What is Reddit's opinion of Brain.fm?

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I have a horrible time falling and staying asleep. Some of the biggest things that help are a weighted blanket, heated mattress pad, and a white noise app on my phone. Highly recommend BrainFM for white noise- they have different categories for sleep, focusing, etc. and is a lifesaver when I need to drown out my own head. 100% worth the subscription price for me.

Some basic at-home exercise equipment might be a good gift. A good mat, a few hand weights, and resistance bands are all you need, and they take up almost no room if space is tight.

Hacker News had a coupon for Brain.fm awhile back, you got a lifetime subscription for $30. They seem to do this every so often and there's a free trial.

I love the "focus" sessions for coding. I set it for 1 hour and then make sure I get up and walk around for a bit when the session ends.

What I like best about it is that I don't find myself actively listening to it like I do with music or even ambient audio.

The great thing about modern society is that we are becoming more open minded (well at least in the Nordic and Anglosphere) to different practises and cultures whilst blending these with technological advances and our entrepreneurial spirit to deliver great tools as you mentioned to many that otherwise would have little recourse.

The disadvantage is that these can become crutches especially when people expect the results without much effort.

So the short-term but perhaps practicable route is to use headspace (great app) and use something like Brain FM for meditation, or focus. This will get the job done, and is useful for many situations, we shouldn't knock these affordable and workable solutions.

The longer term and ultimately more flexible approach is to practise meditation and also practise focusing. You can kill 2 birds with one stone by sitting comfortably for 20 - 45 minutes daily simply repeating a phrase to yourself in your head, your thoughts will wander (its natural,nand this is not performing meditation, if is practising meditation) acknowledge it and return to your phrase.

After a week or 2 you will hopefully notice an improvement. You're looking for a phrase now, anything ideally nonsense words or a sound, anything from 'om. To 'Kah shay rah' will do.

www.brain.fm I have been using this for booth focus and relax. They have some quality music and it works on me well. Downside is the price, it's very very expensive. I haven't been able to find something similar, but if you know anything like brainfm for free, let me know.

Also, buying (expensive) noise cancelling headphones was well worth it for me.

I looked at brain.fm a while ago and while they cite a bunch of studies it didn't seem like their evidence was very good.

For instance in one of their studies the difference between the Brain.fm music and the "placebo music" is basically insignificant, but the difference between the placebo music and no music is large.(suggesting that it's an effect of music in general, not their special entrianment thing)

They also cite a ton of other studies on how music and/or brainwave entrainment can effect cognition but it's not clear that any of those relate to the technology they actually use.

Ah, esqueci de te recomendar este site (https://www.brain.fm/). Venho utilzando-o para estudar e consegui resultados expressivos. Nunca conseguia me concentrar mais de 15, 20 minutos, mas com esse site e um pouco de esforço as coisas tem melhorado bastante. Não sei se é placebo mas tem funcionado. Recomendo que use em modo anônimo.

I feel you. I’ve been doing pretty well recently with a strategy I call “riding the wave”.

I try to circumvent the thought process in my brain, as soon as I feel an inkling to do something I just start moving and ride the wave over to do the task. But the moment I consciously think about doing it, my executive function kicks in and it’s much harder.

There are a lot of other strategies I use, but this has been one of the most helpful recently for physical tasks like cleaning.

For mental tasks, I use timers to set a small chuck (like 5 minutes) and tell myself I can do anything for 5 minutes! And that I can stop if I want to after that 5 minutes has passed - sometimes I do stop, but a lot of times I’ll choose to keep going.

I use self-talk (ex: saying to myself Nike/Shia LeBeouf’s “Just do it!” or “An object in motion stays in motion”).

I also use the Brain FM app for rhythmic, deep focus music. The app is based on neuroscience, and I highly recommend it: https://www.brain.fm/science

I'd be interested to see how the Muse EEG headband can be used to measure brain activation while listening to curated functional music - courtesy of www.brain.fm.

I've been using it since Dec 2020 and haven't found a viable replacement for music that allows productivity.

That is a funny coincidence. I was just researching this topic since I have a Brain.fm subscription and they have done a study on the benefits for sleep: https://www.brain.fm/assets/pdfs/sleep-study.pdf

Now, I would like to try this as well, but I am looking for headphones that can be worn in bed and are not as uncomfortable as my cheap, wired in-ear headphones.

Do you have a recommendation for good headphones?

Should one use wireless headphones with all the emissions or does it not make a big difference compared to wired headphones?

I've only had their trial version (got 5 free sessions, used 1-2hrs each session) but I was having issues focusing recently and their focus music really really helped me get into a good flow state within 5-10 minutes. Here's more on their site: https://www.brain.fm/science. I like it enough to get the premium version, for sure! If you try it out, let me know what you think.

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I use brain.fm for focusing, and I aggregate all my news with Feedly so that I only have to visit one site.

This used to happen to me a lot, the adrenaline was so high I felt like I couldn’t take a normal breath while lying in bed.

In the end I actually spoke to the doctors and I take sertraline, which might not be for everyone, but did help massively with my anxiety (it slows my brain down enough that I can process things a bit better and relax a bit more).

If you don’t want to speak to the doctor, there’s loads of little tips and tricks - although I’m sure you’ve heard about a lot of methods and are sick of hearing it all by now so bare with me!

Apps like brain fm are amazing to help shift your focus, and I’m pretty sure they’re backed up by some wild brain science. Sometimes listening to stories on YouTube can help too. I always found that to get up, do something like make a cup of tea, and just focus on taking a sip and then taking a breath would help me calm down. When you go back to bed, it’s kind of like you’ve reset or are ready for a take two.

As far as bouncing back for work, don’t punish yourself for calling in sick. It’s a one off, you’re human, maybe you really just needed a day to yourself.

If it’s the day after you’ve had no sleep I know it sounds dumb but just be kind to yourself. You want an extra biscuit? Have it. The thought of having a nap when you get home getting you through the day? Have a big ass nap when you get home. I do also love a coffee if I haven’t slept (not too much to make the anxiety worsen).

I don’t know if this will help but I relate to the struggles ahaha, this is generally the best ways I deal with it, hopefully it might help you a little bit too.

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95% of my productivity system is Google Drive (for ideas, non-actionable lists, all my work etc.) and Amazing Marvin (for task management, daily planning, calendar)

I also like brain.fm for focus music.

Ok then some relaxing Zen guitar or hang to produce relaxing alpha brain waves... Personally I don't have problem with Bach. Good thing with this is that you can teach student more about music at same time they listening lecture about Niche etc. Or to put music just on brakes...

Definitely need to test this!

edit> chech this https://www.brain.fm

Another binaural beat you can listen to while working is at brain.fm This one is more of a hassle than listening to YouTube, because they want to sell you a paid subscription. But if you sign up for a free account they give you ten free listens. (And it can't autocharge you when the free listens are used up, because you don't give them anything but an email address.) I've used their Focus sound while working, and I find it extremely effective. It's more than just the beats, they have music and nature sounds mixed in.

I use brain.fm to help with sleep focus and meditation. There are 10 free uses when you sign up.

I use sleepyti.me to establish a better sleep cycle.

I have recently joined mind tools for help with staying focused towards my career goals after struggling at work.