How do you deal with this?

[Ani Tefillah]

Shalom! 

We're rentals and have been moving here and there during the years, rented apartments and houses 🏘, and now we're renting a house in a very quiet neighborhood, but it hasn't always been like that. 

Now and then we've lived in places where it was quite noisy sometimes, both outside and inside, and I must honestly admit that I haven't always dealt with it in a way that I would like to, as the noise almost always appeared in the time when I was going to sleep, and I've discovered that I need to (?) have it quiet around me when I'm trying to go to sleep. 

So, when there were noise around me in that time (it could be people who were partying, making noisy driving for "fun", barking dogs or whatever), I had problems with just ignoring it, so I rather ended up irritated because I couldn't sleep. 

I'm not proud of this, as I know that His Love endure everything, and I really wanna walk in His Love 24/7 until I reach Heaven, so I've asked Him to help me out with this....I mean to deal with and endure all kinds of "noise" around me, at all times. 

May I ask how you are dealing with situations like this? 

 

[Not me]

8 minutes ago, MonicaWife said:

Shalom! 

We're rentals and have been moving here and there during the years, rented apartments and houses 🏘, and now we're renting a house in a very quiet neighborhood, but it hasn't always been like that. 

Now and then we've lived in places where it was quite noisy sometimes, both outside and inside, and I must honestly admit that I haven't always dealt with it in a way that I would like to, as the noise almost always appeared in the time when I was going to sleep, and I've discovered that I need to (?) have it quiet around me when I'm trying to go to sleep. 

So, when there were noise around me in that time (it could be people who were partying, making noisy driving for "fun", barking dogs or whatever), I had problems with just ignoring it, so I rather ended up irritated because I couldn't sleep. 

I'm not proud of this, as I know that His Love endure everything, and I really wanna walk in His Love 24/7 until I reach Heaven, so I've asked Him to help me out with this....I mean to deal with and endure all kinds of "noise" around me, at all times. 

May I ask how you are dealing with situations like this? 

 

Only Christ can show you the perfect way, words are not what is needed, for they will only distract, it is a increase of Christ in you that you are looking for, and that only Christ Himself can give…

So until the increase comes, keeping one eyes on Christ is the only encouragement that can be given…

Be blessed as He gives the increase, Not me 

[Dennis1209]

I lived in an urban environment most of my life. For twenty years, my backyard was Cahokia, Parks Airport in Illinois. Constant airport traffic, testing turbine engines at all-night hours, city noise, regular freight trains, sirens, etc.

As a helicopter mechanic, flight engineer, twenty years in the military, firing all kinds of weaponry, etc. I have tinnitus.

The point is, I was oblivious and conditioned to noise, and I have slept right through several major noisy events.

My problem is just the opposite of yours. Twelve years ago, I moved to the boonies; the silence is deafening. Even today, it is faster and easier to fall asleep if the TV or radio is on. Sitting in the house, hearing something outside, the wife and I look at each other and ask, “I wonder what that is?” Dennis, go check 😊

Twelve years now, and I am still not conditioned to silence. Some people fall asleep faster with eye coverings and earplugs, and I am still the opposite; go figure?

[Marilyn C]

12 hours ago, MonicaWife said:

Shalom! 

We're rentals and have been moving here and there during the years, rented apartments and houses 🏘, and now we're renting a house in a very quiet neighborhood, but it hasn't always been like that. 

Now and then we've lived in places where it was quite noisy sometimes, both outside and inside, and I must honestly admit that I haven't always dealt with it in a way that I would like to, as the noise almost always appeared in the time when I was going to sleep, and I've discovered that I need to (?) have it quiet around me when I'm trying to go to sleep. 

So, when there were noise around me in that time (it could be people who were partying, making noisy driving for "fun", barking dogs or whatever), I had problems with just ignoring it, so I rather ended up irritated because I couldn't sleep. 

