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I also struggle to sleep due to anxiety about what I could or should be doing. I started using a visualization meditation technique. I don’t watch a wide varie
by l72 3y ago
I also struggle to sleep due to anxiety about what I could or should be doing. I started using a visualization meditation technique.
I don’t watch a wide variety of tv, instead I tend to watch my favorites over and over again so I have a pretty good visual in my head.
I have ripped the audio from my favorite shows and put them on random with a 30 minute sleep timer. I focus on visualizing the episode as I’m listening to it as that keeps my mind from wandering, but since I know the episodes so well it also isn’t a struggle.
I’m rarely still awake by the time it stops playing after 30 minutes. And if I am or I wake up in the middle of the night, I can just tap the button on my nightstand and it continues playing for another 30 minutes. No need to open my eyes or take off my sleep mask.
For reference my primary shows are futurama (original seasons), psych, and next generation.
- stephenitis 3y agoI'll try this but just play the film on my laptop with the screen/keyboard light off.
- parasti 3y agoThis comment reminded me that I did something similar as a kid in the 90s. I recorded TV shows as audio onto cassette tapes and listened to them before bed to make falling asleep less boring. In retrospect, the coolest thing about it was the intensity and persistence of visual recall.
- bemusedthrow75 3y agoIf I ever have to rely on listening to something to get me to sleep, it's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet by Gavin Bryars. I am an atheist and attach no meaning to the religious aspect of the little loop of vocals, but it's an extraordinarily striking piece of music with an unusual pattern of repetition. But I just broke the first rule of Bryars Club.