Relaxing Sleep Sounds Help With Insomnia

By Linda Ruiz


Most people go through certain periods in their lives when they have problems falling asleep. Sound therapy for sleeping problems has been used for centuries. Today there are ways of dealing with this problem such as recordings of relaxing sleep sounds.

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.

One of the main reasons why people battle to fall asleep is because they are experiencing stress. Their bodies and minds remain stimulated by this stress and they simply cannot relax. There are certain reasons for not falling asleep that can be fixed such as drinking less coffee or not eating too late at night but stress is more difficult to deal with.

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.

These recordings of sounds like rain falling gently on foliage, rivers flowing, waves breaking and thunderstorms create a sense of peace and connection with nature. They allow unwanted noises like the barking of dogs or the sound of traffic to be blocked out. Everyone responds to sounds differently, depending on pleasant or unpleasant emotional associations. This is why most online sites selling these products offer the opportunity of listening to a sample.

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.

Many people, however, prefer to listen to the noises of nature to the calming drone of white noise. Listening to waves breaking or a combination of distant rain and thunder creates a sense of peace and connection with nature. This slows down their heart rate, drops their blood pressure and stress is released. Before they know it, they are drifting off into dreamland.

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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