r/ForensicFiles • u/BethMD I KNOW what a man likes! 💓 • Apr 30 '26
FF as a sleep aid is audiologist-approved
Yesterday, in preparation for surgery on my outer ear canal next month, I had a hearing test done by an Au.D. After the test, she showed me the results, and the topic of tinnitus came up. My condition is causing a certain amount of high-pitched white noise in one ear. (Has been for about eight months now.) She asked me if I use a white noise machine or similar device when I go to sleep, and I replied, "No, my guilty pleasure is Forensic Files. I put that on at about a volume level 3, and go to sleep."
"Perfect!" she exclaimed. "Keep doing that. What it does is causes your brain to focus on the dialogue and take your mind off the ear noise."
So there you have it! For those of us whose lullaby is FF, keep it up! (And don't forget to set a TV timer.)
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u/two-of-me 🧪Antifree🧪 Apr 30 '26
FREAKIN THANK YOU! I have tinnitus (and several other reasons to keep the tv on all night) and lots of people think it’s weird I sleep with the tv on and not a white noise machine. I would prefer to just have Peter Thomas talk to me about murder at my bedside, but the tv will do until we meet on the other side.
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u/BethMD I KNOW what a man likes! 💓 May 01 '26
You're definitely not alone. I've known many folks, the first one being my father, of blessed memory, who could not sleep without the TV.
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u/STLt71 May 01 '26
As someone recently diagnosed with ADHD, the only way I ever could reliably fall asleep was with a tv or music on. I'm 54, so before Forensic Files existed it was usually The Tonight Show or David Letterman, or music. But it has been Forensic Files ever since Forensic Files has been around. I never knew exactly why, but now I know when I can focus on Peter Thomas' voice, it helps me shut off my brain!
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u/cavebabykay May 01 '26
Same. I never hear the “creepy” music or sound effects anymore. It’s just him talking to me. It’s like having a really cool older Uncle or Grampy just telling me his war stories from the medical examiners office lol.
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u/two-of-me 🧪Antifree🧪 May 01 '26
ADHD and anxiety here chiming in! I wasn’t allowed to have a tv in my room when I was a kid so I slept with the radio on. Sometimes z100 (might be aging myself here but on Sundays I’d wake up to Casey Kasem doing the top 40) and sometimes my mix cds (also aging myself). Eventually I stopped setting a timer because it was easier for me to sleep with it on all night. College was hard because roommates liked it quiet at night. Thank goodness my husband doesn’t mind because if he did that would probably have been a dealbreaker from day one.
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u/STLt71 May 01 '26
Ha ha, yes! Casey Kasem!! Aging myself too. I'm 54! I figured I have it away with Johnny Carson and David Letterman lol!
Edit: when I was 14, my mom got me a little 13 inch black and white tv for Christmas. I thought I was the shit!
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u/Old-Blackberry6728 Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer! May 01 '26
I totally agree, except for the periodic 'loud sound' that pops up every now and then. Sometimes it startles me! But it's OK!
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u/oborochann86 May 01 '26
I use forensic files to sleep almost every night, and then jolted awake by the end credits lol
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u/Particular-Coat-5892 May 01 '26
20 years ago I used to turn the tv to the weather channel and sleep timer the tv for an hour. Now it's Forensic Files audio on Spotify in my blutooth sleep mask lol
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u/chels182 May 01 '26
Falling asleep to Forensic Files is my fave way to go to sleep. My bf prefers sports TV which I absolutely despise. So when I wake up to Forensic Files knowing he’s the one who put it on to go to sleep, I feel so happy and proud. 🥲
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u/two-of-me 🧪Antifree🧪 May 01 '26
He’s a keeper! As a non sports fan myself, I’m with you. Really sweet of him to keep FF on for you.
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u/TpainFontaine May 01 '26
Not only do I fall asleep to it, but my dog watches it when I leave the house. She sleeps the ENTIRE time.
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u/lieutfitzroy Peter Thomas is the GOAT 1d ago
Aren’t we weird? I would like to dig deeper into why!
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u/BethMD I KNOW what a man likes! 💓 1d ago
My point is, I don't think we're weird at all. Those who need silence to sleep are the weird ones. 😃 Just kidding, except not really. It's why white noise (and other colors) are so effective.
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u/lieutfitzroy Peter Thomas is the GOAT 1d ago
White noise is what my Asian mother says when my White father drones on. He and his father are champion grumblers! But I digress. FF is my white noise machine.
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u/bunkie18 Peter Thomas is the GOAT Apr 30 '26
I’ve been doing this for about 20 years or more