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[jeaniegrey]

[ It's taken Jean a couple tries to actually get the hang of this since technology like this doesn't exactly exist in 1983 but... she thinks she's got it, seeing her face appear on the video screen suddenly.

Or at least... she did a couple seconds ago. Now it's gone and left with a black screen?

A little more fiddling and she discovers she accidentally pushed the button to the lock screen on the thing. Getting it back up, there's a redhead looking into the camera now, holding it back some since she feels like it's a little too close. ]

Hi, sorry. [ She smiles a little and gives an awkward sort of wave. Yeah, really cool, Jean. ] Gotta say this is a little weird to be talking into a camera like this.

[ There's a bite to her bottom lip and she glances off camera for a second before she looks back with a sigh, fingers running through her red hair. ]

Anyways, I don't suppose someone could recommend the best thing for sleep? It's just been a little... difficult lately.

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[112ounces]

When I couldn't sleep, I would sometimes listen to music meant to be sleep? Like trance music, I guess.

I'd use one of those allergy pills that will make me drowsy too.

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[jeaniegrey]

[ Taking a moment, she figures out how to switch this thing over to voice and this time, not make the screen black. ]

Like a sort of hypnosis.

[ She's heard of that.. hypnosis to induce a sort of deep sleep. ]

I haven't really tried pills before. Do they really knock you out?

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[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Chamomile sleepytea and melatonin, dude! It's a two-hit combo, the tea makes you drowsy, and the melatonin will make sure that you sleep through the night if you're really having trouble.

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[jeaniegrey]

I don't think I've ever tried that before.

[ There's a bit of a pause. ]

The melatonin. Tea, I've had. I'm guessing it works for you, though.

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[wordaday]

Hot cocoa always does the trick for me. Especially the kind with the little marshmallows in it.

[Sookie Stackhouse, grown-ass woman.]

Or benadryl.

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[jeaniegrey]

[ Hey, there's nothing wrong with hot cocoa-- especially the kind with marshmallows in it. ]

Seems like some sort of narcotic is the general consensus so far.

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[accelerate]

Running usually works.

[ barry's face scrunches up for a moment. once upon a time, running would've worn him out. now? it only ramps him up, gives him a great boost of energy, and off he goes. running's his method of getting away from what haunts him, so perhaps that's not an entirely accurate answer. ]

Or counting sheep. If you think of the fluffiest sheep, you end up distracting yourself from whatever's keeping you up.

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[jeaniegrey]

[ Counting sheep? That's something she hasn't been suggested in a long time, so it gets her to smile a little. ...even if there's a possibility of said fluffy sheep to burst into flames. ]

Does that ever actually work?

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[ghoulking]

I agree with the above - training, exercise, that usually helps.

Some people say warm milk before bed also does help.

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[jeaniegrey]

Anything to make the body tired then, huh?

[ She smiles a little. ]

Just kind of sucks when your body is ready to sleep but your mind isn't.

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[jeaniegrey]

I was sort of hoping for something that didn't involve puking later.

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[excessivehubris]

[ The connection comes, showing the Professor at a desk with a large glass window "wall" behind him. He's smiling, though he also looks concerned. ]

Hello, Jean. I was going to try to contact you this evening to ask you how you were settling in?

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[jeaniegrey]

[ She's going to smile back when she sees the professor appear on the little screen. ]

It's been ok for the most part. Just [ She pauses here to glance off to the side for a moment. ] a little worried about... things.

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[caduceusvalkyrie]

Melatonin is a good idea. You should try something that has velarian root in it although that may take some time to actually work.

Lavender oil on a hankerchief in your pillow cover may help to relax you enough that you can drift off.

There are plenty of methods and medications you can try. But with medication, if it's over the counter and not really working, don't go over the stated dose. Perhaps see a doctor who can prescribe something if nothing that's been mentioned works for you. It may be that you need something stronger.

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[jeaniegrey]

Lavender oil actually sounds nice.

[ And comforting even from the sounds of it on her pillow. ]

I don't really know how well something like sleeping pills would work. I sort of don't want to go under to the point of it being difficult to wake up either.

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[iamtetsuo]

Yeah? Why's it hard?

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[jeaniegrey]

Sometimes I have bad dreams.

[ That can shake the whole building but you know. ]

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[restingstitchface]

If you have sleeping difficulties, taking narcotics and coddling yourself in ritual will not solve the problem. Not in a healthy way. I would pay little attention to those who would guide you down that path.

