Sleep masks or blackout curtains?

Rage9 said:
I'm sure I'm not the only one here that hates light coming in to their room when they are sleeping. For about the last year or so I have been using sleep masks. They always tend to leak eventually, usually around the nose, and the straps wear out.
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This explains so much.

If you get the curtains, instead of something wrapped around your face that prevents a natural sleeping position, I predict you will finally enjoy frameworks and even object oriented programming because you will get a restful night's sleep and finally have a clear enough head to understand what you're missing.
 


as others have said, waking up to sunshine FTW. At home, I don't have any curtains / blinds at all (bedroom isn't visible from the street). This morning I woke up to both sunlight and the sound of the ocean, natural win.
 
I have curtains that almost totally block out the sun, but that doesn`t stop rays from seeping in through the cracks etc. so I blacked out my windows with cardboard. Might switch to black garbage bags.

In the summer though I have to open my door to get decent air-con, so I wear a sleep mask in that case.

I live next to a preschool so I sleep with earplugs too. Little fuckers wake me up early every morning if I don`t.
 
I sleep just like I wake; in noise and chaos. My head is 2 feet away from 4 computers and I've got all kinds of flashing LEDs. Never noticed it until now ... thanks, I might never sleep again.
 
I have curtains, and they totally black out the sun, but for the last 2 years I've been sleeping with the curtains wide open, not covering the windows at all. My room faces south east too, and there's a field in front, so I get a full view of the sun in the morning.
 
subigo said:
I've used blackout curtains since I was in middle school. My room is like being 1,500 feet deep in a cave. I even disable the LEDs on my computer and router, so they don't ruin my perfect blackness.
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Same here. Had to take them down recently though. Bought some black out fabric from JoAnn's Even disable my LEDs too, but just found out about a package of blackout stickers you can buy at Fry's.

Not so much for the Sun but just the desire to sleep in the dark, the absolute dark. No streetlights, no ambient starlight or light from celestial bodies, no nothing. Would consider blocking sound too, but not sure how to address the safety issues.

A set of blackout curtains is the preferred choice here.
 
wallofiron said:
yup... I wake up with BAAAAAD panic attacks..

I sleep the best with the TV on actually
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I can never sleep with a TV on, I wake up the next day feeling brainwashed and stupid.

However, I cannot sleep in silence. I need to have fan on at all times- ever since I was a child I've never been able to sleep without some sort of static noise. Am I the only one?
 
Kstanki2 said:
I need to have fan on at all times- ever since I was a child I've never been able to sleep without some sort of static noise. Am I the only one?
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Besides the all-dark bedroom for sleeping, I do this as well. I have my A/C going and also have a fan running on high. The machine rhythmic noise puts me to sleep. There's something soothing about it, especially if you've grown used to it.

If you can't have a fan due to cold weather or sleeping wife who hates it or whatever, check this out:

Relaxing music, sleep-aids, anxiety reduction, relaxation tools <--- personal favorite. I use this nightly.

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SimplyNoise - The Best Free White Noise Generator on the Internet.

No dickrolls, I promise lol.
 
I got the Eclipse blackout curtains at Target, and my room is like a cave all day. It does let a little light in around the sides of the curtain, but I like that it's enough light to know that it's daytime, but still super dark in my room.

I've tried a blindfold. I keep losing the damn things. And it took a little time to get used to something on my face, but it does make it even darker than with my curtains.
 
Probably paid way too much for some blackout curtains, but considering how much extra sleep time I've had because of them, definitely worth it.
 
I sleep with a pillow over my eyes. I can't stand sleeping masks wrapped around my head but for some reason a pillow is perfect. The trick is getting a down pillow so that you can completly mold it to you forehead, eyes and upper nose.

You really get used to this and it becomes more for comfort than blocking out light. I'm bundled up so tight soon I'm going to have to sleep with a straw.
 
turbolapp said:
I sleep with a pillow over my eyes...You really get used to this and it becomes more for comfort than blocking out light. I'm bundled up so tight soon I'm going to have to sleep with a straw.
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Quoted to give her husband a plausible deniability statement for when Lauren's found smothered to death with a pillow.
 
Blackout curtains for the win. You shouldn't have to wear a sleep mask, I personally have never used one (and I'm sure it's uncomfortable as hell), so just go with blackout curtains. I've been using them for 10+ years with no problems.
 
I can sleep anywhere, anytime. Pitch black, middle of the day, while driving. Been known to sleep at "plays" and "musicals" my wife has drug me too.
 
Use aluminum foil.
Cut to size and then tape to the window - none glass part.

ZERO light baby!
 
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