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Getting to sleep - does TV help?

Dizzy

Hi. We previously had a policy of no TV after 9pm on weekdays (my 12 year old daughter has a TV in her room & goes to bed about 8.30pm). However I have maybe stupidly relaxed this rule recently because she was struggling to get to sleep & would lie in bed for hours, sometimes really scared because she'd hear noises, sometimes see visions etc. She said it's less scary and more relaxing with the TV on, so we let her leave it on, but she still struggles to get to sleep. Any advice on whether TV helps/doesn't help with sleep/relaxation? We have also tried audio books and relaxing music but she much prefers the TV :(. Are we being stupid letting her do this?

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  • I used to need the tv on to sleep, or a radio. I turn it down enough so I could not focus on the content, otherwise the cogs would start spinning even faster than they already were.

    Back ground noise allowed my brain to stop over thinking everything that had happened that day. If silent I couldn’t but help hearing my heart beat or the slightest rustle of clothing or breathing, if the light was on I would start reading any words on boxes above cupboards, even counting how many letters or maybe patterns on them.

     These days I don’t watch any tv, rarely have any radio on. But I am more exhausted than usual so maybe that helps slow the cogs down?

    I sleep better now, I seem to be more able to relax. 

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  • I used to need the tv on to sleep, or a radio. I turn it down enough so I could not focus on the content, otherwise the cogs would start spinning even faster than they already were.

    Back ground noise allowed my brain to stop over thinking everything that had happened that day. If silent I couldn’t but help hearing my heart beat or the slightest rustle of clothing or breathing, if the light was on I would start reading any words on boxes above cupboards, even counting how many letters or maybe patterns on them.

     These days I don’t watch any tv, rarely have any radio on. But I am more exhausted than usual so maybe that helps slow the cogs down?

    I sleep better now, I seem to be more able to relax. 

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