[jaqalopes]

I wonder if this is why my heart rate goes up and I feel inexplicably enraged when I can slightly, just barely hear my roommate two rooms away watching TV when I'm in bed trying to fall asleep. I ask for things to be turned down and I use a white noise machine (have tried ear plugs, they work but they make my ears hurt), which helps, but sometimes the only effective thing is to pull a pillow over my head. It's even worse with people who snore. I can't imagine how my mother has slept next to my sleep apnea father in the same bed for 40 years and not gone insane.

[tuber3]

If you haven't already, try Mack's silicone ear plugs. They are fundamentally different from foam earplugs in that they don't spring back when you press on them, which means they exert almost no force on your ears.

[bookofjoe]

Yes! They're the best. I've been using them for over 40 years. Pro tip: buy the bright orange kids' size: they fit more comfortably without having to be customized and they're much easier to locate when they (inevitably) fall out and disappear. Plus you get twice as many for your money.

https://www.amazon.com/Macks-Moldable-Silicone-Putty-Plugs/d...

[dxscorp]

I have some on the way - if you're right you might have changed my life

[thefz]

> I can't imagine how my mother has slept next to my sleep apnea father in the same bed for 40 years and not gone insane.

Ear plugs.