How “white noise” can help you cope with insomnia

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Each of us periodically has problems with sleep. The reason for this may be stress, excessive fatigue (although this is not paradoxical), a disrupted regime due to holidays and remote work, or extraneous noise. However, the latter can also have the opposite effect on the body and help you fall asleep faster. This noise is called “white”. What it is, how it affects the body and helps you cope with insomnia, we tell in our material.

The term “white noise” is defined as a stable series of sounds that have the same intensity in the high, medium and low frequency range, which provides a constant spectral density of sound power. Simply put, it is a monotonous sound that does not change its volume or intensity. It can be the sound of rain, rustling leaves, the sound of the surf, the murmur of a river, as well as an artificially created set of sounds that have the same frequency.

“White noise” has a calming effect on the human nervous system, helps to relax and fall asleep quickly. There is a theory that “white noise” is similar in frequency and intensity to the sounds we heard while in the womb, so it has a calming effect on us. Whether this theory is true or not is difficult to say, but this does not in the least diminish the popularity of the practice of falling asleep among people around the world.

Since listening to real sea surf in your bedroom can be somewhat problematic, there are many mobile applications (the most popular are White Noise Deep Sleep Sounds and White Noise Lite), as well as special selections on Spotify, YouTube and iTunes. There you can choose the “noise” that suits you.

However, you should be careful with “white noise”. There is a risk of addiction: the body can synchronize noise and sleep and lose the ability to fall asleep without it in principle. Experts recommend using white noise carefully, not turning it on every day or leaving it on all night. This practice can help effectively cope with insomnia, but, as with everything else, it is important to know the measure.