Do you tire yourself to sleep?
By Toni
@toniganzon (81847)
Philippines
October 17, 2026 6:47pm CST
@LadyDuck mentioned in one of our conversations how she wasn't able to sleep one night.
It suddenly reminded me during the time when I lost my parents. The night time was the most difficult part because it was only me and my siblings with no parents. On weekends my parents used to let me sleep with them coz I would always begged them to.
What my grandparents did was let my cousins sleep with me for awhile but during the day, we would just play and go somewhere. Night time, I was too exhausted and I would easily fall asleep.
Physically tiring myself to sleep was effective. I was 13 then.
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@toniganzon (81847)
• Philippines
6h
You must have no problem with sleeping then.
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@toniganzon (81847)
• Philippines
1h
That is good to know. It helps to exercise and tire ourself out when it's hard to sleep at night.
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@LadyDuck (504476)
• Italy
45m
@toniganzon - I am sure that walking is very good for me. We picked up chestnuts and mushrooms while walking in the woods.
@Traceyjayne (14545)
• United Kingdom
11h
I sometimes go to bed so late that I am beyond tired …. Then I cannot sleep..
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@nawala123 (24316)
• Indonesia
8h
When i get many activity to do in the afternoon i sleep well at night
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@toniganzon (81847)
• Philippines
6h
But you don't intentionally tire yourself to sleep, right?
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@LooeyVille (73)
• United States
11h
Tired myself out on vacation because I’m constantly doing something and walking many many miles per day
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@Wrexxo (9590)
•
5h
Wow, thank you for sharing this, it sounds like such a hard time for you at 13. I love that your grandparents found a way to help, keeping you busy all day and having your cousins close at night. Wearing yourself out like that makes so much sense, and I hope you're doing okay now.
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@toniganzon (81847)
• Philippines
1h
That was more than 35 years ago and I've learned to cope with grief.
@snowy22315 (213702)
• United States
11h
Usually works to tire yourself out do you can sleep.
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@toniganzon (81847)
• Philippines
11h
Yes as long as it's not too much. Coz I'm extremely exhausted, I find it difficult to sleep as well.
@toniganzon (81847)
• Philippines
11h
Yes as long as I don't overdo it because when I'm extremely exhausted, I couldn't sleep as well.