I'm not proud of this, as I know that His Love endure everything, and I really wanna walk in His Love 24/7 until I reach Heaven, so I've asked Him to help me out with this....I mean to deal with and endure all kinds of "noise" around me, at all times. 

May I ask how you are dealing with situations like this? 

 

Hi Monica,

I can identify. I do like quiet. I wear ear plugs a lot, the `putty` type ones.

Hope they help. Marilyn.

[Ani Tefillah]

10 hours ago, Dennis1209 said:

I lived in an urban environment most of my life. For twenty years, my backyard was Cahokia, Parks Airport in Illinois. Constant airport traffic, testing turbine engines at all-night hours, city noise, regular freight trains, sirens, etc.

As a helicopter mechanic, flight engineer, twenty years in the military, firing all kinds of weaponry, etc. I have tinnitus.

The point is, I was oblivious and conditioned to noise, and I have slept right through several major noisy events.

My problem is just the opposite of yours. Twelve years ago, I moved to the boonies; the silence is deafening. Even today, it is faster and easier to fall asleep if the TV or radio is on. Sitting in the house, hearing something outside, the wife and I look at each other and ask, “I wonder what that is?” Dennis, go check 😊

Twelve years now, and I am still not conditioned to silence. Some people fall asleep faster with eye coverings and earplugs, and I am still the opposite; go figure?

Wow! I haven't thought about that some people like you, struggles with the opposite, the quietness. Even if I actually grew up in a little city, I somehow preferred the quietness when I should go to sleep. 

My husband, though, can get to sleep no matter what, and he only needs a couple of minutes when he has gone to bed, but I need much more time....in quietness. 😅

Oh well, I hope to be able to deal with any kind of noise from now on. 

[Ani Tefillah]

3 hours ago, Marilyn C said:

Hi Monica,

I can identify. I do like quiet. I wear ear plugs a lot, the `putty` type ones.

Hope they help. Marilyn.

Hi Marilyn. I've tried ear plugs, but my ears got so sore. 😅

As for here and now, it is very quiet, but if the Lord wants us to move to another place again or whatever, it may be to a noisy place (?) and I have decided to learn to deal with it as good as I can, and I know that He will help me if I'm willing. 😊 

[AnOrangeCat]

Some people resort to what's called white noise. Basically unobtrusive low key sounds like recordings of the ocean or a crackling fireplace. The idea is that it diminishes the impact of the noise and is hopefully a relaxing sound in and of itself. I've not really used it much myself but one of my friends does. My own neighbors can be noisy sometimes and get a lot of night time traffic from people coming and going. I've ended up dividing my sleep schedule into two or three smaller chunks of time rather than one big one. It's great for me as I'm disabled and have nothing that enforces any particular hours on me, but it's definitely not for everyone.

[Starise]

I am not sure if I'm overly sensitive to noise or not. I probably am given my makeup. 

I live in the country around Amish people who one might think are very quiet. They would be wrong. My neighbor has a skid loader on his property and I would swear he gets a dopamine rush when he is on it because he is on it all the time, almost every waking minute he is home. I think he just likes to ride around on it. He seems to start it up when I'm in the back yard after a long day trying to relax or inside doing something that requires concentration. They also own a back pack leaf blower. It's one of the loudest most powerful ones in existence. The little two cycle engine can be heard a mile away. Since they believe cleanliness is next to godliness, if a leaf falls in the yard they are out there with that thing blowing off the yard. The husband gets a dopamine rush from the skid loader. The wife gets a dopamine rush from the leaf blower. They also occasionally line the sites up on their guns and target practice, so on a nice summer's day I'll hear guns being fired for hours.

The conspiracy theory side of me thinks maybe they are trying to get me to move out so they can buy my house for one of their many children. Deep down I don't believe this. I just think they are not aware how disruptive the noise can be at times. At least on Sunday they don't make any noise.

