Does low contionous backround noises make you sleepy?

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I was browsing some aspie alligator memes and found this: memegenerator. net/instance/10331065
I've never heard about that before so I got curious if thats somehow related to AS?
I've always had this weird thing with falling asleep in those situations. When I go to sleep in bed i typically use around half an hour to fall asleep. - If I'm on a train though, or in a car or there is some other low noise in the background I can suddenly fall asleep in under 1 minute. This happens repeatably when I'm not even tired to begin with.

I get that alot when i'm in school... What makes it worse is the gentle warm air coming from the window and the soft, velvet voice of my teacher making me feel extremely sleepy.

I listen to the TV at a low level to help me fall asleep. It has to be fairly consistent e.g. no sudden noises.

Streaming water (such as a shower or waterfall) puts me to sleep. I haven't ever bothered to check if the TV or other noises would...

I'll have to think more on this one. But, I do remember when I was child I was really sick with something (Hong Kong Flu maybe?). Mom and Dad bought me a small black and white television for my bedroom. In those days, we only got like 3 main channels plus PBS, and that was off of an antenna. I wanted to watch Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, so Dad tried to tune in PBS the best he could. It was a little snowy, but what I remember was a low hum in my TV accompanying the broadcast. I remember getting very relaxed and falling asleep with that low hum. Years and years later I can still hear that hum vividly in my memories. I found it soothing. And I also remember having a small fish aquarium in my room a little later on in my childhood. And the motor on it made this low hum that I liked to listen to.

No, it just pisses me off.

I always sleep with a fan on in my room. Doesn't have to be pointed at me, it just has to make noise. My husband and I both find it soothing and it helps filter out other small noises that may possibly jolt me awake if the house was silent (eg house creaking or wind). Plus, I find that if everything is completely silent, it's not really. If nothing else, I always hear a high-pitched ringing in my ears and having another noise on is preferable to listening to that.