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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.
I need a fan or white noise. Silence is just "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" until I fall asleep.
Tinnitus fucking sucks. I hate silence
I think I have a strange version of tinnitus where instead of ringing I'll feel pulses as vibrations in my ear, it syncs with my heartbeat.
Silence isn't a thing.
Sound of leaves rustling, the ocean, or even gentle wind? I sleep, no problem
A house quietly creaking and my blood flowing?
I've put on music or Netflix since childhood
I have tinnitus, so absolute silence is never enjoyable for me. Music works extremely well; I fall asleep with the tv on.
I sleep with a fan. Luckily hotel A/C's have a constant fan function.
A plus one for the white noise machine. Game changer.
I have tinnitus. Had it my whole life. I live with a fan running in every room except the kitchen and bathroom. They are on 24/7 365. The silence literally makes my head feel like it's about to pop
Most people I know sleep with a fan on for this reason. Really common, yeah.
I must have earplugs and an eyemask to sleep. Always wanted pitch black and complete silence since I was a child.
My wife is the same.
Try weed. Not right before sleep but a bit earlier, while watching those stand-ups for example.
Yeh. Itβs amazing. I have a medical license for it. But sometimes I want to not sleep haha. More about the silence being frightening. Rather than not being able to sleep. Haha.