My most relaxing times are in the late evening when it's too dark to see to drive a skid loader or to see a leaf to blow. Those times are nice, although I have seen the blower running when I almost couldn't see my hand in front of my face. She must have night vision.

More than once I have been tempted, but never fell to the temptation, to set up my PA sound system in the back yard on maximum volume. I won't do it, but I have been tempted.

For sleep in the evening I have one of those inexpensive floor fans I turn on for white noise. A running fan relaxes me and puts me off to sleep. The nice breeze sometimes feels good too. About 5am though, I hear trucks delivering their loads on the back roads making use of their jake brakes. No need for an alarm clock.

[missmuffet]

22 hours ago, MonicaWife said:

Shalom! 

We're rentals and have been moving here and there during the years, rented apartments and houses 🏘, and now we're renting a house in a very quiet neighborhood, but it hasn't always been like that. 

Now and then we've lived in places where it was quite noisy sometimes, both outside and inside, and I must honestly admit that I haven't always dealt with it in a way that I would like to, as the noise almost always appeared in the time when I was going to sleep, and I've discovered that I need to (?) have it quiet around me when I'm trying to go to sleep. 

So, when there were noise around me in that time (it could be people who were partying, making noisy driving for "fun", barking dogs or whatever), I had problems with just ignoring it, so I rather ended up irritated because I couldn't sleep. 

I'm not proud of this, as I know that His Love endure everything, and I really wanna walk in His Love 24/7 until I reach Heaven, so I've asked Him to help me out with this....I mean to deal with and endure all kinds of "noise" around me, at all times. 

May I ask how you are dealing with situations like this? 

 

I like quiet and peaceful. Most neighborhoods are not quiet and peaceful. There is often a huge problem with apartments. That is why I will not live in a neighborhood again. 

[Ani Tefillah]

1 hour ago, Starise said:

I am not sure if I'm overly sensitive to noise or not. I probably am given my makeup. 

I live in the country around Amish people who one might think are very quiet. They would be wrong. My neighbor has a skid loader on his property and I would swear he gets a dopamine rush when he is on it because he is on it all the time, almost every waking minute he is home. I think he just likes to ride around on it. He seems to start it up when I'm in the back yard after a long day trying to relax or inside doing something that requires concentration. They also own a back pack leaf blower. It's one of the loudest most powerful ones in existence. The little two cycle engine can be heard a mile away. Since they believe cleanliness is next to godliness, if a leaf falls in the yard they are out there with that thing blowing off the yard. The husband gets a dopamine rush from the skid loader. The wife gets a dopamine rush from the leaf blower. They also occasionally line the sites up on their guns and target practice, so on a nice summer's day I'll hear guns being fired for hours.

The conspiracy theory side of me thinks maybe they are trying to get me to move out so they can buy my house for one of their many children. Deep down I don't believe this. I just think they are not aware how disruptive the noise can be at times. At least on Sunday they don't make any noise.

My most relaxing times are in the late evening when it's too dark to see to drive a skid loader or to see a leaf to blow. Those times are nice, although I have seen the blower running when I almost couldn't see my hand in front of my face. She must have night vision.

More than once I have been tempted, but never fell to the temptation, to set up my PA sound system in the back yard on maximum volume. I won't do it, but I have been tempted.

For sleep in the evening I have one of those inexpensive floor fans I turn on for white noise. A running fan relaxes me and puts me off to sleep. The nice breeze sometimes feels good too. About 5am though, I hear trucks delivering their loads on the back roads making use of their jake brakes. No need for an alarm clock.

Oh, dear, I understand you, and I don't know if I should cry or laugh 😂, because you told it in a kinda funny way! 

The Amish people are on my prayer list (heart). It is a paradox that some of them, who don't wanna have electricity etc, can however make such noise?! ☺️ 

It is a good idea 💡 to use a fan for "white noise"! I tried to listen to worship songs on a higher volume, but it didn't really help me to get to sleep, I rather got more awake.