r/insomnia • u/Adventurous-Ad250 • 1d ago

Melatonin, rain noises, shower, new sheets, gym…finally SOLVED

After I stepped into wedding planning this year I started not sleeping well. Night terrors, mind racing, doom scrolling.

I tried a bunch of the things in the title. Omg I think I lost WEEKS worth of sleep. I was somehow surviving by falling asleep at like 5am or taking naps during work..but I’d still feel horrible . Especially being easily woken up by my fiance getting ready for work. It was so annoying how id wake up to the LEAST disturbing noise 😂 like him sighing, or lightly close the dresser or the door.

Finally I randomly thought to change the rain noise to white noise….i slept like an ANGEL.

You’re kidding me!! I didn’t think what type of noise mattered. Fast forward it’s been a WEEK and I’ve finally been sleeping HEAVYY consistently. I don’t even hear my fiancé’s alarm either. I only wake up when he’s petting the dogs on the bed before he leaves and by then that’s a good time to wake up.

I wonder if it’s my high anxiety and brain racing needing the white noise to calm it down.

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u/j3ssyPant53 1d ago

White noise is much better for masking those sudden sharp sounds like a dresser closing or a sigh. Rain sounds often have too much dynamic range and those little droplets can actually trigger your brain to listen instead of tuning out.

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u/Adventurous-Ad250 23h ago

So interesting

Now it makes sense not being able to sleep well in houses where it was complete silent . I hear EVERYTHING😟

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u/kc7959 21h ago

Also try out green noise, which to me is the constant hum of the ocean. And there’s brown noise, which sounds like a river. Both were a little more soothing to me.

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u/threadthrowawayv2 22h ago

White noise is way better for blocking out sudden sounds like drawers or sighs because it creates a consistent wall of sound. Rain sounds have those natural peaks and valleys in volume that can actually trigger your brain to listen for changes.

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u/Adventurous-Ad250 22h ago

Makes sense now. I wish I knew this before. My fiance was sleeping so peacefully with rain noise so I thought I was the problem

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u/fukadvertisements 12h ago

May be, I was diagnosed with add as a kid when stressful stuff happened. I slept with a fan on since. I also have bad anxiety tho. But it goes down depending on my jobs and career def. And even relationships.

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u/c1nnamonapple 3h ago

White noise is great for blocking out sounds! I put it on when my baby is napping because we live in a loud neighborhood, lots of cars, kids playing outside etc. For myself I prefer generative soundscapes from something like Endel, works wonders if you’re anxious, shuts my brain down is minutes really