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?

The sound of absolute quiet. Yep, definitely.

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.

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)

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

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.

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. ;)

I can fall asleep next to a jackhammer.

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.

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.

sshhhhhh! im sleeping!

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

the sound of Ambien usually does it for me.

A really boring lecture or meeting does it for me.

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