I drive with music on always. When navigation cuts in I either miss what it says or hear it but don't react in time and blow past the turn anyway.
Looking down at the phone screen mid-drive is also just not something my brain handles well.
Anyone found a setup that actually helps?
Just got a CPAP a few days ago. I'm a side sleeper and it's driving me nuts.
I can't sleep on my back at all, it makes me sore and just feels wrong overall. The problem is the mask (full face, nose and mouth) loses contact and gets pushed to the side literally every time I shift or adjust even slightly. Feels like I can barely move without breaking the seal.
Anyone dealt with this and found something that helped?
Just picked up my first gaiwan from Oriental Artisan. It's gorgeous in person, way better than the photos showed.
I've only ever done western style steeping with a basket infuser, so this is a whole new world. What should I know before I mess this up?
Picked up an Elviros CPAP pillow a few days ago. Only $44. So far it's decent.
I'm a side sleeper and my mask kept leaking every night. I used to twist my head into weird angles just to stop the leaking. Woke up with a sore neck almost every morning because of it.
This pillow has a cutout built in. My head sits normal now and the mask still has room to breathe. No more leaking so far.
Still early days but it already feels like a small win. My cat has claimed it as her new favorite spot though, so I might be sharing it from now on.
Anyone else here tried a CPAP pillow? Did it actually help long term or did you switch back to something else?
I'm doing fine most nights but once I roll onto my side to get comfortable I sometimes wake up to air leaking out. Trying to figure out how people deal with this without just tightening the straps more and more.
I've been chasing down mask leaks for weeks now. Just got an SD card so I can finally see real numbers in OSCAR instead of guessing. Running an Evora full face mask, and I do have some facial hair, kept short, nothing crazy.
Here's the progression:
Night 1
Set the mask to a comfortable fit. I could still tug it away from my face pretty easily, but it sat well and the cushion inflated fine.
Awake leak sat around 13-14 L/min. Figured that's just the vent design on the Evora plus maybe a touch from the facial hair. No hissing, no feeling of air escaping.
Once asleep though, leak climbed to 60 L/min for most of the night. I'm a side sleeper, so my guess was the pillow pushing the mask off its seal.
Night 2
Tightened things up. Almost uncomfortable at this point. Cushion would still inflate when I pulled it slightly away, but it took real effort to break the seal after that. Felt bulletproof.
Awake leak was still 12-14 L/min, same as before. Still no audible leaking.
Asleep, leak mostly held in the 12-20 range. But there was a 45 minute stretch where it spiked back to nearly 60. Pillow again, I figured.
Night 3
Kept the same tightness as night 2, but swapped to a CPAP pillow with a mask cutout (Elviros). Wanted to rule the pillow out for good.
Leak held under 20 L/min basically all night. No more spikes.
I swap cushions monthly, clean daily with unscented baby wipes, and do a deeper wash weekly with unscented dish soap.
Anyone have more tricks for getting a full night without leak spikes? Feels like I'm close but not quite there yet.
I struggle to keep pace when someone's talking fast, especially in settings where asking them to slow down or repeat isn't really an option. Curious how other people manage to catch the important points when the speaker is flying through everything. Starting to wonder if there's a tool that could take some of this off my plate, maybe something that just transcribes in the background so I'm not stuck typing while trying to actually listen.
I keep replaying everything in my head.
I changed so much for them. I tried to be more patient. I made time for them even when I was exhausted. I really thought if I just kept loving them as best as I could, we'd be okay.
But somewhere along the line, it started to feel like nothing I did mattered anymore.
Now it's over, and I can't stop wondering what else I could've done.
I just can't stop thinking... if giving someone everything you've got still isn't enough, then what is?