My new addiction: White Noise.

[Baitball Blogger]

I don't know how I fell into it. Maybe came across a youtube vid by accident and tried it when I fell asleep and went from curious to deep snooze in 15 minutes.

In case anyone needs more info, you just do a search for rainfall sounds for sleep on your phone and there are videos that you can listen to that are eight hours long. Enough to give you a great night's rest. The worst that you'll get is an ear ache from your headphones.

If you already know about this, what kind of sounds work for you? I'm experimenting. I started with ocean waves and then went to rainfall, to rainfall with heavy thunderstorm and now I'm onto rainfall with cafe back chatter.

Absolutely love it!

Anyone have favorites?

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. I've tried ocean sounds, rainfall and cricket sounds.

The one that I use most often is ocean sounds. I sleep with it every nite.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. I might try the cricket sounds.

I just need to hear a variety of natural sounds because I pick up on unnatural repetition or disturbing mechanical sounds.

I think it comes from growing up in a small house with a lot of people. If there was light chatter around me I knew everything was okay.

[Nay]

35. Most natural sound recordings either have the unnatural repetition you mentioned, or certain

obvious sounds that repeat, so I never could use them. I would simply lie there, waiting for the repeat that I knew was coming!!

I use earplugs and keep a fan on for white noise.

[kozar]

2. we use thunderstorms,

the program makes them muffled like they are far off, with rain in background

[wcmagumba]

3. I use my echo dot...

sometimes, babbling brook and fountain work well for me...

[Lefta Dissenter]

4. I listen to podcasts to fall asleep

I think it reduces my brain-scramble more effectively than white noise does.

BUT, I tuck an earbud under my pillow to listen, so I’m not smooshing my ear with headphones.

[Anon-C]

6. Nothing like the soothing hum of motel room air conditioners...

...and a hot bath under the whirl of a bathroom ceiling fan.


?

[Baitball Blogger]

7. I'm all for it!

[dhol82]

8. I find it annoying.

When I travel with my friend she insists on using it. Says she can’t sleep without it.
I find it really annoying and find it difficult to fall asleep because I keep listening to an odd sound.
I constantly ask her to turn down the volume.
Just my two cents.

[Lochloosa]

11. Yep. My brother does the same thing when we travel

Irritating

[Laffy Kat]

9. I have to have either a TV or something on my laptop on..

Cannot sleep w/o conversation or narration in the background. I know it's odd. I've been this way for years.

[dchill]

10. Been using YouTube thunder & rain videos...

for over a year to induce sleep. Keeps me from getting awakened by spurious noises, too. That's good internet!

[Skittles]

12. I have long used white noise as a night shift worker

but no WAY would I use earphones

get a noise machine

[Baitball Blogger]

13. I would need the earphones because hubby is the type that falls asleep once his

head hits the pillow, but noise will disturb his sleep.

[Skittles]

20. oh I HAVE to sleep alone

and alas, no amount of white noise in the WORLD drowns out weed eaters

[trof]

42. Well, I guess that smashes any ideas I might have had.

[Skittles]

43. focus on the word SLEEP, my sweet

and keep in mind I am a chronic insomniac!

[trof]

45. Hopes undashed.

whew
merci

[Skittles]

46. LOL

OH and by the way, the best white noise is JET ENGINE - I always sit near the wings, LOVE that drone

[dewsgirl]

14. I have used a sound machine set to white noise, my entire adult life.

For the last 24 years. I am so dependant on it, there is no way I could sleep without
It.

[FM123]

26. Me too. I can't sleep without mine either.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Waves crashing on the beach works for me.

There's a white noise app on my iPhone (it's called White Noise), which I can dock onto my clock radio and it plays through its speakers so I don't have to deal with headphones. The app also has traffic sounds, train sounds, rainfall, cat purring (I can get that without the app), thunderstorm, whirring fan, babbling brook, sailboat rigging with ocean sounds, water sprinkler, crickets, frogs at night, wind chimes, and a number of others. Some of them are annoying rather than restful.

