Relaxing Sleep Sounds Help Insomniacs

By Linda Ruiz


Everyone has times in their lives when they have trouble falling asleep. However, for some people this becomes a chronic problem that has a negative effect on every area of their lives. Fortunately, sound therapy offers one way of dealing with this problem. A proliferation of online recordings of sounds affords you the opportunity of falling asleep while listening to relaxing sleep sounds. The only problem is to find the recordings that work best for you personally.

Sleeping is as important to humans for their physical and mental health as eating and drinking. Deprivation causes a range of problems from impairing the ability to think clearly to compromising the immune system and affecting emotional stability. Relationships, health and work productivity all suffer as a result of insomnia.

There are many reasons why people are unable to fall asleep. Stress about work, family, finances and health is often one of the main reasons. Other reasons include certain medical conditions and use of some medications. Too many stimulants and eating too late at night are obvious factors that can be easily remedied. Some people find that they wake up tired even when they have slept for long enough. This probably means that they are not sleeping deeply enough as this is when the restorative functions occur.

Many people have found that listening to recordings of the sounds found in nature helps them to release stress and to feel more peaceful. Many of these recordings are found online and some are even free to download. However, the way the recording is made will influence how effective it is. It should create as realistic an impression of actually being in nature as possible.

Each person has an individual response to different noises. For one person a certain sound, like crickets chirping, may be soothing and relaxing while for another it may be irritating and annoying. This is why choosing a recording is a very personal experience. It is possible to listen to samples of recordings on some sites and this can be very helpful.

There are people who find white noise helpful, particularly if they tend to focus on every little noise when trying to fall asleep. White noise is created by combining sound waves of many frequencies. It produces a kind of sound cocoon with a calming drone. White noise can also help those with tinnitus who experience horrible ringing in their own ears that can prevent them from sleeping.

However, you may be one of the people who does not like the idea of white noise. You may prefer the idea of falling asleep while listening to natural sounds. As you listen to these calming cadences such as frogs croaking, thunder rolling or rivers flowing, you find the stresses of the day melting away. Your heart rate slows down and before long you are gently drifting off into peaceful slumber.

Many of these recordings are available from online stores. They can be purchased at reasonable prices in a number of different formats. Some of them are MP3s and can be instantly downloaded once payment has been made. They can be listened to on various devices. Others are purchased in CD format and shipped to customers. Many people who experience insomnia are finding that sound therapy really helps.




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