Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Since I was 5 I have had really bad sensory overload problems, Doctors couldnt figure out what was wrong with me. I turn very pale, become oversensitive to everything, and cant think. This would happen as much as 3 to 4 times a week for hours. Anyways point is I learned that when it got really bad I could rock or force yawn that makes a noise in my ears. Rocking only slightly reduced pain but forcing that noise helped a lot, but I could never find a way to do it for long without tiring. I have no idea what it is, never really thought about it but I know exactly what you are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 The rumbling noise you hear when you close your eustatian tube is your blood flow (yes, as far as I know, there is a muscle there involved in yawning that closes off the eustatian tube... something about preventing stuff going up the tube into the ear). It's the same source for sound that people hear when the " listen to the ocean " in a seashell. Yawning is supposed to be relaxing. > > Don't know if this is generally possible in humans, > or in some, or just me... > Doing consciously (what feels subjectively like) > contracting a muscle inside the head, behind ears > creates (what feels subjectively like) an overwhelming > " curtain " of rumbling noise. After it, a sort of feeling > of relaxation or sleepiness... I can do that in quick > impulses, or a wave up to ~5 seconds. It may be repeated. > Not so pleasant to be addictive, but may be handy to > " insulate " from overwhelming sounds or experiences. > It's unobservable from the outside, no movement > or macroscopic noise. > > I believe it's a real muscle because it has a limited > length, and repeating feels like " fatigue " . May be a > cranial nerve (like those controlling face movements) > controlling constricting blood flow, or the inner ear link > (Eustachio's canal). Deep yawning may comprise it. > > Anyone also observing this ? > Mircea > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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