Can a room be too dark, to sleep?

[LovingJo]

I love my room to be as dark as possible, with barely any sound, and disturbance. But is there such a thing, as "too dark" if you're struggling to sleep? (have insomnia) 🤔

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+1 y

If this is the overwhelming consensus, then what the hell is going on with my brain, that it's bordering on 11 months of insomnia.. I've tried everything!! 💯🥺

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+1 y

I figured out, that this could be true, because I've made it so dark, that in the morning, I don't want to get up because I'm so tired and therefore sleep in, because I've not slept and because it's so dark, tricks my body into sleeping longer... 🤷🏻‍♀️Just got to figure out, how to break this cycle 🤦🏻‍♀️

[AshLee83]

I love a dark room as well. I do require a white noise machine to sleep since total silence forces my mind to race even more than usual. When I went for my first sleep study, the room was small, windowless and dead silent. The pitch darkness smothered me as if I was buried alive with wired glued all over me. It was so dark I could feel myself begin to dream with my eyes still open. That part was actually pretty awesome, but it took me hours to fall asleep. I guess I’m used to the small slivers of moon light that peek through my curtains every night.

[LovingJo]

Omg, babe!! 😂❤️👌

[Curiosity2006]

It can be dark enough for whatever's lying there to creep out!

[NathanDavis]

can relate...

mine is pretty much a tomb... lol

[Havthrills]

Not at all. The darker and more quiet the better.

[Havthrills]

11 months of insomnia? Not enough exercise for the brain? Lol. I usually get 3 to 5 hours of sleep so how bad is your insomnia?

[LovingJo]

All my brain gets its fucking exercise 😤😭

[LovingJo]

Is* not it's

[Havthrills]

🤣🤣 Totally understand. Just need to try to relax mind and body. If there's nothing to disrupt you, then might be easy. Some think it's too quiet so their mind races. Did you try some soothing sounds on quiet?

[OddBeMe]

This is common for humans to be extra vigilant when they can’t see. So what we think of “afraid of the dark” is actually our instinctual heightened awareness of strange sounds -that if heard in daytime wouldn’t give us a second thought.


and of course after horror movies, our psyches are already rollercoasting lol

[24_7_Amazing]

No such thing as door dark but I can't sleep when a room is too quiet. I have to have my fan on at night or I can't sleep

[Utopia1]

A dark quiet room with minimal sound should help you

[Anonymous]

You're not alone. I too love pitch black room and zero light when going to sleep. I miss that a lot.

[Nikki1989]

No, the darker, the better.

[WhitneySnow]

Sure. It’s possible.

[LavLavLuv]

I luv luv it dark af or i can’t sleep

[Nurse_Meyers_88]

No. The darker the better

[Anonymous]

No, not in my opinion.

[Guardian45]

No, but a room can be too light to sleep!

[Guardian45]

Have a sliver of sunlight come into your room at sunrise.

[Andres77]

Nope.

[ArtemisSilver]

Nope less is more

[LovingJo]

Less light?

[ArtemisSilver]

Indeed. Even a tiny amount of night time light can cause hormonal disruptions.

[ArtemisSilver]

Break the cycle with a lamp on a timer