Does anyone else struggle with silence, particularly when trying to sleep?

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.

kakes,

As a teen, I needed complete silence/darkness to sleep well. Then I met my now-wife, who needed a TV on to sleep well.
It took a while, but we eventually compromised on a fan for background noise.

LachlanUnchained,

I prefer seperate rooms haha

teawrecks,

Most people I know sleep with a fan on for this reason. Really common, yeah.

snor10,

I must have earplugs and an eyemask to sleep. Always wanted pitch black and complete silence since I was a child.

LachlanUnchained,

My wife is the same.

Kolanaki,
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The only time I ever would’ve preferred silence to some background noise was when I was at a scout camp along the banks of a river and the cacophony of frogs and crickets at night was super fucking loud. I barely slept the whole time I was there.

Other than that, I always put on some kind of ambient sounds or yoga music.

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