[3catwoman3]

16. I used to have an app called Sleep Sounds Pro...

...that had hundreds of different sounds, and you could make your own custom blend of up to 3 sounds.

I liked a blend of a cat purring, a stream burbling, and soft cricket chirping - quite soothing. It helped block out a most annoying pulsatile tinnitus (hearing your heartbeat in your ear, for those who do not know).

[MadLinguist]

17. wind through pines

is my favorite of the ambiance loops. All the water ones end up sounding like things being cooked in oil to me.

[Sentath]

18. https://mynoise.net/

https://mynoise.net/

Custom blends of hundreds of sources.

Thank You for reminding me to go back and give this place another listen. Dude travels the world recording natural sounds and then uses semi-random blends of them to provide nonrepetitive background sound.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. I gave that a try on the second time I had to doze back to sleep.

It worked! Well, at least until the dogs started barking because of a disturbance outside.

[FakeNoose]

34. Thanks for sharing this one

I'd never heard of MyNoise but I clicked on your link here. It's captivating! I especially love his new one called "November 2019" which is a tribute to Blade Runner and Vangelis.

This is a keeper for sure.

[Aristus]

19. Mrs. Aristus' life, even post-menopausal, is one long, unbroken hot flash.

So we sleep with the window open and the fan going, winter and summer. The white noise of the fan is absolutely indispensable now for getting me to go to sleep.

Well, that and a heavy blanket for my side of the bed in wintertime...

[Generic Brad]

21. I've been using them for the past three years

I have multiple sound apps on my both my iPad and Apple TV. I upgraded my apps and experiment with different mixes and combine sounds from both devices so there is more depth of sound in my bedroom.

Lately I’ve been hooked on either cavern sounds or combos of blowing leaves. Rain, waves, and fire combos are great.

I have found some sounds agitate me like trains, bird sounds, musical sounds.....

The combos I like pretty much guarantee me a solid six hours of deep quality sleep. You will get some great sleep out of the sounds that appeal to you.

[tirebiter]

22. The roar of jet engines

Puts me to sleep. Grew up on Air Force bases. Loaded C-141’s taking off with fuel just this side of nitro glycerin during Vietnam we’re a delight. My dog would hide under the bed.

[StrictlyRockers]

23. I have this unit and I love it.

Works better than a phone or youtube. Worth it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JU8P8VY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[bikebloke]

38. I have that.

Real good. I use it mostly to drown out neighbours' TV's and stereos when awake. When I was working, I'd use it for sleeping.

[mnhtnbb]

24. I have ocean waves on a Sharper Image

Clock radio. I set it for 45 minutes every night. Works like a charm most nights. Every once in a while I'll be hyped up about something and still awake when it quits. Then I usually turn the light on and read for awhile before resetting it again for another 45 minutes.

I've been using it for several years.

[woodsprite]

27. I love "rain on a tent"

It’s a slightly deeper and softer sound than straight rain. I also love the ocean sounds.

[The Figment]

36. That's the one I use...too many years living outdoors

Have made the sounds of being inside a building intolerable.

[mitch96]

28. I've been using a white noise generator for as long as I can remember... Works for me

I have it set on a timer. On at 10 and off at 6.. Better than an alarm clock.. When it softly clicks off, I'm awake! It masks the sound of my tinnitus which for me is good...YMMV
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[N_E_1 for Tennis]

29. I have used Liquid Mind by Chuck Wild for years...

He writes “Adult Lullaby’s”. I have all his albums on my iPod and play it all night. Found music more relaxing than white noise. Nature sounds are ok, I love nature but when babbling brooks are played, I have a tendency to walk to the bathroom and create my own water sounds.

https://www.liquidmindmusic.com/

Link to his website above. Below a little about Chuck

I'm deeply grateful for the sacrifices active duty military, veterans and their families make to preserve the freedoms we cherish. As a former US Naval Officer, I understand and empathize with the challenges many vets face when coming home, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

The Liquid Mind series of slow calming music was specifically designed to help me relax while healing from my own anxiety back in the 1980's. The fifteen Liquid Mind albums are all designed with the same purpose in mind: Deep relaxation and enhancing health through mental, physical, spiritual and emotional balance.

