I'm having a lot of difficulty sleeping right now. I'm in a familiar, but not my home environment (i.e. college). At home, I'm always very aware of the movements of my family and the heating system, etc. This doesn't disturb me though. However, at university, there is almost always people shouting outside, walking about, shutting doors, talking loudly and playing music. It's all random and I'm struggling to adjust.

A few nights ago I just laid in bed, so tense my muscles were jittering about the place, flinching every time anyone opened a door. As you might imagine, I can't dream lucidly if I can't get to sleep! Being disturbed in the night also really screws up my recall (probably because I only recall dreams if there was some partial aspect of lucidity to them).

So I'd really like some tips on how to be able to block out this unwelcome noise, so I can relax and get some proper dreaming done!