I started closing the door to my bedroom, and I think I sleep better from it. I thought that maybe it would improve air flow by keeping it open, but I think the light that came in disrupted my sleep a bit.
Looking to buy some blackout window film I can stick on the bedroom windows to make it close to 100% dark (the blackout curtains I have don’t cover 100%)
Sleep is so important, kind of wish I took these steps before.
oh i need some light so I can maneuver to the pottie at night…no thank you…haha brave…
u could keep a flash light by your bed.
yep…I just don’t like total dark when I wake up…a glowing indirect lamp is in the living room and we keep that on in case the doggies not to go outside in the middle of the night…
My paranoia prevents me from doing this while I sleep.
I can’t sleep with a closed door.
Congrats that it works for U.
I grew up with a blind parent. I function well in total darkness for a lot of tasks.
I love sleep. Depression everyday. Dear lord.
Honestly I only sleep because it’s necessary to survive I wish I could never sleep but I do love some of my dreams I will admit that idk 
I just can think of a thousand things better than laying in the bed with your eyes closed
Maybe I’m weird idk
Have you tried a sleep mask? I may buy one some of these days…
I like to have a tiny bit of light come in the window. Total darkness makes me uncomfortable.
I think the bodys sleep rhythm responds to light a great deal. If the room is total dark, the body doesen’t know when it’s morning or day time.
Also I had my first psychosis in a totally dark room. I figure I must have been in bed for about 2 days straight. The funny thing was my watch had stopped or slowed down, so every time I looked at it, it was still night, only it wasn’t.
So I won’t be blocking out all light, although I can see how it can be disrupting with too much seasonal light if the country you live in is far from the equator.
I find Im in a better mood when I wake up if I’m don’t play youtube when I go to sleep. That’s about it. My sleep recently just got a lot better. I think I’m getting over some trauma I experienced a few years ago.
My sleep pattern has got a lot worse recently . I have this continual buzzing noise. Hearing in left ear is slightly muffled. Having my ears syringed next month on the 20th. Experiencing initial insomnia. Finally got off to sleep after 4 am yesterday. Then slept till just after 13.30. Went to bed just after midnight but still awake 50 minutes later. So got up and having a drink.
Tried one but it was hard sleeping with it cause it felt so unusual, should probably have given it some time.
@Mr_Hope Yeah I also thought about it being good that some light comes in to the room when it’s morning. Only thing is that the meds make me sleep for 11-12 hours, so I will be sleeping with some light in the room for a long time especially if it’s sunny.
I’ll need to try out blocking out light for a while and see if it’s worth it.
I used to have an all-over-the-place sleep schedule, I was like a robot, who felt asleep whenever it ran out of battery, I now force myself to wake up at a certain time, sometimes helped by a roommate sometime just pray that I will wake up at the alarm I’ve set for 7 AM.
I see things getting better started having 6 hour sleeps around the end of the day sometimes I cannot sleep until 7AM but it’s getting rarer
I was very paranoid about people come into my house, even when I sleep .
It’s a normal housedoor lock.
I’m hanging my keys at the door handle, so I wake up if somebody has the key.
To that when I’m away I’ve installed strong lugs and bought a disc lock.
Since that I was not paranoid.
Sleep :
Could be more silence, I’m sleeping better without noise.
I keep my radio on when it’s too loud.
Sunshine doesn’t trigger my sleep.
There are night lights that work by motion detection. The light will be off, but if you get out of bed and walk a few steps it will go on.
Sleep is so important that we spend about a third of our lives doing it. I need to improve my sleep.
Good luck doing so. I’m trying to find a cheap way to block all the sunlight from my bedroom windows, but I haven’t settled on a solution yet. Not only the sunlight, there’s also lights from the street outside seeping through.
The temperature and noise (and a comfortable bed) are also important. (I’m sure you already know this, but I thought I’d mention it.)
Yup. The light blocking thing is the last thing I need to try. I have a feeling it can work, because I feel like every sunny day I wake up feeling tired. Don’t know if it’s a coincidence, that remains to be tested.
Do you have any light coming into your bedroom at night?
I don’t live in an area with a lot of light (like streetlights). I have blinds on the windows, but my head is away from the blinds. Never really thought about the light.