Hi all. I’m interested to know how many of us have a serious sleep issue. So far I haven’t found much of a unifying thread between aphantasics, other than that we’re very familiar with what the back of our eyelids look like! But one common thing I have heard over the years is a sleep issue.

I have chronic insomnia. Interested to hear back from others.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    that’s great that you were able to find workarounds. i always have my sound machine on too, but it’s not enough. at one point i used anc headphones, but they gave me tinnitus and now i can’t wear earplugs. i wish i could turn off the sound of the world lol

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      1 year ago

      Just coming back to share something new I’ve discovered… brown noise!

      White noise makes my tinnitus go nuts. Brown noise is so much calmer, relaxing, I almost start hearing other sounds in it. I generated 1.5 hrs, saved it as an mp3, and I play it from my phone speaker at night. I used a free program called Audacity to do it.