Re: 15 minutes of hell

[Guest guest]

Totally understand! I don't think anyone can understand how horrible this can be except those of us who suffer with this insane problem. You are not alone with this.... it is "hell" at times!I have bashed myself in the head at times when it is so bad. I think of the scenes in the movie " Rainman" where Hoffman, playing a man with Autism, bashes himself in the head when he is upset. I think there is a connection.....Mike To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:32 AM Subject: 15 minutes of hell

I am currently at work. I just got off the phone with a customer that spent 15 minutes chewing gum so loud that I can still hear it now, as I write this. I am in tears. I am shaking. I know that I will be relieved from this feeling eventually, but this is not fair. My neck is tight. My ear....I feel like my right ear is on fire. We need a cure. I need a cure. Why can't I just be afraid of spiders? Why can't there be something wrong with me that I can avoid or take a pill to make go away? This has been my hell.

I apologize for spilling this feeling via email. I think I just needed to tell someone that understands because no one usually does.

~Cat :~(

[Guest guest]

I have actually caught myself getting "ticks" at times when I have to stay in a situation that I can not run away from. People in my life have noticed them as well. It's not something that happens any other time, just when I am having problems with sounds. When I was on that phone call, I felt like smashing the phone against my head. I am thankful that there is a place I can talk about this, where I am not told that it is all in my head and to just ignore it. I'm sick of hearing people tell me that I just have to stop listening so close. ~Cat To: "Soundsensitivity " <Soundsensitivity > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 5:10 AM Subject: Re: 15 minutes of hell

Totally understand! I don't think anyone can understand how horrible this can be except those of us who suffer with this insane problem. You are not alone with this.... it is "hell" at times!I have bashed myself in the head at times when it is so bad. I think of the scenes in the movie " Rainman" where Hoffman, playing a man with Autism, bashes himself in the head when he is upset. I think there is a connection.....Mike

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:32 AM Subject: 15 minutes of hell

I am currently at work. I just got off the phone with a customer that spent 15 minutes chewing gum so loud that I can still hear it now, as I write this. I am in tears. I am shaking. I know that I will be relieved from this feeling eventually, but this is not fair. My neck is tight. My ear....I feel like my right ear is on fire. We need a cure. I need a cure. Why can't I just be afraid of spiders? Why can't there be something wrong with me that I can avoid or take a pill to make go away? This has been my hell.

I apologize for spilling this feeling via email. I think I just needed to tell someone that understands because no one usually does.

~Cat :~(

[Guest guest]

I wonder if a thick piece of foam kept at work might work to dull the high fqs

in the phone, so that you can tune out some of the obnoxious noise?

Dr. J

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> I am currently at work. I just got off the phone with a customer that spent 15

minutes chewing gum so loud that I can still hear it now, as I write this. I am

in tears. I am shaking. I know that I will be relieved from this feeling

eventually, but this is not fair. My neck is tight. My ear....I feel like my

right ear is on fire. We need a cure. I need a cure. Why can't I just be afraid

of spiders? Why can't there be something wrong with me that I can avoid or take

a pill to make go away? This has been my hell.

>

> I apologize for spilling this feeling via email. I think I just needed to tell

someone that understands because no one usually does.

>

> ~Cat :~(

>

[Guest guest]

Just to be clear, are you proposing that you listen through the foam? I.E. put

the foam between ear and headset?

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> > I am currently at work. I just got off the phone with a customer that spent

15 minutes chewing gum so loud that I can still hear it now, as I write this. I

am in tears. I am shaking. I know that I will be relieved from this feeling

eventually, but this is not fair. My neck is tight. My ear....I feel like my

right ear is on fire. We need a cure. I need a cure. Why can't I just be afraid

of spiders? Why can't there be something wrong with me that I can avoid or take

a pill to make go away? This has been my hell.

> >

> > I apologize for spilling this feeling via email. I think I just needed to

tell someone that understands because no one usually does.

> >

> > ~Cat :~(

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I get ticks but usually only when a sound triggers a PTSD trigger (they are

usually different triggers but sometimes ...). And in my case its less like a

tick (although the physical movement is there) and more of my brain seizing up

like all brain processing stops for a few seconds and then continues. I am

often far more sensitive after these to more of them and less to the misophonia

responses (i.e. after one of these I tend to go through a few hours of none of

the " normal " flight or fight responses I deal with every day all day, instead my

brain ticking in response to the same stimuli).

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> I have actually caught myself getting " ticks " at times when I have to stay in

a situation that I can not run away from. People in my life have noticed them as

well. It's not something that happens any other time, just when I am having

problems with sounds.

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> When I was on that phone call, I felt like smashing the phone against my

head. 

> I am thankful that there is a place I can talk about this, where I am not told

that it is all in my head and to just ignore it. I'm sick of hearing people tell

me that I just have to stop listening so close.

>

>

> ~Cat

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> To: " Soundsensitivity " <Soundsensitivity >

> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 5:10 AM

> Subject: Re: 15 minutes of hell

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> Totally understand! I don't think anyone can understand how horrible this can

be except those of us who suffer with this insane problem. 

> You are not alone with this.... it is " hell " at times!

