Listen to the podcast helps me sleep

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a few remarks

  • my trick is to use only one earpod on the outside ear
  • I’ve been woken up by the horrible buzzard
  • Also feel like I waste episodes this way since I cannot pick them up later from where I lose consciousness. So I’m trying to quit it.
  • A friend of mine made a monotonous podcast just for people to fall asleep to.
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on sleep better:

of course avoid screens but cmon

  • avoid at all cost apps with white on black icons (twitter, tiktok, etc)
  • if you play a game, chose one with lots of reading. It the closest thing to actual reading which would be the best.
    Never slept better that with the lovely short chapters of 13 Sentinels.
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Two tips, one I can’t guarantee but have been curious about, one I can personally guarantee:

1. There is a style of speaker that is designed to be slipped underneath a pillow and conduct sound through the fabric of the pillow. I can’t speak to how good these kinds of pillow speakers actually are, but, they’re probably more comfortable than earbuds, even if the sound isn’t great. There are also headband style listening devices designed for sleeping with and having up against one’s pillow, which usually double as eye masks.
2. If you’re not into ambient sounds (I’m partial to rain and thunderstorms soundscapes myself) and need to fall asleep to people’s voices, @ulisesftw 's friend could be Drew Ackerman, the guy who made the podcast Sleep With Me. It’s a podcast that was purpose built for falling asleep to, featuring a monotone dull speaking voice, no sudden harsh sounds, and meandering nonsensical stories intended to be just interesting enough to follow but not exactly anything really worth worrying about missing.

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I do this. The only thing I don‘t like is I’ve played every episode, but I haven't listened to every episode, if that makes sense.

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A forgot to mention something of key relevance. Configure spotify to turn off auto play so after the episode finishes there will be no further reproductions

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I know I‘m unlikely to change anyone’s mind, but doing this is not exactly good for your sleep (or your ear) so I‘d recommend, instead, reading a book before bed. If you have a kindle, you don’t even need to have a light on (though I don‘t recommend reading on a tablet because of the difference in lights).

For many people, reading will help lull you to sleep. And if not, hey, at least you’re reading something engaging enough to give up some sleep over.

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@Gaagaagiins Theres also Sleepy, with Otis Gray, that I was listening to for awhile. He reads classic books and short stories to you in a pretty pleasant monotone.

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i prefer to ruminate on things that may or may not happen

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@radicaledward A former partner of mine did this and I thought it was bonkers too. She’s also one of those people that can fall into a deep sleep in seconds wherever she is too and I’m the opposite - I’m a terrible sleeper and can rarely fall asleep with the sound of people talking in the background so I’d end up having to wait until she fell asleep and then turn off the TV. Often she’d wake up and tell me off for turning the TV off too.

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used a 15 min timer to not waste yesterday’s entire episode last night. I don’t remember anything, I think it worked.

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I literally can't fall asleep without insert credit podcast.

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I used to do this, but it had gotten out of hand. I felt I needed to listen to something to fall asleep, and I find white noise overstimulating, so podcasts or audio books seemed ideal. My quality of sleep really suffered, I would “get the hours” but feel like a zombie. Even listening to a podcast in waking hours would make me sleepy! So for this month I‘ve been off listening to podcasts at all. It’s been an adjustment for sure, but I'm already getting better sleep when I manage to fall asleep quickly.

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When I was in high school at bedtime my 6-disc CD changer was always playing some combo of discs from FFVI, FFVII, Persona 1, and Macross Plus at low volume. These days I‘ll often fall asleep with a YouTube video of some game on but that’s more because I wanted to watch the video than to help me sleep.

Edit: also they were all bootleg copies ordered out of the back of Diehard Gamefan and I didn't even know that they weren't official for years

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For a couple of months I would fall asleep to Werner Herzog documentaries. Got a little weird when watching Lessons of Darkness though.

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Highly recommend getting a sleep mask with bluetooth headphones for those of us who need nighttime noise. Changed my life after sleeping with earbuds in for years. They've got ones with padding for side sleepers and everything.

For me, I'll listen to old Bombcasts (mostly from the Ryan Davis days) or ASMR videos. I prefer to save the IC Show for waking hours, since I can pay better attention to what's being talked about, and I find what's being talked about interesting.

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@RubySunrise
Yeah, listen to people talk while you sleep basically means you never fall into deep sleep because part of your attention is always active

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