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To all insomniacs. Just curious

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Dita73 · 23/10/2023 04:19

Have any of you who struggle to sleep like me,put the tv on and have actually bought a memory foam mattress or a steam cleaner?! We seem to be their main demographic

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ThreeCanKeepASecret · 23/10/2023 04:23

No 😂

Finestreason · 23/10/2023 04:27

😂😂

Honestly, at 4am when awake in a fog of sleep deprivation those zealous demonstrations can be riveting and deeply persuasive. So much energy!

So far I have avoided actually buying an air mattress but the enthusiasm around them is inspiring. I’m not sure if I am missing out on a life changing purchase.

AnImaginaryCat · 23/10/2023 04:37

No.

Interesting. Maybe it's the cure?

Once you have both you no longer need the advertising.

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Dita73 · 23/10/2023 04:39

@Finestreason i know what you mean but I can’t help but resent them. They’re all hyped up about a steam cleaner or jumping on a bed to show you how fabulous the mattress is but I’m sitting there feeling crap and all I can think is “you bastard,I bet you’ve had at least 8 hours”!

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BensonStabler · 23/10/2023 04:43

😂😂😂 Haha i love this.

ThreeCanKeepASecret · 23/10/2023 04:47

I can’t believe you put the TV on 😂. I sleep appallingly, 3am wake up every night, I was thinking about what I do after reading your OP. Read the news, a bit on here, check my bank account, definitely not the shopping channel 😂. If I’m still awake at 5 I always get up as my alarm goes off at 5:45 and I worry I’ll fall asleep.

Biasquia · 23/10/2023 04:48

Damn hubby is in the room TV is not an option and you made it sound so appealing 🤣🤣

TruthThatsHardAsSteel · 23/10/2023 04:51

No, I look at vinted and buy dresses 🥹

Whowhatwherewhenwhy1 · 23/10/2023 04:55

Well we did buy the bloody memory foam life changing mattress and I hate it! Now i get to lay awake and have hip ache and two years in it does not bounce back we both lie in hollows with a big normal height lump in between. I have also fallen down the shein rabbit hole and bought some real crap in the small hours of the morning.

Rowgtfc72 · 23/10/2023 04:56

I get up at 340am for work but am usually awake every hour from midnight
I'm a procrastinator when it comes to shopping, I have to weigh up the pros and cons and read reviews for a few weeks.
This morning I've got up and bought dd the 1:5 lando norris f1 100 races race helmet. I had planned to give it thought first!

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Dita73 · 23/10/2023 04:57

@ThreeCanKeepASecret oh trust me I do not put on the shopping channel. This is every bloody channel! It’s like they wait for all the regular sleepers to go to bed and switch regular tv for crap adverts! There was one on earlier for a grill that nothing sticks to and other for an exercise mini bike thing that you use as you sit on your sofa. I suddenly found myself thinking “hmm I could do with my ankles being more toned” but then I managed to get a grip! All I want to do is maybe get into an old episode of Inspector Morse or something but instead I’m bombarded with gadgets that are going to end up at a car boot sale!

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TortolaParadise · 23/10/2023 05:00

No, but been tempted by grills and exercise machines!

Fab973 · 23/10/2023 05:03

My steam cleaner arrived on friday 😂😂😂😂

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Dita73 · 23/10/2023 05:14

@Fab973 😂😂😂

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CheshireDing · 23/10/2023 05:21

Those steam cleaner floor mop things are really good though. We have one. Can’t comment on the mattress as every mattress I have had over the last 10 years seems fine in the shop but then rubbish a few months later.
I end up looking at homeless dogs and horses
maybe just stick with reading the internet at 4am OP 🤷‍♀️🤣

JennyJenny8675309 · 23/10/2023 05:26

I’m now wide awake from laughing at this thread. 🤣

Finestreason · 23/10/2023 05:34

Whowhatwherewhenwhy1 · 23/10/2023 04:55

Well we did buy the bloody memory foam life changing mattress and I hate it! Now i get to lay awake and have hip ache and two years in it does not bounce back we both lie in hollows with a big normal height lump in between. I have also fallen down the shein rabbit hole and bought some real crap in the small hours of the morning.

Always enjoy a cautionary tale.

The hype is breath taking and the reality brutal. Maybe the air mattress isn’t such a life changer after all. Sure is easy to believe it is at 3am with all that energy directed at me.

sometimes I do imagine that the Air mattress lifestyle could really give me a new purpose.

Zanatdy · 23/10/2023 05:36

Haha. I watch BBC whenever I get up in the night (often) but don’t ever buy things.

Tilllly · 23/10/2023 05:53

I'm a bad sleeper

Never thought about doing this

Will be holding OP responsible for future 3am purchases 😁

CommonAF · 23/10/2023 06:23

I’ve never done that. But I have had to give up caffeine and really cut down on sweets and chocolate in order to get a decent sleep. I only have no caffeine and sugar free coke and don’t have sugar or chocolate in the afternoon or evening.

happylittlesloth · 23/10/2023 06:24

No but I've been VERY tempted

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Dita73 · 23/10/2023 06:24

@Tilllly No! I’m sorry!

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Purplepepsi · 23/10/2023 06:27

Vinted is my weakness!

Clarabellasingsthisbit · 23/10/2023 06:39

Never😂
I've been knitting on and off since about 4am.
I often do some online shopping-adding food items to the weekly order,that sort of thing-but I've really,really had to teach myself to exercise some restraint when ordering anything else during those sleepless hours because I nearly always regret it later.
I'd actually been enjoying a good run over the past few days as far as a full night's sleep is concerned,but this past night has been back to the usual sleepless state .I knew it couldn't last🙁
Oh-and we regretted buying a memory foam mattress too!😄

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Dita73 · 23/10/2023 06:43

I’ve tried to stay in bed when I wake up. Not look at the clock,think of relaxing things,etc but my mind goes into overdrive. A couple of weeks ago I was in bed trying to mellow out a bit and go back to sleep but my mind was wandering. No idea how I’d got to it but I was thinking about how you don’t see Cameron Diaz in films anymore. Next thing I know,I’m downstairs on google looking up “what happened to Cameron Diaz?”!!! It’s ridiculous. Once I found out I still wasn’t bloody tired! So I put on the tv,watch rubbish and try to bore myself to sleep. Rarely works though

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