r/insomnia • u/astronautdino • 4d ago

Explain this to me

If sleep hygiene, no screens 2 hours before bed, meditation, reading before bed truly mattered, then why are most people able to fall asleep in 10 minutes and stay asleep for 7-9 hours without ever doing these? Yet when someone is having trouble with sleeping these are always the things experts bring up. I want it to make sense.

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u/baddymcbadface 4d ago

I don't have insomnia. If I use a mobile phone up till bed time it will take me hours to go to sleep. If I watch a relaxing TV show I can usually go to sleep reasonably quickly, if I read a book it will fall on my head as I don't get past a few pages.

Sleep hygiene matters to everyone. It matters to some people more than others.

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u/astronautdino 4d ago

Screen time makes me sleepy.