Inspired by a recent thread. This question might be triggering, so be careful. For me, even imagining these sounds is mildly upsetting.
Basically, which noises immediately ruin your day? For me it’s mostly sudden loud sounds, in order of most awful descending:
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- Unmuffled compression brakes (when trucks or buses stop and go BANG)
- Smoke detector / emergency alarms
- Emergency services sirens
- Balloons popping
- Car horns / honking
- Angle grinders
- People practically smashing plates while violently washing dishes
- Vacuum cleaners or other power tools
- Yelling / screaming
- Alarm clocks
Surprisingly I don’t seem to hate “commonly hated” sounds like: nails on chalkboard, tinnitus, knife on plate, styrofoam rubbing, microphone feedback, babies crying, chewing, snoring, flies, repetitive tapping, dog barking.
Once, I went to a birthday party where the parents let their kid jump on the balloons and pop them one by one on purpose. I had to leave immediately.
If I wear earmuffs, it basically solves the issue. So I’m careful and on the lookout for situations that could make these sounds. I cover my ears with my hands if I don’t have them on me.
Rubbing carpet. I can basically taste it I hate it so much lol. If i need to rub something out of the carpet I need to put on headphones
Ok, I forgot about this one. Seconded to “tasting” bad textures. It’s like I hate the texture of cheap carpet so much, I feel it with my entire body when I touch / hear it. The feeling of scraping your socks by accident on carpet… it’s so dry and horrible. I just get someone else to do the carpet rubbing lol
Nice carpet I don’t have this problem though, only the cheap stuff