I must have noise to go along with going to sleep. Usually thats an audio book or long-form video essay type YouTube videos. I wear one earbud to bed if I’m sleeping at night with my girlfriend or just blare it from the TV if I’m sleeping alone during the day (rotating shift). I feel like when I don’t have engaging audio and I’m trying to sleep I can’t quiet my mind enough to sleep. A fan or random ambient noise isn’t enough for me.
Yes.
I prefer movies or anime I’ve seen so many times that I have them memorized, so my mind follows along effortlessly.
It’s sort of like my mind is a toddler, and if I don’t plunk it down in front of something familiar that I know it likes, it’ll run off and get into god-knows-what and I’ll never get a moment’s peace.