My college roommate used to play Family Guy on his laptop all night to help him sleep. It meant that I didn't get any sleep that entire semester.

For me it's an AuDHD thing that covers attention issues as well as sensory ones.

In my case, I don't listen to shows where I'd need this Jellyfin feature. It's usually videos of playthroughs or speedruns of old video games. It provides constant music while also having some progression to follow with the sound effects and changing tracks. So not unlike listening to a show in that sense.

Having something to pay attention to keeps my mind from racing and keeps me from worrying about whether I'm falling asleep fast enough.

And for whatever neurological reason, having constant sounds in my ears is soothing. In the same way quiet game sounds help me get to sleep, having some loud thrash metal in my ears helps me focus and get things done whether it's writing code or doing yard work.

My personal theory is that audio-based stimulus helps press the pause button on my non-stop internal dialogue.

Night shift psych is kinda like specifically being a sleep specialist lol. My personal sleep cue is a raging thunderstorm. Honestly I wish I had more options for providing sleep ambiance to patients but the institutional setting is notoriously stingy. What I really wanna know is why men sleep with their hands in their pants / over their genitals. It doesn't read as arousal most of the time, so it must just be a regular comfort thing somehow.