We all go to bed and wake up every single day. It’s safe to assume, though, that some of us sleep better at night than others.
It is not as simple as you may believe to get a decent night’s sleep. An NHS doctor explained to LADbible why, even when you think you’re doing everything correctly, you still feel exhausted.
There are a lot of reasons why you could feel unwell the morning after, ranging from sleeping too little or too much to consuming too much alcohol the night before.
Background noise is one tool that many individuals utilize when they’re having trouble falling asleep.
Some claim that things would be much worse if they didn’t give in to the stimulant while they tried to fall asleep, whether it be the sound of a low-volume television, the buzzing of a fan cooling the room, music playing, or even white noise.
However, individuals who require this every night could be doing it for a psychologically and neurologically based cause that they are not fully aware of.
One mental health account on TikTok shared what their therapist told them about why some individuals fall asleep to background sounds.
Under the username DCLAnxiety, they said: “Not being able to fall asleep without background noise is extremely common with many mental health issues.
“It’s a trauma response to abandonment issues. The noise tricks your brain into thinking you aren’t falling asleep alone.”
Some agreed, with one person commenting: “Yes I feel alone even though my husband sleeps next to me.”
Juulia Karlstedt, a counsellor who specialises in anxiety and perfectionism, told HuffPost similar, saying: “Effectively, we fill our attentional capacity to the max with other stimuli in an attempt to have no resources left for the things we are trying to avoid.
“The minute the distraction stops, the unpleasant emotions and thoughts normally spring up again in full force.”
Thus, even though it might not be abandonment, something akin to it might be happening because you’re putting off dealing with important problems.
However, one person’s response makes it clear that not everyone experiences it the same way: “As someone with abandonment issues, I hate noises while I sleep cos when I was abandoned i got scared and got paranoia, now every little noise haunts.”
A second said: “I enjoy listening to background noise to fall asleep, reading, gaming, etc. I don’t have abandonment issues. I enjoy being a home body.”
And another said, “Or it’s because I grew up with 6 siblings so going to sleep in 100 percent silence is abnormal for me.”
If you do turn to background noise to block out your feelings at night, Karlstedt advised you to confront the “unpleasant thoughts” that are causing the worry.
