Misophonia, anyone?

[Suzanne]

And get even worse, when my husband is unable to hear the sound! I have to stop myself screaming, because it actually hurts.

I hate it when people suddenly appear and so, have this thing inside, where I keep looking and ashamed to say, if I see someone coming towards me, I pretend I have not seen them ( sort of get why, but hard to explain) and then, I won't jump out of my skin ( not literally)! In fact it must be pretty dramatic, because the reaction I get is one of embarrassment and sometimes little jokes; I guess, to ease their embarrassment.

 

[Jennacide]

I cant stand hearing multiple ppl talking at once... Too much of an overload.

I have super hearing so i have a fan or tv on every night otherwise ill be kept awake by outside or fridge noises.

I feel like exploding when children scream, hate that sound.

Not sure if its misophonia but i go into a rage when someone or something is being noisy and wakes me up early in the morning. Cant stand any form of early disturbance which wakes me. Ruins my day, wish that didnt bother me so much

 

[xudo]

The new HD TVs/monitors aren't made the same way, but the old [CRT] TVs/monitors had power supplies that younger people could hear before presbycusis would set in. It is about the same frequency as the mosquito tone.

I Googled presbycusis, as I thought I knew what it was but wanted to double check. I'm 31 and I don't think it's happened for me yet. I can still hear really high pitched noises that my husband (32) can't hear any more. Every time we walk to his parents, we have to go past a house that has one of those things to deter cats in their garden. Kills me every time.

 

[Sabrina]

I usually complain about waking up at any slight sound. But there was one time when I did not complain. It was a few years ago.

While I was sleeping in the middle if the night, I heard a toy from daughter's room suddenly go off, (because it had fallen down), and I woke up. Our bed was moving. I kicked my husband to wake him up, and gave him orders like a general (because he was still sleepy and didn't know what was happening), to go get our five-year-old daughter, while I got our new-born baby (I later read that my bold attitude was due to the fact that I was breastfeeding, and maternal instincts to protect our kids, kicked in). We were living in Chile back then, 2010, and it was the 8.8 Earthquake.

The hypersensibility to sounds, might be nature's way to give us a special hability that can come in handy in dangerous situations.

 

[OlLiE]

yes, shhhh

 

[OlLiE]

personnally for me its the sight and the sound that triggers it but somehow its also imbedded in my perception of rudeness, i.e.

- speaking more loudly than necessary
- seeing someone eat with their mouth open or hear them making loud eating noises
- people that don't cover their mouth when they sneeze
- hear or see people gossipping about other people
- seeing people cut in line or being dishonest
- hearing people crackling chip packets at the movies
- being 'trapped' in an environment where i can't shut out the noise without being impolite myself, i.e. restaurants or obligatory social events

...

 

[Chance]

I simply hear too much... even worse lots of time I cant tell from which direction a sound is coming from so I start LOOKING for this sound and people are wondering what the hell is he doing...and at times its actually painful. Mine goes far past people crunching, or foil wadding... Electronics and changes in the frequencies if it is quiet bugs me...

I box a new Xbox1 and I can hear the fans in it as they change speeds... not too much of a bother but no one else can hear that and it freaks people out that I can. Just one of countless examples... geez.

But no rage (so I only clicked the first box), I'm a shutdown guy, not a meltdown person, and honestly yes it makes me look weak maybe, but I am harmless and if left alone, there isn't ever any scene to have to deal with later. But we are all different and cant control how that plays out, and I understand that all too well.

If its a short lived ordeal - then no big deal, but if it just keeps going on and on, I start getting that feeling inside (it just this interior warning and I start sort of shaking-overly nervous). Once that happens, I have to maneuver myself quick or I'm going to be in a mess an be embarrassed and all that stuff... So thats when I usually make a fast exit (preferably just vanish) with people wondering WTF is wrong with that guy.

I never try to make a scene, but I usually don't take the time to explain myself either. I just bolt and then feel bad for what I did... It sucks either way... Best for me to just stay away from any event that I know might set me off... Yet this same freakish guy(me), can stand beside a drag car, or be in a drag car (with ear protection of course) and not be even phased by it. Maybe its because me and that car arent sharing human emotions..., or that I know and expect those noises are going to take place. I have no idea.

 

[Chance]

personnally for me its the sight and the sound that triggers it but somehow its also imbedded in my perception of rudeness, i.e.

- speaking more loudly than necessary
- seeing someone eat with their mouth open or hear them making loud eating noises
- people that don't cover their mouth when they sneeze
- hear or see people gossipping about other people
- seeing people cut in line or being dishonest
- hearing people crackling chip packets at the movies
- being 'trapped' in an environment where i can't shut out the noise without being impolite myself, i.e. restaurants or obligatory social events

...

I think that is just being around people who have no respect for life and they are rude + then we add in our AS/ASD stuff and it multiplies it... Sadly I think many people like us get more of LIFE than those who say we are messed up. I kind of like that really... It keeps us separate from them, and they don't have enough sense to figure it out... : ) Geez I sound like some proASD elevator speech... awkward.

 

[Chance]

Many noises that others consider quiet cause me stress - like the background hum of computers. How negatively I am impacted depends on the number of computers and what I need to get done, that determines how my mental resources are divided up (dealing with the stress of noise vs. dealing with what I'm supposed to focus on). I often hear things my husband cannot. For me I think the frequency needs to be quite high to just irritate me (not just stress, I mean really make me feel horrid) - so chalk squeaking on the chalk board doesn't bother me at all. But the sound of hands rubbing on carpet, clothing, or cardboard but I am so used to forcing myself to sit through these kinds of things, regardless of the effect on me - I may need to start leaving, I'd probably feel better.

