• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
    11·
    17 days ago

    Nothing. By separating sleep time and TV time, I’m less likely to fall asleep before I’m ready, and I fall asleep much faster when it’s bedtime.

  • MrOtingocni@lemmy.world
    5·
    16 days ago

    I can’t sleep if there’s any sort of talking. For some reason I can’t tune it out and my mind latches onto every word

    My ex would go to sleep to those CSI and true crime murder porn shows and I’d be laying there, mad, exhausted, with a pillow over my head, but still invested in whether or not the over-helpful neighbor was the real killer.

  • 2piradians@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    17 days ago

    Bad habit, your brain needs a lack of talking heads when you sleep.

    If silence doesn’t work for you, try something with steady noise. Some use white noise generators, for me it’s the whir from an air purifier.

    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      17 days ago

      This is ideal, some people can’t shut off the voice in their head, so the next best thing to silence is listening to someone else who isn’t talking about whether you’ll find a job tomorrow or a boyfriend or ask about that growth you just noticed on your leg…

  • adarza@lemmy.ca
    2·
    15 days ago

    i just pick a folder or an existing playlist and hit random. but the best things for me because they help mask noises (yes, the ones in my head mainly) are musicals (such as annie) or movies with lots of background music (disney movies are good for this) or old-school multi-camera sitcoms for the laugh track (newhart, mary tyler moore, patty duke, etc)… the other common thing between them is it’s all stuff i’ve watched a lot so it’s very familiar. if it isn’t–i’m more apt to try to watch than to doze off.

  • noahm@lemmy.world
    2·
    16 days ago

    Road cycling races. In particular sprint stages from the grand tours from Eurosport or TNT/Max streaming. The coverage for these races is typically over two hours long, and there are no commercial breaks. There’s very little action until the final 10 minutes or so, so the commentary is fairly monotonous until then. I just make sure to set my TV’s sleep timer to shut it off before then.