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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.

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[โ€“] watson387@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I have tinnitus, so absolute silence is never enjoyable for me. Music works extremely well; I fall asleep with the tv on.

[โ€“] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I've been using a fan. It almost entirely hides the ringing

[โ€“] sunaurus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

When I read the title of the post, I immediately wondered if anybody else with tinnitus had commented yet.

"Silence" sounds amazing, would love to try it some time ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] LachlanUnchained@lemmyunchained.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I Think I might too. Need to get checked. Always a low humming. Sometimes high pitch ringing. But I meant more of not being able to settle my mind.