Why falling asleep while listening to something is not a good idea?

It's always best to watch the entire video so that you can see the step-by-step explanation of how I help and support clients in my practice. 

But here are some chapters for you:

00:00 Introduction to why falling asleep while listening to something is not a good idea

01:52 Teaching Sleep Skills for Life

02:55 Listening to sleep-related topics or podcasts

04:58 Listening to something you're interested in that is not sleep-related

07:51 Listening to music or background noise 

10:21 Conclusions to why falling asleep listening to something is a bad idea

In today’s video, we’ll talk about why falling asleep while listening to something is not a good idea.

I often get asked about what to listen to before you sleep, especially if the client I’m talking to is struggling with not being able to fall asleep easily. I have heard about many different things people listen to before the fall asleep or while they fall asleep. So we’ll cover a couple of different groups of things that I most commonly hear about.

But as always, all these examples relate to clients who struggle with long-term insomnia and sleep problems, so it’s important that you know more serious problems are not solved by a simple habit of listening to something and perhaps distracting your mind. 

So if you’re falling asleep listening to any of these, please make sure you relate what I suggest to your personal situation. 

The first group of things is listening to a podcast before you sleep or while you’re falling asleep. Most of the time it’s something to do with either sleep-related topics or other things you’re interested in. Naturally, you wouldn’t just listen to something if there is no value in it for you.

The second group of things is listening to meditation before you sleep or while you’re falling asleep. This can also be something similar that ‘should’ help you relax and perhaps even labelled as helping you to fall asleep easily. 

The third group of things is background noise or music before you sleep or while you’re falling asleep. This is the one that I used to do back many years ago when I struggled, but mainly because the other things weren’t so freely available and easy to access.

These days, with the improvement in technology, it’s so very easy to listen to something! But it really doesn’t mean that it’s the most helpful thing to do to help yourself overcome long-term insomnia and sleep problems. 

I’m always curious to hear which one of these relates to you the most so feel free to let me know in the comments. 

Beatrix