insomnia

[Farside]

One of the few things that has sometimes helped me to get to sleep is to have a recording of ocean waves (surf) playing on some device at low volume.

Before the price hikes in power, I would leave my PC on all night, letting it do some number crunching for various projects.
The soft noise of the fans was very relaxing, and over-rode the little night time noises that would otherwise wake me.
In hotels, I used to turn on the room TV to a blank channel and let it hiss white noise gently all night.

 

[Robotstar5]

......If you visit St Ives in Cornwall, the beaches there have tremendous surf, and they are very relaxing places to be. A recording of the surf at the St Ives beach (cannot recall its name but the one where the Tate Gallery is) would be perfect. Anyone with a tape recorder who lives in St Ives?

Showing your age there recorders are all digital these days, don't worry, I still call them tape recorders too

 

[rich_c]

Headspace have a few tracks for free on their website without registration which may be of interest/use to some (they have been to me). 3 types (4 if you count the articles)

1. sleep music - basically background sounds, waves and the like.
2. sleep casts - slow stories with background sounds but written to be soporific rather than engaging (i.e there's no classic plot structure)
3. Wind-down and racing mind SOS meditations

The sleep section on their website is https://www.headspace.com/sleep
YT https://www.youtube.com/@headspace or just seach only for sleep https://www.youtube.com/@headspace/search?query=sleep

There is an app, but I don't know what free content is available on it for unregistered users.

Disclaimer - I'm a paid up subscriber (£50 per year) that has found the app helpful over many years for both sleep and navigating life. Not a rep, or on commission. Other mindfulness apps are available. By using these tracks the quality of your sleep is not guaranteed to improve. Side-effects may include trying meditation for non sleep activities. It cannot help with welding mask choices.