it works for me when I'm having a hard time sleeping, I hope this also helps you.
Relax and close your eyes, then imagine fake scenarios you want like talking to your fav fictional character or going on an adventure. With this, you may not notice that it will put you to sleep hehe.
I also read light novels that don't capture my interest, for me,...... reply
im like that too! its so frustrating... like, i know what a fucking star looks like but i cant see it in my mind?! i literally cannot fathom how people have an imagination （/TДT)/ but the hardest part is the fact that i design things for a living... yeah idek how it works. lots of trial and error ughhhhh (づ￣ ³￣)づ reply
So I have Aphantasia, it's hard for me to have mind imagery, I can't picture stuff in my head. I get so frustrated when people tell me to 'picture' something in my head, I don't know anyone else who has it, so if you're out there and you have it,
What's the most frustrating part of aphantasia? *from your experience*
hm try to like play some video that you don't really have to look at the visuals to enjoy, but like boring enough for it to like get tuned out ya know. Usually I get distracted enough to fall asleep lol.
Might just be me and my weird ass attention span, but it's probably good to give it a try ya know. reply
Tip from my therapist:
When trying to fall aslpeep close your eyes and try reminiscing all you did since you woke up to the moment you are in now.
It dosen't matter which activity you did jus try to remeber all, like if you yawned after waking up, or if it took you a long time getting out of bed, maybe you checked your soacial media... all those "s...... reply
idk if you do this or not but
I play audios more specifically GWA and Yagami yato to fall sleep to
find a good audio and just lay down
I have pretty bad sleeping problems and it helps
the chance of hearing "chibi-chan" as you wake up is the only downside 1 reply
