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Staggered cadence, rhythm generator? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by 31415926535@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Problem: I'm being driven mad by voices speaking to me thru white noise. Need white noise to sleep

Psychiatrist today suggested:

normal human speech has typical rhythm, cadence
fans, white noise audio files are always looped, rhythms in it
brain is hearing those patterns as human voices
I need to introduce staggered rhythms to disrupt

Possibilities:

Willie Nelson, William Shatner speak with atypical cadence. Play at same time as white noise
phone app that vibrates atypically
machine in room that generates atypical rhythms, vibrations

Options, ideas? I'd like not to go further insane

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[–] Fudoshin@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Dunno about staggered cadence but when I've been hearing voices I've found listening to very boring Buddhist dharma talks on podcast to help. They block out the voices and the dull, drone of the bikkhu lulls me to sleep.

Worth a try?

[–] 31415926535@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

Very specific, wouldn't have considered Buddhist podcasts. =) I'll try to find some.

[–] 31415926535@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

By the way: I read your comment about hearing voices. I've heard voices since childhood, was minor, infrequent. But recently stress, trauma I was having hearing voices all the time, speaking clearly. Persecution, terrorizing. Felt like I was going insane