Do you listen to something to fall asleep?
I have struggled with sleep for as long as I can remember. It's my mind keeping me awake. I have racing thoughts, become extremely anxious, and end up having panic attacks and becoming incredibly distressed when I try to relax in silence. So, I always try listen to something so my brain has something to focus on and wind down to. The thing is, I CANNOT listen to anything like sleep meditation or a sleep podcast that mentions "peacefully drifting off to sleep" over and OVER again. It makes me so aware of the fact I can't fall asleep and make me want to pull my own legs off in anxiety :( I usually end up listening to an episode of my favourite show or hour compilations of people playing geography games on youtube, but when I still can't fall asleep, I end up turning them off in frustration. Then I lie there, very anxious, overthinking, and then the cycle starts again. I've also tryed sleep music, white noise, rain sounds and all that but they are too monotone in a way??? Does anyone have any reccomendations of things i can listen to to fall asleep that are long preferably help you drift off? ( Preferably someone talking as thats what I find the most useful to fall asleep to )