[Momup]

Hello guys, I have two places where I sleep at. At my parent’s house it’s very quiet and I can sleep very well there. Now in the town where my university is at I recently moved to a shared apartment with other students. There I fall asleep well but I easily wake up due to noise such as a roommate closing the door or a car closing its doors (I keep my window open at night.). Now I must say that it’s not a noisy neighborhood and my roommates aren’t loud either. I think by moving out from home and having lived at different places I just came to the realization that it’s exceptionally quiet at home with my parents which probably doesn’t represent the norm. I sleep with earplugs every night since a few years and if the earplugs effectively block noise then noise (like at home with my parents) is no problem for me. But I feel like over the years I have become very sensitive to the noise which has not been completely blocked by the earplugs. So have I become oversensitive to noise? Is this possible? Can I desensitize myself by sleeping without earplugs? And if so how long will it take for me to get used to noise which of course is not of very high volume?

As always I really appreciate your support. So far you guys have helped me a lot!

[Martin Reed]

Occasional noise (such as a car door slamming) can wake us up — and that’s a good thing because that’s our brain looking out for us to keep us safe while we sleep!

These awakenings usually only become a problem if we start putting a lot of effort into avoiding them and/or put effort or pressure on ourselves to fall back to sleep when we wake.

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[Chee2308]

The issue is still about the sleep. Always. When you said hypersensitivity to noise, what are you really hypersensitive about? Is it really the noise or because your sleep was disturbed? It’s always hypersensitivity to sleep disruption. Everytime you obesses over trying to protect your sleep, you continue to face more problems down the road.

[Momup]

You guys are right. I am still sleeping with earplugs because I got used to it and like it but now when I hear noise which goes “through” the protection of my earplugs I just don’t care. I guess it was really about the sleep and not the noise. Thank you very much!

[marisa]

Hello, I have the same problem. Everything started with noisy neighbours, but after that (they desappeared), but the fear to noises at nights remains. In fact, I have sensitibity to everything that could disturb my sleep, but mainly the noise (not natural noises such as storm or wind, it doesn’t disturb me). Sometimes, I anticipate the noise and get anxious. I sleep with earplugs of course, and the problem is with the noise that earplugs don’t block. I sleep with my husband, but it seems that I’ve got used to him (jeje). How have you done it? Changing your thoughts about noise and sleep? Sorry for my English, but I’m not english and my level isn’t so good. Thank you.

[Momup]

Hey Marisa,

in my case it’s actually quite similar. I lived in a loud neighborhood since just a few weeks ago (and had a wonderful gentleman neighbor who shared his favorite music with the whole neighborhood by using loud loudspeaker boxes) and moved to a quieter neighborhood. When I realized that it’s not as quiet as I hoped (but it’s still not bad at all) I also lied in bed being stressed about the noise. Eventually I just tried to not care about the noise and it worked out but I remember that it didn’t change from one day to the other. At first the noise stressed me but the more nights I slept in my new environment the less I cared about it. So what are my thoughts? First, I try to not care about the noise and just tell myself that I don’t care and that the noise doesn’t matter. Second, when I am stressed and anxious about (potential) noise I am just mindful about my thoughts. So, I don’t combat these thoughts but rather just let them circulate inside my head without actively combating or doing something about them. These two things helped in my case. Maybe they will help you too. I wish you all the best and hope that your sleep gets better over time!

Best regards,
Momup

[Martin Reed]

This is a great discussion! I think this video might be helpful here, too: The Stageshow Metaphor.

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