One evening in a bout of late night frustration, I put on some music just to pass the time, not realizing the profound effect it would have on me. I listen to a lot of different types of music: 80’s pop (passed down from my big sister), 90’s hip hop & pop, classic rock, metal and what I call drum & bass, sort of like today’s popular EDM genres – I listen to it all really.Īt the end of summer 1997, I was about to start my freshman year of high school. Music has always been a part of my daily life – not in the sense of coming from a family of musicians or anything, but I have always considered myself an avid music listener. The CDC says: “ 1 in 3 adults don’t get enough sleep.” So why exactly have we given up those bedtime routines and relaxing ‘lullabies’ we so loved and cherished as children?
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It didn’t seem to matter how tired I was, what time I woke up in the morning, what time I tried to go to sleep or what I did during the day. My trouble sleeping had turned into spending up to a few hours some nights to fall asleep and to top it off, I wasn’t staying asleep for longer than 3-4 hours at a time once I did start to sleep. I just hoped it would go away.īy the time I hit high school, my sleep had gotten even worse. For a long time I just coped with it and didn’t even share what was going on with my mom. And I was never able to stay asleep for the entire night. Thankfully the sleepwalking was no longer an issue by this time, but it began to take longer and longer for me to fall asleep. I had already had a history of sleepwalking and night terrors as a child. When I was in 7th or 8th grade, I began to struggle with achieving quality sleep. So how does one discover what works for them? Whatever it may be for you as an individual to generate that relaxing, comforting and unwinding ‘space.’ The sky’s the limit, really-there are so many options to choose from, such as ambient music, nature sounds, relaxing classical music, or meditation tracks. Waaait-a-minute, you might be asking yourself, if adults don’t listen to lullabies, then what do they listen to for relaxation or to soothe themselves to sleep?
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However, I strongly feel that we adults need SOMETHING!! Sidebar: According to, the definition of a lullaby is “a song used to lull a child to sleep cradlesong”.īy that definition, adults don’t listen to ‘lullabies’.