[Baitball Blogger]

30. What a great idea!

Would be a wonderful pro-active move to teach vets self-help techniques to help them re-integrate back to civilian life.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

31. Worked great for me...

When I was in an extended stay in a VA hospital I took my iPod with me to drown out the hospital noises at night. Of course when the nurses came in to do vitals check they had to physically rouse me out of sleep they were amazed I could sleep that deeply in there. I shared the albums and information about Chuck with them and I do believe some of them started using the music for some others in the hospital.

Edit: I used the past tense in the title...still use every night.

[Baitball Blogger]

32. Thank you for your service.

[tanyev]

33. Interesting. Marking to investigate later.

[Fla Dem]

37. I do podcasts, but it really has to be someone with a soothing voice.

Usually works. Set the timer for 30 minutes and when I check in the morning, I only really heard about 10 minutes of it. Doesn't always work if I wake up after an hour to an hour & 1/2. Then I can't always go back to sleep.

[dixiegrrrrl]

39. when I was working down here in the South

One problem was the buildings were kept at a higher temperature than was comfortable.
i used a tape of rain and thunderstorms at my desk, it made me feel cooler.Later i got a small floor fan aimed at my legs, that was a huge help, esp. when I could not use the thunder tape.

At night, after trying a lot of sounds, I kept returning to my window A/C fan, which in the summer is needed for cooling at night, but can run on just fan mode also.I have it on every night now.
It covers up a lot of minor night noises.

[targetpractice]

41. The Battlestar Galactica engine noise...

Here's twelve hours of it. This is great with good speakers...

[trof]

44. Charlie Chan movies do it for me.

Warner Oland or Sidney Toler, doesn't matter.
I'm goners in 15 minutes.

UNLESS...Birmingham Brown is the sidekick.
Then I'll stay awake for 30 minutes.
I love Birmingham Brown.

[BendigoJeff]

47. The Relaxed Guy on YouTube

I really like his selection of videos. I've got tinnitus (ringing in the ears) quite bad and these sounds help quite a bit.

[Harker]

48. I'm listening to Jimi right now...

I'll take black and white noise every time.

[happybird]

49. This was in my YouTube suggestions today and I thought of this thread

Breathe, with the tempo slowed down by about 80%:

It sounds like floating in space and someone taking deep, slow breaths. Pretty cool.
I wonder if the breathing sound is intentional or coincidental? It’s hard to tell with the Floyd- which is yet another reason why I love them so.

[Baitball Blogger]

50. +1

[DFW]

51. Close. My own weakness is white chocolate.

Especially this one, with Raspberry and Blackberry juice and bits all through it:
https://www.laderach.com/shop/de/catalog/product/view/id/250/s/himbeer-brombeer/

[Baitball Blogger]

52. It would take some real fine gourmet work to get me to like white chocolate.

Generally, I don't like the excess creaminess. But I am willing to try something new. Chances are, however, that I will never come across that particular brand.

Again, you are talking to someone whose latest love are the mini Reeseys peanut butter cups. Just the minis that come in a bag, unwrapped. That's the best ratio of peanut butter to chocolate. Every other size has its difficulties. Like the larger bars have too much chocolate to work through, and the small wrapped Reesey's have too much peanut butter, which gets overly sweet. The minis are just right. Usually very soft in the middle and the chocolate is agreeable, melting in your mouth at the same time like a proper compliment should.

[DFW]

53. The thing I can't stand in milk chocolate

Tastes like sugary nothing. Dark chocolate is the thing for me, either undiluted 77%, for example, or with orange, mint or coffee essence. But the white chocolate with a strong fruity raspberry essence (or like the Läderach combination), is a sensation that I can't resist.