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What do you do to stop thinking at night and just fall asleep? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Veritas@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] kambusha@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

The 2 main things I use are:

White noise machine (I used to use an app but now have a dedicated device).
Note-taking app on phone

The white noise machine drowns out any other noise, and even helps me drown out my own thoughts. I try to use grey-noise specifically when available.

The note-taking app is so that if I suddenly think about something, I can write it down and worry about it the next day. If I don't do that, I spend too much time trying to set a mental reminder to do xyz.

Ideally, I would love to get into a habit of "brain dumping" before going to sleep, but I haven't been able to stick the routine.