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

One of my dogs snores, and it's relaxing to me for some reason. Of course, if it was my husband snoring then I'd be poking and shaking his shoulder to make him stop.:stickpoke

The dog's snore is relaxing for sure. It's always reassuring to know she is there. The humans can take care of themselves, but if the dog gets shut in the garage or locked out accidentally, it's trouble. If I don't know she's in bed (she burrows under the top cover), I will often wait until I hear her snort, then I can sleep properly.

It was pouring rain last night...hitting my roof, and my metal carport which is right next to my bedroom, and I slept like a baby.

This, looped. (complete with owl!)

This, looped. (complete with snake!)

I like freesound. Here's one I downloaded a few weeks ago. It sounds best with headphones.

I can't sleep with a fan on. I can't sleep with any noise, really. My husband snores and I wake up. Last night my brother and his family stayed over and their 1 year old woke up hollering in their room at 4 am. I haven't slept since.

4 am is a great time to get your art on, case!

:D

srsly, sorry you're tired. :comfort:

reading any type of book to the kids will usually knock me right out, any time of day. Invariably the wander into whatever room my wife is in and tell her "Daddy fell asleep" epsecially irksome to her when it is bedtime and they should be the ones asleep.

And this would put me to sleep too:

that dude is a guitar hero!

I've used my fan for years and years, but with the electricity costs going up, my dad bought me a white noise machine. I unplugged my fan and put it in storage until summer, and have been using the machine on "rain" since.

(Don't tell him, the machine doesn't work nearly as well, but since he lets me live here for free, I'm happy to help out as much as I can.)

Razzmatazz13;539532 wrote:

but since he lets me live here for free, I'm happy to help out as much as I can.

Well done I say.

Undertoad;539321 wrote:

The dog's snore is relaxing for sure. It's always reassuring to know she is there. The humans can take care of themselves, but if the dog gets shut in the garage or locked out accidentally, it's trouble. If I don't know she's in bed (she burrows under the top cover), I will often wait until I hear her snort, then I can sleep properly.

aw . . . that's so cute!

I got to see Segovia in the late 70s or early 80s (don't remember exactly). The gal I was dating at the time was a big fan and I took her to see him. Not something I would have done on my own, but he made some beautiful music.

Brianna;539525 wrote:

4 am is a great time to get your art on, case!

:D

srsly, sorry you're tired. :comfort:

I must have been napping when you wrote that. Somehow I always manage to "catch up." I had a friend who told me that a person does not actually "catch up" on sleep. That your body doesn't actually know how much sleep you need or don't need. I still say mine underestimates its needs.

There's an NPR program called 'Echoes' that plays in the Harrisburg, PA area. It plays a few other areas, too, but nowhere I've ever lived. It's this weird kind of ambient electronica stuff. Not a drum beat to be heard, and the announcer has this kind of deep, melodic but fairly monotone voice.

I only get to hear it when I visit my friend in Harrisburg, but every time I'm out cold.

If it's not totally silent, I generally will sleep better if there is any steady source noise. Doesn't matter much if it's music, a fan, an air conditioner, traffic, whatever. What kills me is when the noise changes. Any unusual noise and I'll wake up, even if it's quieter than what I'm listening to to sleep.

footfootfoot;539528 wrote:

reading any type of book to the kids will usually knock me right out, any time of day.

Hahahahah.....me too! One time, uh..well, more than once or twice :p , I even dropped the book on the baby's face. :headshake :blush: :D

I cant sleep without some sort of background noise, but it cant be distracting...like the radio or tv, or the neighbours arguing.

The fan, the air con or static on the radio.

Rain is the best, but a very rare occurance here.

Stress Puppy;540727 wrote:

There's an NPR program called 'Echoes' that plays in the Harrisburg, PA area. It plays a few other areas, too, but nowhere I've ever lived. It's this weird kind of ambient electronica stuff. Not a drum beat to be heard, and the announcer has this kind of deep, melodic but fairly monotone voice.

I only get to hear it when I visit my friend in Harrisburg, but every time I'm out cold.

It's not free, but is available on-line here.

The sound of absolute quiet.
thanks

Ali likes grinders and jackhammers according to a recent post. :)

We sleep with the ceiling fan on, and it knocks us rite out.

That's a problem with low ceilings.

:lol:

(I'm a ceiling fan fan too.)