Do you use white noise to help you get to sleep?

by white noise, i mean like a constant sound. like a box fan. that drowns out the other sounds your house might make.

can you get to sleep easily without it? with it?

me, i used to just sleep without a fan, always hearing the sounds of the house and hearing myself breath sometimes.or itd just be dead silent and would drive me crazy(kinda along the lines of silence is deafening or something like that)

then one night, we were visiting my grandma, and she lives in a one room apartment. so i slept on the couch while my parents slept on a blow up bed next to me. my mom has slept with a fan, since as long as i can remember. so they had that turned on. loved it. loved how it blocked out all the sounds.

from then on, i started sleeping with a box fan on in my room. now its gotten to the point where i have a hard time falling asleep without it.

i dont have it facing me though, it faces away from me, i just use it for the white noise, which i find soothing.

anyone else need white noise to fall asleep?

I don't but it's a very common thing........

Pretty much always sleep with a fan/AC.

Not at all. I can fall asleep with with a fan, but I definitely prefer silence. Can't stand a tv being on though, I don't know how people can fall asleep to that.

Not at all. I can fall asleep with with a fan, but I definitely prefer silence. Can't stand a tv being on though, I don't know how people can fall asleep to that.

zeldaluff

i dont know either. i gotta have it as dark as possible for me to be able to sleep.

something as simple as the shine from an alarm clock will drive me crazy(used to have one that had blue led instead of red. drove me crazy and i had to turn it facing the wall to block out the light.)

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Not at all. I can fall asleep with with a fan, but I definitely prefer silence. Can't stand a tv being on though, I don't know how people can fall asleep to that.

konvikt_17

i dont know either. i gotta have it as dark as possible for me to be able to sleep.

something as simple as the shine from an alarm clock will drive me crazy(used to have one that had blue led instead of red. drove me crazy and i had to turn it facing the wall to block out the light.)

blue light is the worst. My roommate's computer had a blue light on it that was shining directly at me during the night, used to drive me crazy.

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Not at all. I can fall asleep with with a fan, but I definitely prefer silence. Can't stand a tv being on though, I don't know how people can fall asleep to that.

zeldaluff

i dont know either. i gotta have it as dark as possible for me to be able to sleep.

something as simple as the shine from an alarm clock will drive me crazy(used to have one that had blue led instead of red. drove me crazy and i had to turn it facing the wall to block out the light.)

blue light is the worst. My roommate's computer had a blue light on it that was shining directly at me during the night, used to drive me crazy.

that sucks.

shoulda put a sticky note over it:P

Nope, the opposite for me. I have a really hard time falling asleep with any sort of noise.

I use a sleep sound, I have a hard time sleeping in complete silence. I do prefer noise, it has to be constant though, any constant noise will work, I could sleep to a jackhammer if it was constantly on.

I have a pretty constant ringing in my ears (only when I'm really paying attention though). So yes, white noise is preferable. I've gotten pretty used to having a desk fan running for most of the whole day and night.

my bipap machine always makes a bit of noise, so I suppose I'm used to that. But I wouldn't say I need white noise to fall asleep necessarily.

Pretty much always sleep with a fan/AC.

TacticalDesire

^ This

No I don't need anymore noise. I live at a big street with 5-100 cars driving by at any given minute ugh.

I always go to bed listening to thunderstorms, waves, and or mozart. Puts me right out.

Absolutely. For as far back as I can remember I've had trouble sleeping without some kind of noise.

No I listen to white noise to enjoy and analyse it. My mind would be racing too fast to fall asleep while listening to it.

Yes.

I can't fall asleep if it's completely silence.

No I don't need anymore noise. I live at a big street with 5-100 cars driving by at any given minute ugh.

Bikouchu35

Me too. Although I' ve gotten used to them so they no more distract me. Either way unless there' s a really annoying noise I can sleep with no problem whatsoever although silence is the best.

Pretty much always sleep with a fan/AC.

TacticalDesire

Since I sleep mostly during the day I like a little white noise to drown out the outside world.

No, but I sometimes listen to certain kinds of videos on youtube to help me relax. Usually they are repetitive noises like scissors etc.SolidSnake35

It doesn't bother me at home, but when I travel I liked to have a bit of white noise in order to drowned out the noises around me.

Gotta have a fan.

I need to have some noise in the room (whether it's a fan, soft music, etc.) while I'm trying to sleep because I have tinnitus and it becomes really awful and difficult to ignore if it's silent.t3hrubikscube

nope

I keep the radio on.

Gotta have a fan.

BATTOSAI76

I only use a fan during the summer. It definitely helps me get to sleep.

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Gotta have a fan.

Dogswithguns

we dont talk about such things.

Have you seen that movie?

Scary sh*t. XD

No. I use sheer exhaustion.

Yes, I have to sleep with a fan.

I can't stand any sort of sound when I try to sleep since I'm such a light sleeper. I need perfect silence.