I also have a policy that says no TV is allowed in my bedroom. My bedroom is for sleep and sexy time only."
5."Have to have a fan on high year-round to help with my tinnitus, but other than that, nothing else is needed."
6."Yes. I was blessed with the superpower of falling asleep anytime, anywhere. Unfortunately, waking up is a herculean task for me."
7."Everyone in my house, including my kids, uses a fan or white noise machine."
8."Earplugs are a true lifehack."
9."I don't have an internal voice in my head, so falling asleep is often easy. My husband snores, so now I wear earplugs to drown him out."
10."I do audiobooks most nights. I usually fall asleep after a chapter or three if I'm completely sober, but when I'm stoned, it's either like five minutes or two hours. Bonus points are my earbud's noise canceling feature helps keep everything else quiet."
11."My husband. It's terrifying that he holds this kind of power. He's also the type to fall asleep mid-sentence or 10 seconds after his head hits the pillow."
12."I read a book, and as I feel myself slipping into sleep, I turn off the light. The window is open no matter the time of year. If my child cooperates, I won’t wake up until morning. (41m)"
13."I take regular melatonin. When my brain really doesn't want to STFU, I take the hard stuff — Zzzquil. I've never had a normal sleep schedule, not since high school, so even the sleep aids sometimes don't help, and I'm up until 1-2 a.m. Also, I have the ceiling fan on for the noise and the temperature regulation."
14."I guess I 'rawdog' based on your definition of it. I don’t fall asleep to anything, but my thoughts or random songs stuck in my head."
15."I need white noise. I’ve been surrounded by noisy people my entire life, whether it was my dad, noisy neighbors when living in apartments, or my husband and children."
16."I will occasionally put on a Handpan album with a sleep timer, but ever since I met my wife, she has insisted on not having a TV in the bedroom; it's been more difficult to fall asleep with any noise happening."
17."I prefer to have nothing, but my spouse prefers a TV in the background, so we stole the white noise machine from our toddler."
18."I have a toddler; I’ve been rawdogging sleep for years now. It’s not quality sleep, but I pass right out."
19."Yes, [I can rawdog sleep], but I am constantly sleep-deprived, so I fall asleep quickly."
20."[Not being able to rawdog] kinda sucks tbh, you lay there for 45 minutes uncomfortably tossing and turning until it's suddenly morning, and you have to drag your somehow even more uncomfortable body up off the bed."
21."My wife can sleep for 10 hours, no problem. No more than 6 for me, and I'm tossing and turning because my body hurts. For some reason, my back and one hip started to hurt after six hours, and I couldn't get comfortable after that. I miss my 20s when nothing hurt (lol)."
22."I am a sleep purist. I don’t even turn the light on in my bedroom, walk in, pull the covers back, lie down, and close my eyes. On the other hand, my wife is a 'watch the tablet for at least an hour to get sleepy' person. She says she cannot be left alone with her thoughts."
23.And finally, "I can fall asleep easily because I am so chronically sleep-deprived that I’m exhausted. However, my insomnia continues to say PSYCH, and I can’t just stay asleep. I wake up a lot, and it takes me forever to go back to sleep. I look at my husband, who can easily sleep for about 12 hours, and want to kick him off the bed out of pure envy."
What are your thoughts? Can you "rawdog" sleep, or do you need some form of routine to find your beauty sleep? Comment and discuss below!
