Excess Noise CURE!

[tommygun]

I actualy used to be this same way...alwasy trying to block out nosie...trying to sleep in silence....getting frustrated...and mad when i was woken up... however I have discovered to learn to embrace it.....who cares about dumb little noises.....now i actualy sleep better with nosie then in silence!!! OK well, here is a way to get urself to sleeping with noise.....get a fan or if u have a fishtank even better..... the key is to not try to make everything quiet but to make everything louder around you so little nosies don't seem like loud ones.. for example a fan is a easy trick.....get a fan and turn it on medium.....point it at the ceiling....and just leave it on indeafinitly.....ur mind will get used to always hearing it.....so u can go to sleep but all outside noise will not seem that much of a bother because the fan is drowing it all out for you!!! trust me it works! it creates a new silence is a sense.....it very peaceful.....u don't here little dumb noises any more 8) You can also try leaving the TV on at a lower volume....like on a boring station..like the weather channel or informercial....I find that I dream better when the TV is on.....because of the light changes and noise keeps me closer to conciousness. its just a matter of training ur body to except your environment...its much healthier then manipulating it or blocking it out.

[masterdieff]

I agree. I've always used a fan to block out noises, just to be able to sleep better.

[BillyBob]

I just use earplugs

[Placebo]

Originally posted by BillyBob_001 I just use earplugs What he said. Or if you can stand using earphones while sleeping, use a noise generator (white, blue and brown noise works well) I could make you an mp3 of it if you'd like.

[djzura]

go ahead and make the mp3 and post it up

[Krrish]

The fan is itself a good noise generator. I use the fan method to get sleep. You can download a free sample of all colors of noise and understand more about it here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_of_noise If you are going to loop the 10 second sample, dont forget to nullify the delay between end and restart.(using whatever setting in ur player)

[freefalling]

Originally posted by djzura go ahead and make the mp3 and post it up I second that. Just a small one though, we can set it to repeat. Also, this is partly nonsense. I usually sleep with music on at a decent volume, I have one of those tape cassettes you put into the stereo and then plug it into something (my laptop) and that makes a considerable amount of noise too. Yet, when trying to WILD and the light above my head makes a little 'ping' while cooling down, I get abit of a shock - something cool runs through me - and slightly disturbes my attempt at a WILD.

[Placebo]

Interesting, thanks for the link Korothism. Didn't realise that wikipedia had the samples. If you'd like to try a mix of noises, you can try the one I use for polyphasic napping at work. Here's a 10 second sample : http://www.placebo.serv.co.za/napnoise.mp3 It's white, blue and brown noise, at intensities that worked for me

[TravisE]

Originally posted by Placebo Interesting, thanks for the link Korothism. Didn't realise that wikipedia had the samples. If you'd like to try a mix of noises, you can try the one I use for polyphasic napping at work. Here's a 10 second sample : http://www.placebo.serv.co.za/napnoise.mp3 It's white, blue and brown noise, at intensities that worked for me The link gives me: This Account Has Been Suspended Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible. Or was the file only supposed to be up for a few days?

[Placebo]

I'm having a temporary problem, which should be fixed in the next few hours. Here's an alternate link: http://placebo.strike9.com/napnoise.mp3.strike9