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648 sats \ 4 replies \ @Natalia 10 Jan \ on: Zap to Zero Day 13 meta

I always had sleep problems and meditating did help me to calm down before sleep. However, as always, I stopped doing it for some reason. I always say that I am consistently inconsistent. :)

Listening to music also help me to sleep, I love to listen to this one lately, really calming.

273 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek OP 10 Jan

I also used to do that (and it helped) but I couldn't figure out the best way to listen to music in bed; trying to fall asleep.

Using headphones got annoying since I can't move my head around and earplugs did hurt after a while. Sometimes, I also woke up entangled in them, lol

So I kind of stopped doing that, too. And listening to music from a speaker isn't always possible (annoying for others) and it's also not the same.

At some point (when I realized I have ASMR), I started to watch ASMR for sleep and that also helped. I still listen to ASMR occasionally since the ASMR feeling is also soothing. But I no longer do this for falling asleep because of the listening problem in bed. If I really have problems with falling asleep — like, I didn't fall asleep within 30 minutes —, I just get up and continue reading a book now :)

I still have vivid memories from my childhood how I thought I forgot how to fall asleep and now have to stay up forever and started to panic. The fear about that wasn't being awake all the time. The fear was that I didn't know what to do with all that time awake. So I was afraid of being too bored to much.

556 sats \ 2 replies \ @Natalia 10 Jan

I also used to do that (and it helped) but I couldn't figure out the best way to listen to music in bed; trying to fall asleep. Using headphones got annoying since I can't move my head around and earplugs did hurt after a while. Sometimes, I also woke up entangled in them, lol So I kind of stopped doing that, too. And listening to music from a speaker isn't always possible (annoying for others) and it's also not the same.

I use the phone, put it close but not too close where I can still hear it, and set the automatic closing time 👀

The fear was that I didn't know what to do with all that time awake. So I was afraid of being too bored to much.

oh, I don't think I will ever get bored, that's always fun thing to do and try.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Kathleen_Croteau 10 Jan

Try putting the phone under your pillow. It resonates through the pillow even at low volume

1581 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 11 Jan

interesting, but then I also don't want to be too close to the phone, especially when sleeping:)