Anyone sleep with a fan on/going?

[ETCss Phil McCrackin]

After 10 years in the Navy and 7 years of shipboard life, I can't even begin to fall asleep at night without some background noise. It's the sudden cessation of that noise which causes me to bolt upright........

FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM!!!.......

 

[Bravo11]

I need the ceiling fan on at night year round or I can't fall asleep at all. I also need a small amount of light in the room(not sure if I'm afraid of the dark or tired of banging my toes on dressors). As for box fans and even ceiling fans, don't leave them on if away from the house. I heard of fan motors getting hot and starting fires.

 

[trapshooter]

Heh heh. My Bride needs the fan. I can live with or without it. The four-legged fur alarm prevents any undue surprises.

Unlike some of the other 'silent service' types here, I can live without the fans, as I served on a real submarine that sometimes went without ventilation and pump noise. DBF.

 

[Texian Pistolero]

"I wake up,

and I'm still in Siagon.

The longer I stay in Saigon,

I get weaker,

the longer Charlie crouches in the bush,

he gets stronger.

Charlie's idea of great R & R is a ball of rice and a little rat meat....

I saw a snail crawling along the edge,

of a straight razor...


... this is the end,......

 

[Dr.Rob]

"I rely on my 180 lb 1/2 great dane 1/2 beagle to alert me to any strange goings on in or around my home - she's very good at that by the way."?

So how did you train the beagle to use the step ladder?

If you can figure that out I'd imagine a portable battery powered fan is no big deal.

Everyone gets used to 'white noise' of one form or another... you notice when the sound 'isn't there' rather than when it is. I can tell you I'll wake up if I HAVEN'T heard the garbage truck roll by... it means he's late.

I sleep with fan on about half the year.. I like a slight breeze too. But I used to sleep with my windows open out in the 'burbs.

 

[Igloodude]

"After 10 years in the Navy and 7 years of shipboard life, I can't even begin to fall asleep at night without some background noise. It's the sudden cessation of that noise which causes me to bolt upright........

FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM!!!......."

Hey, another one who learned that underway. I've kept my ability (same as many of you, sounds like) to sleep through storms, noisy neighbors, and loud cars but wake up at the least little noise which can't be explained.

 

[Gewehr98]

Wife #2 thinks I'm weird...

But I noticed when I went on my last deployment and came home, she has the pedestal fan running in the corner of the bedroom, too.

 

[jefnvk]

I need a fan. I can hear over the fan.

I like it cold at night. Really cold. I woke up the other morning, and there was snow in the room. Combination of very cold room and having a window open when it is snowing

 

[sturmruger]

My wife gives me a lot of crap for running a fan all the time. I don't use the big box fan except in the summer. I have one of those little heater type fans that does a good job. I had to go with a fan because I always hear stuff and then it makes me start wondering what is going on. Then I want to grab my Moss 500 and go check it out. If I didn't have the fan I would be up all the time.

 

[cls12vg30]

I run the ceiling fan in the summer. In addition there's a small fan blowing across the router in the next room, I can hear that, too.

 

[Ginger]

One box fan in the winter, two box fans in the summer.

My husband snores like an asthmatic warthog! I love the guy but I hate the snoring.

We have all three Shelties in the bedroom at night. While we personally couldn't hear an intruder at the far end of the house, they sure can.

About once a month (more often in the summer) the smallest (and most vicious) Sheltie will start saturation-barking at some fat old coon or cat in the backyard. She gets our attention.

 

[Kamicosmos]

White noise doesn't bother me. I used to always have my computers running in my bedroom, so that was quite a bit of sound. I can also sleep well in a mostly quiet place too. When I first moved into my house, it was far enough away from highways and stuff that it was a bit too silent, and that took a couple days to get used to.

Now fans. Nope. The air moving keeps me awake. Plus, I'm one of those Always under the Blankets types. Even in summer, I'm under the heavy blanket. So cold air is right out. Even a ceiling fan on low is too much air!

I also seem to need a light. Like in a hotel, I leave the bathroom light on with the door almost closed, seems about right. At home, the light above the stove stays on. Part security so there's always light visible outside the house and inside there is some light to see by. Some of it is comfort, especially in a strange place...wake up in a pitch black room and not remember where you're at is kind of frightening.

(I just lost some Man Points there, didn't I?)

 

[Bane]

I am the same way. Air conditioner is running at 67 degrees year round and I have 2 box fans to help keep outside noise down. My wife and I are in college and live in an apartment complex on campus so outside noise can be an issue. The wife doesn't like the fans but she can sleep through anything. The white noise does not affect my reaction to sound. I recognize any noise in our apartment that is out of place.

 

[Ryder]

Doesn't seem to matter to me. I crash when I can't stay awake any longer so getting to sleep is no problem. My dreams are unpleasant when sleeping in quiet as opposed to noise so I suppose I should say I prefer noise. I sleep in the lazyboy with the TV blaring quite a bit and as far as I can tell I always wake up when someone walks in the front door or knocks on it. Often times the motor of a car running out front can wake me before they even get to the door.