[He wets his lips and stares aside. He hates bad advice.]

You're better off tackling the root cause of your insomnia. Unless you prefer not to?

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[jeaniegrey]

I guess it's more about not wanting to have bad dreams.

[ But if there's something that can "knock her out" without her mind giving her bad dreams, then hey, she's all for it. However, the mind's a powerful thing and so, she's asking here. ]

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[fridgeflower]

My powers can induce sleep, if you can't find anything else. Having to have somebody over every time you're ready to go to bed isn't exactly convenient, but it'll do the trick if you get desperate.

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[jeaniegrey]

[ Well, that's certainly handy to have in situations like this. ]

Are you also able to control whether or not one dreams?

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[moon_in_her_hair]

I could help to soothe your mind, if you would like?

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[jeaniegrey]

How would you do that?

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[am_i_a_monster]

Herbal tea might help.

[She is thinking of the psilocybin that helped her with her nightmares, but she can't outright say that.]

One of the powers they gave me is to heal people and soothe them to sleep. It might work on you. The thing is, it only works when I play the harpsichord.

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[jeaniegrey]

[ There seems to be a few people with the ability to either heal or soothe one for sleep. Not that Jean minds, in all honesty. When it comes to situations like hers, the more the better, after all.

Although, that little bit at the end there causes Jean to blink a little. ]

The harpsichord? I've never really heard of that. [ After a beat. ] A power needing an instrument to be played for it to work I mean.

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[divaricate]

Difficult to fall asleep or difficult to get a restful sleep because of bad dreams?

[Because those are two different things and she's had experience with both.]

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[jeaniegrey]

Yeah, bad dreams are definitely a thing. They don't even really feel like dreams sometimes.

[ More like glimpses of bad things. ]

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[substrategist]

[Trouble sleeping? Boy does that resonate. Unfortunately, the advice Sakuma is able to provide is limited, and there isn't anything he can really suggest that hasn't already been offered as a solution...]

Exercise is what I turn to. And herbal tea like chamomile.

[After some thought, he adds...]

Company can sometimes help, too.

[He certainly felt safer sleeping in the same room as Kidou and Genda following the attack of the anachronisms, and he likes to think they feel the same way. That maybe, even if none of them are sleeping well or very often at the moment, they're still sleeping better than they would if they didn't have each other.]

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[jeaniegrey]

Company's just one of those things that sort of makes everything better.

[ There's a brief pause before she adds. ]

It helps when you have people here that you know, though.

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[dendarii]

[ Miles can't help but blink a bit. You look an awful lot like his tailor. ]

Ah, I'm much the same way. I could recommend my remedies if you like.

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[jeaniegrey]

I'm all ears for any remedies that might work.

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[dejerate]

You find an answer that works besides relying on a couple friends to help out with their powers, let me know. It's not so much getting to sleep, for me, but the....the nightmares.

[His nightmares are less frequent, after his initial adjusting period with Ashuramaru, after reuniting with Mika. But still there. Even with some newer ones, more recently. But he tries not to let that get to him, to worry Mika about it too much where possible. So he may be taking notes to try some of these suggestions.

Whether or not it works is another story, of course.]

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[jeaniegrey]

[ Oh, someone else who seems to be dealing with nightmares and maybe not to much insomnia. Jean smiles a little to him; she knows how that is. ]

They sort of suck to have, don't they? Seems like it's the getting to sleep thing that's easy but making sure you're not visited by nightmares is a whole other thing.

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[h2no]

Get a pet. Nice to be with and gives ya a reason to get up in the mornin' if you had a bad night.

[it's too bad crobat doesn't know hypnosis anymore, really.]

Keep the room cool, too.

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[jeaniegrey]

I don't really know about keeping a pet but keeping the windows open is something I'll probably start doing more with the weather getting better.

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[khajidont]

Netflix. So much Netflix.

[ don't listen to the boy with conditional insomnia and a discovery channel addiction, jean ]

If you find something really boring, hopefully narrated by some guy with a really soothing voice, that might do it.

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[jeaniegrey]

[ But they often give the best advice, don't they? ]

Sort of like those instructional videos they give in school?

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[liverletdie]

You look like a child.

[ A beat. That's not a nothing-observation, of course, but... ]

Most people use pills, but what could a, uh, kid have to need sleep aids for?

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[jeaniegrey]

[ Thanks for that, Tony. She had no idea she was young. But kid? Cue the slight eye roll. ]

Sometimes your mind just doesn't want to be quiet. Or, you know, nightmares.