I wake up at 3am to 4am daily as a neighbor makes noise walking their dog. This cannot be helped. Once I am awake, my mind won’t stop going over details about everything from the mundane to the critical. Often, I am able to fall asleep again after three or more hours of wakefulness, but onlyinutes before I have tonwake for the day.

Does anyone have success with quieting the mind without substances so that they can fall back to sleep?

    • IonAddis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I second this. I’m a very light sleeper and earplugs filter out most of the small sounds so I am not awakened by them.

    • trapezohedron@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I have an ADHD brain, sleep lightly because of raising kids, and my wife snores. I have found the best comfort success with Mack’s Silicone earplugs. I can shape them just right, so they’re not painful when I am sleeping on my side. Each plug, split in half, lasts about three nights before my body oil makes them difficult to adhere to my ears. They’re don’t block a lot of sound, but they both soften the sounds that happen and they make me hear my own breathing more, which is relaxing and focusing in it’s own way.

      • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        Good information.

        I get good results with the store brand, one use foam ones. I don’t need them every night, just when things are loud or I’m in a new place.