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questionoftheday asks: Do you sleep in silence, or do you have to have background noise? Is there a reason for this? How about light? Does it have to be pitch black, or do you need at least a sliver of light to sleep?
My answer: I actually prefer to sleep with the TV or a podcast on, but my husband usually prefers neither. The house is never silent, though, thanks to a noisy fishtank filter, two light-sleeper dogs, a loud neighborhood and a darling husband who snores. I like having some level of white noise because it sets me at ease, but if it's too loud or too interesting (music fails here, which is why I prefer podcasts or TV) it keeps me awake. As for light, I prefer as little light as possible. I'm pretty photosensitive, so darkness is a much-needed break from feeling like my eyeballs are on fire. In our house, pitch blackness isn't really possible (unless we got blackout curtains for every window, which...no...). Unfortunately, I get up a lot at night, and total darkness is not optimal for that, as I always end up tripping over one of the aforementioned dogs or bumping into furniture, etc.
questionoftheday asks: Do you sleep in silence, or do you have to have background noise? Is there a reason for this? How about light? Does it have to be pitch black, or do you need at least a sliver of light to sleep?My answer: I actually prefer to sleep with the TV or a podcast on, but my husband usually prefers neither. The house is never silent, though, thanks to a noisy fishtank filter, two light-sleeper dogs, a loud neighborhood and a darling husband who snores. I like having some level of white noise because it sets me at ease, but if it's too loud or too interesting (music fails here, which is why I prefer podcasts or TV) it keeps me awake. As for light, I prefer as little light as possible. I'm pretty photosensitive, so darkness is a much-needed break from feeling like my eyeballs are on fire. In our house, pitch blackness isn't really possible (unless we got blackout curtains for every window, which...no...). Unfortunately, I get up a lot at night, and total darkness is not optimal for that, as I always end up tripping over one of the aforementioned dogs or bumping into furniture, etc.
