What Sounds Bother You?

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Inspired by the calming sounds thread. I didn't have any that hadn't been listed already so I didn't post in it.

This is for the sounds you can't ignore, block out, or sleep through... the ones that pull your attention away from what you're trying to do no matter what and won't let go.



for me:

distant bass from music downstairs

snoring

ticking clocks

ringing telephones

birds

*shudders*

http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php? ... ic&t=40757

Sombody beat you to it today I think.

normally i'd do a search, but wp lacks a search function... i need to get in the habit of actually going to the forum pages instead of just looking at the recent posts page. my bad.

mods, make this thread go away please.

Alarms of any sort, klaxons, screeching noises, people with annoying voices and repetitive ongoing noises.

*nagging
*florcent light buzzing
*screaming
*high pitched
*too many peoole talking to me at once
*bad music
*I think it more depends on my emotional state than what the actual sound is....even a pen click can be the most disruptive thing when Im overloaded

*throat clearing
*screaming
*too many people talking at once
*songs I dislike played at high volume
*pen clicking and ruler tapping
*people saying "haitch" instead of "aitch" when they're spelling out a word
*unexpected loud noises, especially the high pitched ones

-harmonicas
-squeaky toys
-bike horns
-whistles

basically the sound of air escaping from a small space or anything with a reed.

Snoring

Loud babies

Loud cheering

Dogs barking indoors

Everyone laughing loud at once

Loud bass

Real loud music in the room

People banging their hands on the table

High pitch sounds

Sirens

Motorcycles

other people talking specially if im trying to talk and im trying to work out whether they are rude and interupting or im just bad at seeking " go ahead you talk" cues. i also hate chav UNSS UNSS music it really gets my goat

steff x

When I was a kid (and even sometimes now when I am very tired): drums, certain laughs, wind, B and P sounds, the words "bomb" and "ball," and echos would disturb me. However, I was not only bothered by these sounds. I would have panic attacks from them.

I have enumerated these in another thread but I will reiterate:

Car and motorcycle backfire
The heavy bassline of rap music
Persistent beeping noises from computers and microwaves
Bad grammar and mispronounced words (especially if the mispronunciation is bizarre)
The yapping of small dogs (Big dogs aren't a problem. My dog, Partner, in my opinion, sounds as a dog should sound.)
A Siamese yowling at 4 a.m. (However, cats make more effective alarm clocks than any mechanical ones and wake me up in a much more natural fashion. I HATE beeping, as I already stated.)

Cars driving by with that loud bass
Dogs barking
Phones ringing
Anything that beeps
Babies crying
Too many people talking at once
Paper rubbing paper
Pencil scratching on paper
Certain types of music (especially the repetitive sort)
Pretty much all commercials, but especially the ones with those annoying yelling announcers
Anything scraping against metal
Slamming doors

The sounds of babies and children screaming and crying.

• Fire alarms
• Shrill telephone rings
• Various electronics and electrical circuits that can be heard buzzing faintly at night when I'm trying to fall asleep
• Snow on televisions and static on the radio or on a cell phone

People interacting.