My trick is melatonin and PBS YouTube videos, audio only. Ones I’ve seen before.
The audio is enough to keep my mind from running on it’s own and eventually the melatonin kicks in to take it down while it’s distracted by dinosaurs or whatever.
Melatonin on it’s own will just make me suffer being tired but not able to rest my mind enough to fall asleep.
Listening to something interesting like an audiobook will do the same.
It needs to be something that will catch my attention but also not be something I really want to hear more of.
Music doesn’t keep my mind from wandering like speech does.
My trick is melatonin and PBS YouTube videos, audio only. Ones I’ve seen before.
The audio is enough to keep my mind from running on it’s own and eventually the melatonin kicks in to take it down while it’s distracted by dinosaurs or whatever.
Melatonin on it’s own will just make me suffer being tired but not able to rest my mind enough to fall asleep.
Listening to something interesting like an audiobook will do the same.
It needs to be something that will catch my attention but also not be something I really want to hear more of.
Music doesn’t keep my mind from wandering like speech does.
Futurama sleepers works similarly for the first part.