[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

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Most VR sleepers are doing so on VRChat, a metaverse social platform that lets you connect with others and enter user created worlds that range from hang-out spots to immersive art pieces. Many slumber in cozy, ambient worlds specifically designed to sleep in[...]

This experience is so enthralling that many of the users [...] are actively choosing to sleep in VR every night. The combination of the relaxing digital environments coupled with the soothing background noises create a seemingly optimal environment for slumber.

[...] "It's oddly calming waking up as your avatar in a new world," one VR sleeper said. "I don't know what it is but it just felt…normal when I did it."

[...] Users can choose to snooze wherever they like from a cozy cottage to outer space. [...]

[...] One community, VRC Cuddles, has more than 15,000 members who gather to cuddle and sleep together [...] Some say they can actually feel their avatar being cuddled up to by others through phantom touch, a phenomenon where the brain believes it can "feel" sensations in VR.
[...] "The main fire risk with using a VR headset in bed is if the device is covered up in some way, for example if one side of it is resting against a pillow. This can prevent cool air from reaching the hot components, and that can be a real danger," [... "] there's an added risk of strangulation from the charging cord."

[...] using the tech to fall asleep runs the risk of further disrupting sleep due to blue light exposure.

How Folks Snuggle, Snore, and Sleep in Virtual Reality Each Night (thedailybeast.com)

[Ain't_It_Just_]

I haven't slept all the way through the night without waking up in years. I run a fan at night which might be making the room cold, but the Catch-22 of it is that if I don't run the fan, I inevitably wake up because I'm used to it. I tried melatonin for a while but it only did so much. I need to be more disciplined with putting devices away before bedtime, though. Would love if anybody has some surefire tips for getting better quality sleep, cause I don't think I'm getting enough of it lol.

[Macros]

Buy an alarm clock, leave phone outside bedroom.
Black out blind to stop light pollution.
Last hour before bed try avoid screen time
Diet, cut out processed crap, caffeine and alcohol late in the day

[amphibian]

 Ain, on 26 August 2024 - 04:52 AM, said:

I haven't slept all the way through the night without waking up in years. I run a fan at night which might be making the room cold, but the Catch-22 of it is that if I don't run the fan, I inevitably wake up because I'm used to it. I tried melatonin for a while but it only did so much. I need to be more disciplined with putting devices away before bedtime, though. Would love if anybody has some surefire tips for getting better quality sleep, cause I don't think I'm getting enough of it lol.

Oof.

My adaptations:

I have 4 pillows on my king size bed, two are the same and two are different from each other and from the first two. Allows for a different pillow experience.

I don't sit and watch/read in bed whether it's on my phone, on a TV, or in book form. The bedroom is for bedroom things, not reading or watching TV. Helps with base expectations of sleep zones.

Some people may do well with a top sheet and thin blanket. I usually prefer just the thin blanket or two with no top sheet because I run hotter and I had a partner who was incapable (her words) of not getting twisted up on the sheets and comforter.

When I wake in the night (rarely), I do a quick think about whether I need water, to pee, or to adjust something in the bed. I do that quickly and without phone or flipping many lights on. Back to bed ASAP and back to sleeping.

I also rarely drink coffee and I never have it first thing in the morning. Gaining a dependency on caffeine gets people through something here and now, but it makes it hard to do anything else (headaches, worse sleep etc as withdrawal happens).

I don't smoke pot and if I did, I would stop smoking it several hours before bed. Same deal as caffeine - it becomes hard to do anything other and eventually hinders more than it helps.

The last thing is that I have a dog who loves to snuggle for a few minutes as we settle into bed and as we wake in the morning. A small ritual genuinely makes the days and nights better for both of us.

When I have a partner, to some degree, I also do the snuggle thing with them.

[Macros]

Definitely the no TV in the bedroom.

And me and wife generally try go to bed together at same time and have our routine when I'm at home, sleep so much better when things follow a routine, we are creatures of habit

[Macros]

I say, as I post this from my phone, in bed.
After drinking and being on my laptop all evening.

Like I say to the apprentices, do as I say not as I do.

Also I'm stuck in a hotel for work so my pattern is fucked for these two days anyway

[Mezla PigDog]

We had 2 weeks on holiday by the beach in the first half of August. We were busy outdoors the whole time, I went to bed physically tired every night and slept like a log yet somehow had more energy than days spent at my work from home office job. Modern sedentary office job life is so bad for your health.