Also, quiet background noises like the computers humming, or a fan or other white noise will result in louder tinnitus in my ears and even dampened hearing if it goes on long enough. If I try to listen to podcasts all the time (which I do), it results in the same thing. If I try to use headphones - yikes. No matter how quiet I make it, so quiet I can barely hear, it feels like I'm getting a poking pain inside of my ear. This happens with some other sounds, as well - I noticed it when we were driving and the road was hitting a particular frequency.

The sound of the road when driving also ramps up my tinnitus.

Loud noises can stress me to the point of panic attacks.

Thank you .... You just explained a lot of what I tied to explain...

"makes me feel like I'm developing a fever and need to leave the room. Last week at church, during the sermon, the woman in front of me spent most of the time rubbing her child's back, over his shirt...over, and over, and over - I felt my temperature rise, my stomach mildly churning, and fought against starting to breathe more heavily - I considered getting up and leaving,"

Just awful and I have to get out or it gets worse...

 

[OlLiE]

erm, i think the questionnaire percentages are a bit off, no?

75+58+12+8 is just a tad over 100%
or am I missing something?

 

[onlything]

My router drives me crazy. I need to cover it in a few layers of clothes, otherwise I can't focus or sleep.

Zzzz-bzzzzz-hmmmmm-squeeeee. Repeat.

Ugh! How can others not hear it?!

 

[OlLiE]

"I box a new Xbox1 and I can hear the fans in it as they change speeds... not too much of a bother but no one else can hear that and it freaks people out that I can. Just one of countless examples... geez."

I got storm blood the final fantasy 14 expansion, its a mmorpg, so everyone poured in at release, the game creates conversation chatter, depending on the number of people in an area, I couldn't stand it, too crowded, too much chitchat, just waiting for everyone else to leave before picking it up again

re the xbox fan noise, I have the same on my ps4, but i always use headphones, another thing that helps is making sure that the unit isn't boxed in and exposed to as much airflow as possible, so that as much heat is expelled as possible so that the fans need to kick in less often

also hate it when a charger makes a constant high pitch noise, once my ears pick it out and then i can't un-hear it anymore

 

[OlLiE]

I cant stand hearing multiple ppl talking at once... Too much of an overload.

I have super hearing so i have a fan or tv on every night otherwise ill be kept awake by outside or fridge noises.

I feel like exploding when children scream, hate that sound.

Not sure if its misophonia but i go into a rage when someone or something is being noisy and wakes me up early in the morning. Cant stand any form of early disturbance which wakes me. Ruins my day, wish that didnt bother me so much

yep, recognise all of that, i don't get into an external rage though, i do get in an internal one and have to leave to get away from it, screeching kids can almost get me to run away, basically just live with my noise cancelling headphones on

 

[Streetwise]

its an anxiety attack, your body is delivering blood very quickly to your body, so you perceive heat, if your heart pounded and you experienced derealisation then it would be panic, instead of getting to the point im at! where im basically a recluse!, start sitting for a minute in church each week adding a minute or less/more ,you are doing whats called flooding -phobia specialists usually only recommend it if they are with you ,they usually recommend gradual sort of immunisation if you are not accompanied,same as you receive for allergies, then he/she can administer an injected allergen over weeks ,as i had, first is the hardest, getting easier each time same for the psyche and your neurones reconnecting to your mind instead of your fatigued adrenal glands : l

Thank you .... just explained a lot of what I tied to explain...

"makes me feel like I'm developing a fever and need to leave the room. Last week at church, during the sermon, the woman in front of me spent most of the time rubbing her child's back, over his shirt...over, and over, and over - I felt my temperature rise, my stomach mildly churning, and fought against starting to breathe more heavily - I considered getting up and leaving,"

Just awful and I have to get out or it gets worse...

 

[Judge]

Low frequency sounds well....make me go bonkers at times.

Trying to follow conversations by more than one person at a time usually ends in frustration.

 

[S0093679]

Banging, knocking, hammering, clapping, foot stamping, clicking, clock ticking, bass on music, whining eg strimmer/mower/sander/fan/computer cooling all have the rage effect on me.

 

[Jennacide]

yep, recognise all of that, i don't get into an external rage though, i do get in an internal one and have to leave to get away from it, screeching kids can almost get me to run away, basically just live with my noise cancelling headphones on

i cant wear any sort of noise cancelling device, as it makes me paranoid of what could happen if i couldnt hear things, (a stray dog harming my cats, a burglar, a visitor, fire, mum in danger, snakes) gives me a massive unease.

 

[Jennacide]

Banging, knocking, hammering, clapping, foot stamping, clicking, clock ticking, bass on music, whining eg strimmer/mower/sander/fan/computer cooling all have the rage effect on me.

totally agree with most of that, especially ticking clocks, but more of an extreme uncomfortable panick feeling instead of rage.
Machinery not so much unless its preventing sleep.

 

[Crossbreed]

i cant wear any sort of noise cancelling device, as it makes me paranoid of what could happen if i couldnt hear things,...

You can still hear with them on, but they take the edge off.

 

[Jennacide]

You can still hear with them on, but they take the edge off.

Nah not for me.. Id rather a fan or tv distraction ... If i had a partner at my side it might work, but otherwise i need my super hearing to feel safe, even if it drives me nuts lol