When I can’t sleep, I turn around and sleep “upside down” - moving my pillows to where my feet were beforehand, and my feet to where my head was beforehand - and I stick with that for a week or so. It gives me a week or so without insomnia and then wears off, so I have to turn myself back around for the next 7-12 day period.

Admittedly this could just be a me thing, but let’s put our faith in this method and let the power of placebo effect take hold. Boom, minor bouts of sleeplessness are cured.

What are your own examples of this?

  • shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works
    22·
    6 days ago

    If you get that feeling where you need to sneeze but it’s not quite enough for a full sneeze, say the word grapefruit. 60% of the time it works every time

      • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        6 days ago

        The uses of “ACHOO syndrome”!

        Aka the photic sneeze reflex.

        Apparently not everyone has this reflex.

      • blackbrook@mander.xyz
        4·
        6 days ago

        Wait, are you saying you can look at a bright light to suppress a sneeze? I used to work with a guy who said bright light sometimes made him sneeze.

        • frosch@sh.itjust.works
          5·
          5 days ago

          Ahh, no no!

          Not suppress it, but force it out. Kinda when you feel it coming but it’s “stuck”

          For suppressing it, I’ll press my tongue hard against the roof of my mouth. Works most of the time

        • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
          3·
          5 days ago

          Looking at significantly bright lights cause the muscles of your face and sinuses to contract which can force a sneeze. It won’t cancel the sneeze, it just makes it happen on your own terms.

      • TisI@lemmy.zip
        2·
        5 days ago

        Ha, for me it’s the opposite. I have to cover my eyes, not just close them because I can still feel the brightness through my eyelids, so I have to physically cover them with my hands.

        Also, if people talk I can’t sneeze either. So if I’m around people I’m comfortable around, they know I’m about to sneeze and stop talking. That’s very sweet of them.

        • frosch@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          5 days ago

          I imagine this looking really adorable. Talking to someone who then suddenly covers their eyes and sneezes.

          I often sneeze two times but when someone’s bless you comes between them, my second sneeze is cancelled most of the times. So most people who know me will wait in anticipation wether I sneeze a second time.

      • MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 days ago

        Also right under your nose, push your finger against your mustache space

        Edit: Oh wait, that prevents the sneeze. I read the comment wrong