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Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:34 am
by Mudfuzz
I know this is a little odd but I find noises like fans, heaters ,rain, fridges, freeway noise easier to fall asleep to then total quiet

Anyone else?
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:36 am
by Fuzzy Picklez
YUUUSSSS.
People think I'm crazy for this.
I've been sleeping in my basement for like a week because of the furnace in my house.
It's this old loud thing and I find the sound really relaxing.
I can't sleep in silence.
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 5:13 am
by tuffteef
i sleep with the tv blaring!
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 5:54 am
by Quiet Things
For me it's always been the sound of my computer running. I rarely turn mine off, and so I've become accustomed to the general fan noise and all of that, so much so to the point that if there's a power outage and my computer shuts down, I immediately wake up.
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:52 am
by smile_man
I really love the sounds of traffic when I sleep.
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:04 am
by Companda
If it is too quiet, I will not sleep. I will just lay there and think until morning.
I usually have music playing or the TV on.
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:58 am
by Mudfuzz
maz91379 wrote:Mudfuzz wrote:I know this is a little odd but I find noises like fans, heaters ,rain, fridges, freeway noise easier to fall asleep to then total quiet

Anyone else?
Trains... and fans when you get used to them are a bitch to sleep without.
Also what anime is your avatar from my friend showed me a video where one of the characters transforms her panties into a gun and that character turns her stockings into a sword to destroy a monster, i'm mildly interested now.
Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LkYDzgdMbE[/youtube]
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:02 am
by proroby
Mudfuzz wrote:maz91379 wrote:Mudfuzz wrote:I know this is a little odd but I find noises like fans, heaters ,rain, fridges, freeway noise easier to fall asleep to then total quiet

Anyone else?
Trains... and fans when you get used to them are a bitch to sleep without.
Also what anime is your avatar from my friend showed me a video where one of the characters transforms her panties into a gun and that character turns her stockings into a sword to destroy a monster, i'm mildly interested now.
Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LkYDzgdMbE[/youtube]
I'm sorry but that song is straight garbage

Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:05 am
by Mudfuzz
Most music from any TV show is... it's better then most of the canned shit that gets used though...
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:13 pm
by Gearmond
it beats snoring and night chomping
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:45 pm
by McSpunckle
Sammy's heartbeat. <3
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:00 pm
by dubkitty
I grew up in Chicago, so total silence makes me nervous. when i lived in a trailer out in the country, i used to leave the radio on in the background tuned to the news station just loud enough i could hear it murmuring away in the background so i felt less lonely...i have scratch demos on cassette from those days where you can hear the radio in the background when the guitars fade. when i've lived in cities i always kept a window ajar in the bedroom to let the sounds in, as well as a breath of fresh air. nowadays i live hard by a creek which runs year-round, which takes care of the white-noise thing for me. i still leave the bedroom window cracked open at the head of the bed.
i suspect that if one's brain is accustomed to spending a lot of time processing heard material, it's not going to be entirely happy unless it's engaged in processing audio even if it's only doing it subconsciously. thus, the discomfort at total silence.
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:33 pm
by DarkAxel
Music of Hammock...
... but i have no problem sleeping in quiet, i'm used to it - the traffic at night is not really an issue here
Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:56 pm
by StudioShutIn
dubkitty wrote:i suspect that if one's brain is accustomed to spending a lot of time processing heard material, it's not going to be entirely happy unless it's engaged in processing audio even if it's only doing it subconsciously. thus, the discomfort at total silence.
Indeed...I agree 100% on this. I've thought this for a long time, but never been ableto put it so well into words as you have.

Re: Soothing sounds....
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:05 pm
by hclapp219
I usually fall asleep listening to music or the radio. I use headphones so it doesn't bother anyone else in the house, but I am worried that I will strangle myself in my sleep with the headphone wire some night.