Yeah this is me as well. I just overthink for hours without a distraction. Give me a phone or something to watch and I’m out in 15 minutes honestly. I feel bad because I know I’m probably degrading my sleep but…as least I’m sleeping.
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Skullgrid@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Me using phones : wow, I can sleep at 1am, great.
Me “just going to bed” : great, it’s 4am and I’m still overthinking my shortcomings!
sparkles@piefed.zip 6 hours ago
piranhaconda@mander.xyz 4 hours ago
I recently tried audio books and they worked surprisingly well for me. I tried some of those “bedtime stories for adults” at first but they were kind of lame. Stephen King’s short story collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes did the trick.
sparkles@piefed.zip 4 hours ago
I feel a little scared imagining that lol. I gotta have my bob ross everything is fine scritch scritch happy clouds.
piranhaconda@mander.xyz 3 hours ago
Yea I’m a weirdo! My dad owns pretty much every Stephen King book, so I started reading them in middle school
weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Yep. Numbing the thoughts away with constant input helps the body gain the upper hand and let me go to sleep.