White Noise

[Pike]

When you go to bed at night, do you need to have some sort of background noise going on in order to sleep? Or do you prefer pure silence?

I usually wear earplugs so I don't mind either way!

[Christmas]

Sounds made by my hamsters. On occasions those might be sounds they made while they mate though. But then again, who cares. :bigsmile:

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I usually have Futurama or Adventure Time or something on Netflix going when I sleep. I can sleep with silence, but I usually prefer having some sort of background noise.

[Madame Adequate]

I can't sleep if it's quiet, it drives me insane to hear nothing. I can't do anything with silence actually, I need to have the extractor fan on if I'm in the bath for instance.

[Shorty]

I sleep with the tv or computer on with something playing very quietly. I don't sleep as well when there's just music or sounds, so I guess white noise itself would do nothing for me.

[Parker]

it's p good but underground is probably the better delillo

[escobert]

I have my fish tank in my room so I hear that. but, usually I'll have my computer playing a show or the radio on when I go to bed

[Mirage]

I prefer it to be quiet. Really quiet. I can deal with traffic noise or computer fans though.

[Jess]

I can't sleep with a TV or music on. If the sound is a continuous drone that doesn't change, I like it. I prefer to sleep with a fan on so the house noises don't wake me up during the night. :jess:

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

I can sleep pretty much anywhere in any situation. A habit steadily developed over my years in the military. Sometimes you never know when you are going to not get to sleep.

But if I get the choice, I prefer some noise, because like Jinx, I have tinnitus, courtesy of 130+ decible turbine jet engines that I work on/around on a regular basis for the last five years. Trains, thunder, rain, wind, tv in the other room (I prefer total darkness), whatever it is. Just something to drown out the constant whine in my head.
Usually the sound of my AC at night is enough, barely.

[Araciel]

The screams of my enemies.

[Mirage]

I have a weak tinnitus too but it doesn't prevent me from sleeping. It just sounds like an old CRT TV is turned on when it's entirely quiet. Almost any noise or sound is enough to drown it. Not sure if this even counts as tinnitus, but I didn't have it until after a certain very loud event, and it's gotten worse since then.

[Miss Mae]

I used to sleep in silence, but ever since an analog clock was put in my bedroom I don't think I could sleep without the ticking. It's nice to have some background noise to focus on rather than getting trapped in my thoughts, because that either makes me think of something I have to get up and do (or at least write down), or just makes me anxious...

[Sephex]

Can't sleep without a fan on.

[Pumpkin]

I'll try to sleep with nothing but if I have a headache or am sick, I put on that rainymood website and it helps immensely

[Jiro]

I can sleep without noise but it is very nice to have something there for my brain to focus on.

[Alive-Cat]

I find it really soothing to watch nature documentaries narrated by David Attenborough while I am going to sleep!