273 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek OP 10 Jan \ parent \ on: Zap to Zero Day 13 meta
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.
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.