Do you fall asleep easily, or does it take awhile to nod off?

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Bri89 · 31-35, M

It takes forever for me to fall asleep. The average is supposed to take 7 minutes to fall asleep, but it can take me hours. It's interesting because when I was in my twenties I could fall asleep easy as pie. Now it's hard, and I don't know why.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

If I'm alone, then usually very easily. I can't sleep when I hear someone making any kinds of small noises in an otherwise quiet room or if there's some repetitive but irregular noise that my brain suddenly hyper-focuses on.

Thevy29 · 41-45, M

@CrazyMusicLover Have you tried a white noise machine? Having a fan on can block out those noises...

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@Thevy29 It doesn't work 🥲 I block out familiar regular sounds and hyper-focus on something new and irregular, like bubbles in the radiator or water dripping on the window-sill. The only thing that partly works is wearing headphones with music playing. The problem is that there's always something louder coming on and it might wake me up.