Sounds to sleep by

Aliantha · 02-26-2009, 05:17 PM

By now I guess we've all heard of sound machines and things that people get to provide background noise to help them sleep. I don't have one of those, but I really like the sound of the fan going to help me sleep, and during the day, it's the dishwasher. The soft swishing noise I can hear just makes me want to doze.

What sounds make you feel sleepy?

Pico and ME · 02-26-2009, 05:21 PM

The sound of absolute quiet. Yep, definitely.

Cloud · 02-26-2009, 05:56 PM

I MUST have the white noise on. Too much quiet keeps me awake! I have a fan on me every night except in the very coldest of winter, a white noise machine -- or two on.

My iPhone has a white noise app I use constantly, too.

Cloud · 02-26-2009, 05:56 PM

oh, and Ali: you know they have those for babies, now too? Either a heart beat or a sussuration type noise (to imitate water in the womb)

Aliantha · 02-26-2009, 06:02 PM

I didn't know that, but it doesn't surprise me. lol They have everything these days.

Pico and ME · 02-26-2009, 06:05 PM

Dont get me wrong, I wasn't always like this. Was a time when I could only fall asleep with the radio on. That drove my roommates in college berserk. Those were the days when I slept well. Nowadays, the slightest noise bothers me. My husband keeps a fan on for the noise, and because I take trazadone, I can fall asleep in spite of it, but if I wake up at two in the morning that thing just drones on and on.

Aliantha · 02-26-2009, 06:11 PM

I usually prefer the background noise pretty soft. In fact, some nights I wear earplugs because I just want silence.

I hear what you're saying Pico.

Beestie · 02-26-2009, 10:19 PM

I can fall asleep next to a jackhammer.

Cloud · 02-26-2009, 10:31 PM

It's my understanding that if you use a white noise machine, or something like that, you don't want it too low; otherwise, your brain won't relax because it's trying to id the sound. or something. A little louder is better in this instance.

SteveDallas · 02-26-2009, 11:06 PM

I go to sleep much faster if I listen to something.. music, or audiobook, or some kind of radio show. If I just lie there I start thinking about stuff that's going on or things I need to do. Listening to something gives me something to focus on and drowns out the inner rumination.

lumberjim · 02-27-2009, 12:25 AM

sshhhhhh! im sleeping!

capnhowdy · 02-27-2009, 07:57 AM

Television.
If you want me to wake up pronto, turn the tv off.

Trilby · 02-27-2009, 08:50 AM

the sound of Ambien usually does it for me.

dar512 · 02-27-2009, 09:57 AM

A really boring lecture or meeting does it for me.

SteveDallas · 02-27-2009, 10:08 AM

Actually the other thing that works is when I'm on the Internet and there's a really pointless webbbfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffk

02-26-2009, 05:17 PM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Sounds to sleep by By now I guess we've all heard of sound machines and things that people get to provide background noise to help them sleep. I don't have one of those, but I really like the sound of the fan going to help me sleep, and during the day, it's the dishwasher. The soft swishing noise I can hear just makes me want to doze. What sounds make you feel sleepy? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-26-2009, 05:56 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I MUST have the white noise on. Too much quiet keeps me awake! I have a fan on me every night except in the very coldest of winter, a white noise machine -- or two on. My iPhone has a white noise app I use constantly, too. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-26-2009, 05:56 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	oh, and Ali: you know they have those for babies, now too? Either a heart beat or a sussuration type noise (to imitate water in the womb) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-26-2009, 06:02 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I didn't know that, but it doesn't surprise me. lol They have everything these days. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-26-2009, 06:11 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I usually prefer the background noise pretty soft. In fact, some nights I wear earplugs because I just want silence. I hear what you're saying Pico. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-26-2009, 05:21 PM	#2
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	The sound of absolute quiet. Yep, definitely.

02-26-2009, 06:05 PM	#6
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Dont get me wrong, I wasn't always like this. Was a time when I could only fall asleep with the radio on. That drove my roommates in college berserk. Those were the days when I slept well. Nowadays, the slightest noise bothers me. My husband keeps a fan on for the noise, and because I take trazadone, I can fall asleep in spite of it, but if I wake up at two in the morning that thing just drones on and on.

02-26-2009, 10:19 PM	#8
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I can fall asleep next to a jackhammer. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

02-26-2009, 10:31 PM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	It's my understanding that if you use a white noise machine, or something like that, you don't want it too low; otherwise, your brain won't relax because it's trying to id the sound. or something. A little louder is better in this instance. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

02-26-2009, 11:06 PM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I go to sleep much faster if I listen to something.. music, or audiobook, or some kind of radio show. If I just lie there I start thinking about stuff that's going on or things I need to do. Listening to something gives me something to focus on and drowns out the inner rumination.

02-27-2009, 12:25 AM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	sshhhhhh! im sleeping! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-27-2009, 07:57 AM	#12
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Television. If you want me to wake up pronto, turn the tv off. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-27-2009, 08:50 AM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	the sound of Ambien usually does it for me. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-27-2009, 09:57 AM	#14
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	A really boring lecture or meeting does it for me. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-27-2009, 10:08 AM	#15
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Actually the other thing that works is when I'm on the Internet and there's a really pointless webbbfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffk

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