lying in bed quietly trying to fall asleep is terrible. My brain doesn't stop, it's like a pitching machine that's gone rouge and I'm the batter stuck in the cage.
Whenever I'm finally about to fall asleep, I notice myself falling asleep and become fully awake, because my brain goes "Yes! I'm falling asleep! Hurrah!"
Every time :angery:
Same. What I've started doing is listening to a podcast to fall asleep to. Keeping my mind focused on what their saying helps me not fall into that trap.
Rainsounds have made it at least 3x easier for me since I started using them, and a similar benefit from a weighted blanket, but some nights both of those backfire on me anyway >,<