discussion How do you Sleep at Night?

[MattShizzle]

I thought they stopped making waterbeds like in the early 80s. They were big in the 70s.

 

[User_124703]

hmmm

 

[Ripowar]

With eyes closed ... but joke aside.
Completely dark and silent is prefered. Fan noises allowed only, if the heat is more bothering, than the noise.

 

[momothemonster]

all depends where and when. i have moved a lot and across a few countries. in canada the hum/redlight of a heater is preferred. in the states a fan is all i need but have slept in all manners depending on where i was staying. most others a cool breeze is all i need

 

[Diomedes]

I actually used to get more nightmares if my room wasn't pitch black.

Something about the shadows being scarier than actual darkness.

 

[stevetheegg]

As long as it's cool, I can tolerate lights and noise -- as long as the noise isn't music with lyrics. It's an ADHD thing.

 

[Just Another Rando]

Background music, I cannot fall asleep in complete silence, but falling asleep is difficult as any insomniac would know.

 

[stark]

A fan to move the air and make a constant white noise type sound. Also have a mattress topper that pumps cool water all night to keep the bed a constant temperature, that thing is a game changer.

 

[Jude6]

Oh boy I wish I could get total darkness, street light outside my window lines up perfectly with a gap in the crappy blinds to cast light directly across my pillow. Can't replace the blinds because I'm renting so I drape some pants over that spot to block what I can.

 

[MattShizzle]

In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines, I shiver the whole night through.

Sorry if you don't get the reference.

 

[stangnomez]

Usually with a cat trying to kill me

 

[barbarella2021]

10 hours of rain sounds with a black screen; AVGN early season episodes with low volume; Ryukahr Mario Maker playthroughs; the faultless playthrough of the 1996 Klingon video game.

 

[User_80256]

With the night light on. If you have to get up at night, there's less risk of getting run over. Besides, from the end of November to the end of January in our area dawns only around 9 am, and you have to get up for work (depending on the availability of classes in the plan) between 5-7 am, when it is still night darkness.

 

[iluvpxrn]

Dark as possible any light bothers me so i tape it up

 

[Itsme]

In a dark and silent room. And I always need a blanket, also in summer. I sleep very bad without it.

 

[bobbybob202]

I will only sleep with the lights off.

 

[banabad0912]

It's getting pretty hot recently, so I guess i'm sleeping with a fan.
Usually I'm in complete darkness tho.

 

[bloggs.fred00]

I don't need much to sleep. But usually all dark and no sound.

 

[kinky27]

well i sleep in a bed on my back

 

[Demiurge299]

So how do you sleep at night?

When I was younger I was fine in silence and complete darkness, though in my teenage years and twenties I needed loud noises to sleep.

At some point I started putting on some white noise with a bit of music or just white noise, and a dim red lamp in the corner.

Now though, I found it is much easier to sleep with the white noise, an actual floor fan blowing, and a starfield projector.

But if I get a window unit AC or a hotel room AC, I sleep in complete and utter darkness with no other sounds.

joke answer? poorly! (It sure would be nice if I could get more than 4 hours in one sitting, but apparently that's outside of my control)

real answer? all dark aside from the numbers on my alarm clock, no fan unless its the dead of summer, and whatever music I'm currently into playing softly.