>

> I have bashed myself in the head at times when it is so bad. I think of the

scenes in the movie " Rainman " where Hoffman, playing a man with 

> Autism,  bashes himself in the head when he is upset. I think there is a

connection.....

>

> Mike

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> ________________________________

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> To: Soundsensitivity

> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:32 AM

> Subject: 15 minutes of hell

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> I am currently at work. I just got off the phone with a customer that spent 15

minutes chewing gum so loud that I can still hear it now, as I write this. I am

in tears. I am shaking. I know that I will be relieved from this feeling

eventually, but this is not fair. My neck is tight. My ear....I feel like my

right ear is on fire. We need a cure. I need a cure. Why can't I just be afraid

of spiders? Why can't there be something wrong with me that I can avoid or take

a pill to make go away? This has been my hell.

>

> I apologize for spilling this feeling via email. I think I just needed to tell

someone that understands because no one usually does.

>

> ~Cat :~(

>

[Guest guest]

I know just what you mean about " why can't I just be afraid of spiders. " That

is so true. It seems that the noises that upset us the most are just really

rude noises. These are noises being made by people who are just being RUDE! I

can't think of any other " condition " that a person could have that is caused by

other people. If you choose to ask the person to stop you are really just

pointing out the fact to them that they are being rude and nobody wants to hear

that. I know that all of the upsetting sounds are not just people being rude

but the ones that are the most upsetting seem to be.

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> > I am currently at work. I just got off the phone with a customer that spent

15 minutes chewing gum so loud that I can still hear it now, as I write this. I

am in tears. I am shaking. I know that I will be relieved from this feeling

eventually, but this is not fair. My neck is tight. My ear....I feel like my

right ear is on fire. We need a cure. I need a cure. Why can't I just be afraid

of spiders? Why can't there be something wrong with me that I can avoid or take

a pill to make go away? This has been my hell.

> >

> > I apologize for spilling this feeling via email. I think I just needed to

tell someone that understands because no one usually does.

> >

> > ~Cat :~(

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I know exactly how you feel. I am currently in my dorm room, and I was supposed to have a relaxing morning while my roommate was in class, but she decided to skip. She put in a piece of gum and the smacking was so unbearable I couldn't get my itunes open fast enough. I don't know how she can be so oblivious to the sounds she makes. It's not just the gum either. She is loud in everything she does, I hardly sleep except when she is out of the room. Living with this condition in a teeny dorm room with someone like her is testing all of my will power not to scream at her.Stay strong, we understand and care. To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 7:49 AM Subject: Re: 15 minutes of hell

I know just what you mean about "why can't I just be afraid of spiders." That is so true. It seems that the noises that upset us the most are just really rude noises. These are noises being made by people who are just being RUDE! I can't think of any other "condition" that a person could have that is caused by other people. If you choose to ask the person to stop you are really just pointing out the fact to them that they are being rude and nobody wants to hear that. I know that all of the upsetting sounds are not just people being rude but the ones that are the most upsetting seem to be.

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> > I am currently at work. I just got off the phone with a customer that spent 15 minutes chewing gum so loud that I can still hear it now, as I write this. I am in tears. I am shaking. I know that I will be relieved from this feeling eventually, but this is not fair. My neck is tight. My ear....I feel like my right ear is on fire. We need a cure. I need a cure. Why can't I just be afraid of spiders? Why can't there be something wrong with me that I can avoid or take a pill to make go away? This has been my hell.

> >

> > I apologize for spilling this feeling via email. I think I just needed to tell someone that understands because no one usually does.

> >

> > ~Cat :~(

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I wonder if a thick piece of foam kept at work might work to dull the high fqs

in the phone, so that you can tune out some of the obnoxious noise?

Dr. J

Foams are supposed to be more effective with higher frequencies due to the

higher velocity nodes of the short wavelengths being completely encompased by

the thickness of the foam: That is, foam slows down the particles, and thinner

foams can suffice for shorter wavelengths. So then, when I have ear buds that

distort at higher frequencies, I've tried stuffing many different types of

material into the openings of the buds to help cancel out the highs and keep the

lows intact. What Ive found is that the material has to be open-celled(closed

celled blocks out too much of everything), and that the material has to be

compressed a bit. Cotton seems to work best; for your situation, you could

always try shoving a bit of that into your outer ear cannal.

[Guest guest]

I know that tempur material is open cell. Maybe I could try that..... I will let you know how it works when I get a chance to try it. Thank you. To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 9:28 PM Subject: Re: 15 minutes of hell

I wonder if a thick piece of foam kept at work might work to dull the high fqs in the phone, so that you can tune out some of the obnoxious noise?

Dr. J

Foams are supposed to be more effective with higher frequencies due to the higher velocity nodes of the short wavelengths being completely encompased by the thickness of the foam: That is, foam slows down the particles, and thinner foams can suffice for shorter wavelengths. So then, when I have ear buds that distort at higher frequencies, I've tried stuffing many different types of material into the openings of the buds to help cancel out the highs and keep the lows intact. What Ive found is that the material has to be open-celled(closed celled blocks out too much of everything), and that the material has to be compressed a bit. Cotton seems to work best; for your situation, you could always try shoving a bit of that into your outer ear cannal.