What do you do when you go to bed to help you fall asleep/sleep well?

MASTURBATE TO SLEEP!!!

I cut all caffeine (and other stimulants like energy drinks) out of my diet, get a good workout before bed, and yes, ASMR helps me as well. I use a fan when sleeping as "white noise" to block out any other slight sounds that might distract me, Docs said my sleeping habits were adding extra wear and tear on my heart and shaving many years off my life expectancy, so I was forced to make some healthy changes.

I usually just close my eyes :D In all seriousness, I wake up almost every day 4:50 am, so I don't need much to fall asleep :)

listening to ASMR actually help me to sleep

And now I'm off to google ASMR XD

Who needs sleep?

I read until I fall asleep. Either a book, articles or news.

Yup, ASMR here as well. Gentle Whispering YT channel in particular.

My cats help me get to sleep.

Yoga nidra and/or prana mat. Can't fight the sleepiness with that combo. :P

Melatonin

Breathing exercises.
Once I get into a steady rythm of deep, long breaths (3+ seconds in, 3+ seconds out) I either doze off quickly, or I slip into a trance-like state for a few minutes and then doze off.

Also, monitor and limit caffeine intake. As much as I like my coffee, too much in a day means my thoughts won't stop churning at night

I simply collapse.

well ive tried a lot before music could help but now not so much. so i can literally spend hours just staring at the back of my eye lids cuz i cant sleep. now when its to long i give up watch some things that bore the hell out of me and try again. i just do all my best thinking at night time

Sex or masturbate is the best way to fall asleep.

-3 liters of beer always helps - with the drawback of it making you fat
-any of the Lord of the Rings movies (despite me 🧡´ing them) sets me asleep asap
-The Blade Runner does the same, only more violently. As of yet I´ve never managed to watch the film whole 🙄
-Mental imaging of how zombiefaced i´ll look the next day sometimes also helps, especially in combination with point 1

I guess the movie stuff i wrote about could be related ASMR.

Clear your bedroom of any distractions/devices. Don’t hang out in your bedroom or on your bed. Only use it for sex and sleeping,

Cornerstone habits, yo

Podcasts. Lots and lots of podcasts :)

I read a book, watch a cartoon re-run or listen to podcasts.

if i can't sleep i take some pills. ^^

I close my eyes. I tried sleeping with them open but I just can't do it.
Serious answer: I try to relax my body and empty my racing mind as much as I can. If I haven't had any screen time in the previous hour, it usually takes 5 or 10 minutes.
When my children were very small and had a hard time falling asleep, I used natural sounds CDs like the ocean, rain, wind, rivers, and the likes. It worked very well. The sounds looped all night.

Tossing and turning, getting more and more anxious about the fact that I won't get enough sleep to be productive at work the next day.
No, it's not effective.

I have big problems going to sleep, been insomniac for years now, so not to waste time I'd be spending in bed I try to watch stuff or reading books. Honestly cannot remember when was the last time I went to sleep without watching or reading something, but it must've been months ;p

I take a carefully measured combo of medicines, otherwise it's just some occasional sleep in small portions for me. Before that, when my health was better, I used to just read books before going to sleep.