I have lights on all night.
Sometimes I play a movie I know well and enjoy on repeat, I can sort of fall asleep to it, and the sound keeps pulling my dreams to the movie, or it's just comforting.
I can't remember how you learn to do it, but it is possible to be aware that you're dreaming while you sleep, and so if something goes wrong, you can wake yourself up. I know it doesn't help much feeling tired, but it does help feeling okay to actually close your eyes. Lucid dreaming, i think it's called. You can have awareness and control what you dream of/where the dreams goes.
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