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[confidente]

[ He didn't really sleep last night, he spent most of it staring at a wall until he finally caved and dragged himself out into the kitchen. (It was early morning at this point.) Making the pot of tea didn't really help with the whole sleeping thing, but it was at least a decent distraction.

God, he needs something better to do than stare at walls and make pots of tea.

So now he's sitting at the kitchen table (of the flat) with his journal, slowly draining that pot of tea he made. Oh, it's a wonderful life. ]

Anyone got any suggestions on what someone can do when they can't sleep to save themselves? And don't say knitting, I'm absolutely terrible at knitting.

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[wintercat]

You should have said something. I could not sleep either.

[confidente]

I didn't want to bother you. [ Easier to stare a wall, regardless of how boring that is. ] Or anyone.

[wintercat]

It would not have been a bother. [Better to keep her mind from racing around the same paths all night.] I assume you have already thought of reading.

[heloise]

You could count, or you could solve riddles. [ Teasing~ ]

[confidente]

[ A laugh. ] I think we've come to the conclusion that I'm a bit rubbish at riddles.

[heloise]

You've only had one try at the answer.

[moonlightmagician]

Problems with insomnia?

Uh... it depends what the insomnia stems from, I guess. I have a primary insomnia. So, I can tell you how I handle it.

[confidente]

Something like that.

I'm not looking for a way to deal with it, just something to pass the time.

[moonlightmagician]

I would recommend some advanced mind teasers. Something to exhaust the mind.

Dictated

[i_got_this]

Go to the gym and punch some shit. Always works for me.

[confidente]

Could work. Haven't been to a gym in a while though.

Dictated forever

[onlyanapple]

The answer to all of life's problems, dear Doctor Watson: alcohol.

[confidente]

[ Crowley, he really hopes you can picture the look he is giving the journal right now. ]

Of course.

[detectivegenius]

Meditation sometimes helps me.

[confidente]

Yeah, that's a bit impossible where I live.

[seventeenth]

Crossword puzzles. Or Sudoku.

[confidente]

Sudoku. [ Aheh. ] Well, it'd be better than starting at a wall all night.

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[Sometimes he had trouble sleeping at night too, John. Old habits.]}

You could try going for a walk. I find it helps, exercising some. The garden should be lovely, if you are in the Castle.

[confidente]

I'm not much of a garden person. [ Both sitting and enjoying one or actually tending to one of them. ] The walking might be a good idea.

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[signedlefthanded]

Reading? I like to read manuals before bed.

[confidente]

Manuals is an interesting choice.

written;

[workaphilic]

Read.
Write.
Music (Listening, composing, playing.)
Research.
Social experimentation.
Any kind of experimentation.
Television.
Chess.
Walk London.
Walk Paradisa.
Simulation.
Reorganize mind palace.
Reorganize bedroom.
Write lists for flatmate.

[confidente]

[ ..... ]

That's an idea. I can write you a list of ways to avoid being a smartass.

[ He's going to go so far as cross out Walk London, as it is mysteriously lacking. :|

There is a bit of silence before he speaks again: ]

Did you even sleep last night? [ It's an subtle (only not) of him asking if he woke Sherlock up, between reoccurring dreams (the war, bombs, explosions--the first surprised him, didn't expect them to come back) and the rather lack of stealth when he finally decided to relocate to the kitchen. ]

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[waterbends]

Have you tried meditation?

[confidente]

No, I haven't.