Does anyone else find absolute silence difficult to deal with? In particular difficult to sleep in complete silence?

I think it started from a young age, being obsessed with music. Falling asleep with music.

As an adult, I still struggle with this and need some form of audio to drift off, be it music or something else.

More recently, I find stand-up comedy works best - it’s light-hearted and doesn’t require too much thought.

  • TheDubz87@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Try a fan. And this one’s weird, but I have an analog clock in my room and the rhythmic ticking helps me sleep.

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      1 year ago

      I know were you are coming from and I know a few people who have a clock in the room and sleep… but I just can’t… the rhythmic ticking drives me crazy haha

      podcast or audio books are my go to - sometimes I’m stuck on the same chapter for weeks

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        1 year ago

        I can’t handle the constant having to rewind and going wait did I already listen to this last night? that happens if I listen to podcasts or audiobooks to sleep.

        Maybe I should just find a podcast I don’t care about actually hearing everything in that I could use for sleep.

  • Blizzard@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Try weed. Not right before sleep but a bit earlier, while watching those stand-ups for example.