 

[Jamie B]

I AM NOT ALONE!

Yes to the ceiling fans.

Love the sound of the heat pump.

Love Art Bell.

Tonight, looks as if the sound of the generator - the power has been out for 5 hours, and it is quite cold here in Southern OH.

Jamie

 

[Moondoggie]

Kinda funny, Kamicosmos...I do exactly the same thing in a hotel/motel, AND the light above the stove stays on 24/7 at home. I put one of those curlyQ long life bulbs in the range hood. The doorway into the kitchen is offset a little from the hallway to the bedrooms in our house, so I've got a light "to work against" (anybody at the kitchen/living room is shiloutted and I'm in darkness at the bedroom end of the hallway) without it actually lighting up the hallway/bedroom.

 

[jamz]

I have to retrain myself twice a year. In the winter, I sleep with no noise at all, and I don't like any extraneous noise. In the summer, I HAVE to hear the noise of the fan or a/c. Each change of the season brings with it a week or so of adjustment period.

-James

 

[LiquidTension]

I have an oscillating fan that I run when my room gets hot, which is often due to the stereo, computer, and Xbox (that thing is like a portable heater!). I HATE being hot, so I need the breeze in the summer. White noise isn't an issue because I rarely turn the computer off. If I do, I still sleep fine. I also sleep with my door closed, and it sticks a bit so it wakes me up immediately if it's opened. If the attack cat is in my room (he usually is), he'll hiss at people he doesn't like if they come to the door.

 

[bosshoff]

Roomate from college joined the Marines

One of my roomates from college ALWAYS had a fan going, or he could not sleep. After graduation from college, then law school with a MBA on the side he joined the Marines. I went to his graduation from OCS at Quantico. He showed me his barracks, and asked me which bunk I thought was his. There was one set of bunks directly in front of a 6' X 6' wall vent. Guess which one was his!

 

[GigaBuist]

My dad's the same way. Has to have a fan to sleep. I inherited that I guess. White noise from the laptop and PC in the next room (door open) gives me the white noise I need I suppose.

Funny thing is, if you put me in a sporting arena (NFL game or something) I can fall asleep. Actually "can" is the wrong word. i -will- fall asleep if I'm not engaged in something. I'd taken so many naps during wrestling meets growing up that loud crowds put me to sleep still.

Besides, for as long as I can remember if it's totally silent my brain still "makes" noise. Never did figure out why that happens, but total silence is worse for me than a fan. Silence is louder. I also see spots when in total darkness or when I close my eyes. Little dots, just like the "fuzz" on a TV when getting less than perfect reception. Mostly blue/green/orange when healthy. When I'm sick it goes black and white. Strange, but it's a key indicator that I'm going to be sick the next day for sure when I see stuff like that on my eyelids trying to fall asleep.

To make it even weirder, I sleep with my eyes open. This creates all sorts of weird situations, like when your mind wakes up but your body doesn't. Typically, you'd see eyelids and be okay -- me? I see the room but I'm unable to move. For a few seconds, that is. Happens every couple of years and scares the crap out of me.

 

[Edmond]

I sleep with a humidifier on. It probably makes more noise than a fan but I'm used to it. I don't really need the noise but I keep it on during the winter so my acoustic guitars don't get dried up and crack.

If anyone who isn't supposed to makes a sound at night, the dog will bark and I'm a light sleeper.

 

[Bobarino]

i always sleep with one of those 6 inch clip-on fans running. the noise drowns out traffic a bit and in the summertime we turn on the ceiling fan in tge bedroom which is directly over the bed and man does it feel good. it provides a little noise but less than the cheapie 6 inch fan. neither of them is loud enough to mask the sound of my front door or a window or other possible entrance into my house.

Bobby

 

[Caliburn]

White noise rules. A fan in the bedroom (pointed away from me, don't want to get too cold) makes the perfect amount of noise. One evening the fan burned out. That night I barely slept from all the noise - cats fighting, dogs barking, sirens in the distance, even water sprinklers hitting the windows. Took me a little while to realize it wasn't that the world was ending that night, but that I was hearing all that stuff that happened every night. (I fixed the fan the next day.) Like most of you, I tune that stuff out with the fan going (and tune out storms and stuff anyway), but any strange noises or sudden absence of noise gets me up. Plus I can count on the dog for that too.

 

[mr hanky]

I have noticed a few replies saying that sometimes I will wake up to a pin drop, and not a cannon etc, I think that sometimes the differences in noise and their ability to wake us depends on which stage of sleep we are in, there are "deeper" levels than others, everyone is different as well.

For me personally, I know that which stage of sleep I am in depends on how easily I will wake up. I work graves and have learned about sleep and consciousness in my psychology classes.

Sweet Dreams!

 

[Ryan in the House]

In my last house, in Virginia, I had a fan going on in my room at all times... but the temperature always read 80 degrees, and it sure felt like it. Now, my new house does not come equipped with a ceiling fan - or even a fixture to mount it with - so I might be experiencing some unbearably hot summers. I used to wake up sweaty, filthy, and stinky... the fan cut back on that. I'm going to have to do something to cool my room down.