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Do you sleep with or without sound/noise?
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I have rain on my Sonos on a loop all night. I'm a very poor sleeper and struggle without it.
If I need to wake up really early to catch a flight or that my alarm will just be the rain stopping which wakes me up instantly.
If I need to wake up really early to catch a flight or that my alarm will just be the rain stopping which wakes me up instantly.
Add me to the fan on all night, every day of the year list. Right on my bedside table next to my head, just point it away in winter. I make sure I take a fan in the car whenever we go on holiday just in case the hotel doesn't have AC / a fan in the room.
I really need a fan to keep the air moving, except in winter where I can crack a window open to keep cool.
I used to sleep with the TV on and leave it on one of those channels that plays music. I lived in a big city, so noise and even lights don't bother me.
I used to sleep with the TV on and leave it on one of those channels that plays music. I lived in a big city, so noise and even lights don't bother me.
I need backgroud noise to allow me to get to sleep, so for that purpose I put on a DVD of a show that I know well (if I just put the TV on, I'll watch/pay attention to it which is the opposite of what I need). A had issues getting to sleep when I was younger and doing that has 100% solved the problem (I'm generally asleep within 10 minutes) - it's not that silence is a problem, it's that with without that background interference my brain won't disengage and allow me to doze off.
Usually set the TV to sleep in 30 minutes, after that the house is completely silent. I don't often wake in the night and if I do it'll only be for a few minutes and the lack of noise doesn't seem to bother me then.
Usually set the TV to sleep in 30 minutes, after that the house is completely silent. I don't often wake in the night and if I do it'll only be for a few minutes and the lack of noise doesn't seem to bother me then.
I have needed a fan to sleep since I was basically 10 years old or so.
Then I got a white noise machine (rain, forest sounds, waves, etc) in my early 20s.
Then a number of years ago when I first really discovered YouTube I rekindled an old love of mine, one I didn't know had a name yet. ASMR.
I loved ASMR before it was known as ASMR way back when I was like 7 when me and my brother would watch Bob Ross and The Urban Peasant on TV all the time.
No need to link a Bob Ross video. I think everyone knows about him these days...
We loved their voices. We felt the "tingles". We thought we were the only ones who felt this until I discovered ASMR on YouTube and I was properly blown away that other people even knew what it was. Before that I was finding my own sources for ASMR on YouTube before being led to an explanation of the term and actual channels that focused on it. Now it's this huge thing.
But yeah long story short I now require a fan AND ASMR to go to sleep.
Then I got a white noise machine (rain, forest sounds, waves, etc) in my early 20s.
Then a number of years ago when I first really discovered YouTube I rekindled an old love of mine, one I didn't know had a name yet. ASMR.
I loved ASMR before it was known as ASMR way back when I was like 7 when me and my brother would watch Bob Ross and The Urban Peasant on TV all the time.
No need to link a Bob Ross video. I think everyone knows about him these days...
We loved their voices. We felt the "tingles". We thought we were the only ones who felt this until I discovered ASMR on YouTube and I was properly blown away that other people even knew what it was. Before that I was finding my own sources for ASMR on YouTube before being led to an explanation of the term and actual channels that focused on it. Now it's this huge thing.
But yeah long story short I now require a fan AND ASMR to go to sleep.
Prefer with sound, it just seems easier to fall asleep when there's sound going on, I don't like super-low sound either, prefer something that's more like "heavy rain/thunderstorms" or even blizzard sounds, not a fan of "gentle running water" or that kind of sound.
Though nothing can replace my favorite way to sleep, in the sleeper of a moving 18 wheeler at night. Some of the best sleep I ever had was when I'd go on trips with my grandpa (he hauled cattle across the country, a lot of the times to Kansas), I'd climb into the sleeper at night while he was driving, hearing the sound of the other vehicles on the interstate as they passed by, the motion from the truck, nothing comes close to that for me as far as the best sleep I ever had.
Though nothing can replace my favorite way to sleep, in the sleeper of a moving 18 wheeler at night. Some of the best sleep I ever had was when I'd go on trips with my grandpa (he hauled cattle across the country, a lot of the times to Kansas), I'd climb into the sleeper at night while he was driving, hearing the sound of the other vehicles on the interstate as they passed by, the motion from the truck, nothing comes close to that for me as far as the best sleep I ever had.
I cant sleep without a documentary or something on. If I dont have something for my brain to follow along with, it goes bonkers.
For the past year I go to sleep while listening to an unecessry podcast/radio talk as a backgrond. I need an average of 15 minutes o fall asleep.What I mean with unnecessary is that something I am not that passionate about so that I don't get hooked or excited and focus while listening.
My need for a fan started when I was 11, I spent a week in hospital on a children's ward which was the first time I had ever been in a hospital. My Mum stayed with me the first couple of nights but she couldn't for the rest of the week, the only way I could get to sleep was to try and forget I was in hospital on my own, and that required drowing the sounds out during the night. Luckily there was a fan on my bed table, and that's where it all began. 26 years later and I reckon I could count on one hand how many nights I haven't had a fan on!
It would be interesting to hear how other people came to have this need.
It would be interesting to hear how other people came to have this need.
I can't sleep without some kind of noise usually from a podcast or the TV. If I don't have something to focus on it, I start overthinking things and my anxiety kicks in.
Silence. I feel like I'm able to hear someone whispering my name two towns away when I try to sleep.
I quite often go to sleep with the TV on but I can fall asleep in silence just fine if I need to
Someone near me has a rooster (the development I live in is right on the edge of town), in summer it's sometimes started crowing by about 3 am.. If i'm still awake when it starts I find it really difficult to get to sleep...
Someone near me has a rooster (the development I live in is right on the edge of town), in summer it's sometimes started crowing by about 3 am.. If i'm still awake when it starts I find it really difficult to get to sleep...
Tinnitus sufferer for over 20 years so I don't have a choice. I use headphones and watch TV/listen to podcasts until I nod off.
Either way is fine. I'll fall asleep when I'm tired. I do find fan noise and regular city street sounds (like cars or trains going by in the distance) fairly soothing.
I use ASMR as a sleep aid, so I'm definitely with a little noise, so long as its soft and doesn't contain any talking. Other than that, I prefer everything else quiet. Except for real rain, that can get pretty loud and I'll still sleep like a baby. Sea or gently flowing water sounds also work for me.
I have to sleep with a fan on, it's a huge pain in the ass because of my autism the fan sound has to be a super steady sound or my brain will focus on any ticks or rattles and I can't sleep. In case people don't know the human brain will block out most repeat sounds ie. The ticking of a clock and such. My brain is incapable of doing that. Even my own heartbeat can keep me awake, luckily with the fan on I don't hear it.
I like my bedroom to be as quiet and dark as possible. I'll be asleep in a few minutes after putting my head down.
I have trouble falling asleep with a fan on, because of the noise and I'd rather not wear earplugs, as they make me feel closed off from my surroundings. Also, I have a hard time understanding why you'd need noise or even TV-shows playing in the background. Especially the latter would command my attention instead of helping me sleep. I've also never fallen asleep in front of the TV, so I guess that just doesn't work for me.
I have trouble falling asleep with a fan on, because of the noise and I'd rather not wear earplugs, as they make me feel closed off from my surroundings. Also, I have a hard time understanding why you'd need noise or even TV-shows playing in the background. Especially the latter would command my attention instead of helping me sleep. I've also never fallen asleep in front of the TV, so I guess that just doesn't work for me.
Silence and in darkness. It's time to rest and do nothing else, no distractions and nothing to worry about. It's lovely.
The good thing about earbuds is that I'm the only one who hears the white noise.
