I'm sorry you went through that awful situation but... was there anything stopping you from wearing earplugs?
I religiously wear the best earplugs and face mask I can find to sleep. Even in controlled environments, they make a hell of a difference.
I religiously wear the best earplugs and face mask I can find to sleep. Even in controlled environments, they make a hell of a difference.
I also tried white noise generators, but those were only effective against neighbours and not outside traffic. In the end, knocking myself out with a bottle of wine was the only thing that worked. That's not something I would do regularly, but once every few months when the lack of sleep would start to affect me badly in every possible way.
After I moved to a quiet place, my life improved tenfold in a space of few weeks. The only thing that stayed with me is an elevated sensitivity to noise (a kind of trauma but instead of being afraid I get mad at the noise origin).
Mask-wise I really like the Tempur-pedic sleep mask. I dislike their mattresses intensely but the mask is really good, especially for airplane sleeping.