Thought this might interest some people...

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Just an article about why certain sounds bother most people--nails against chalkboards, Styrofoam squeaking, etc. It does mention how the shape of our ear canals amplify sounds at certain frequencies. A friend of mine once theorized that maybe my ear canal is shaped a little differently from the average person's, and that could be part of the reason why certain sounds drive me up the wall that don't drive other people up the wall. Maybe he was onto something? I find I do have less of a reaction to many sounds that other most individuals around me find irritating, even though the same people can't understand why I find the sounds I find maddening.

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp

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[Guest guest]

Interesting, but why, then, do I have the same reaction to just THINKING about

the nails/chalkboard sound as I do when actually hearing it? I could barely read

that article, and I can barely write this, thinking about it. Seems to me that

more than just hearing is invloved. There's an actual PHYSICAL sensation. I have

the same spazzy shivery feeling when I watch someone lick a dry wooden spoon as

I would if I were to have to lick the spoon myself. And I have the same feeling

thinking about it as I do watching it or doing it.

This feels slightly different from my misophonia, but definitely related.

I have something going on with overall sensory processing, as some people have

mentioned. I have problems touching certain things, such as dry wood,

newspapers, and certain synthetic fabrics. The sensation I get from SOUNDS is

nearly the same. When someone is scraping his/her fork on a plate, typing loudly

on a keyboard, picking at their skin, or gulping a beverage, I feel it in my

body, not just my ears. It feels like I am being physically touched by the

sound. I think the anger comes from feeling INVADED, as if someone is tickling

me or poking at me incessantly.

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> Just an article about why certain sounds bother most people--nails against

> chalkboards, Styrofoam squeaking, etc. It does mention how the shape of our

> ear canals amplify sounds at certain frequencies. A friend of mine once

> theorized that maybe my ear canal is shaped a little differently from the

> average person's, and that could be part of the reason why certain sounds

> drive me up the wall that don't drive other people up the wall. Maybe he was

> onto something? I find I do have less of a reaction to many sounds that other

> most individuals around me find irritating, even though the same people

> can't understand why I find the sounds I find maddening.

>

> _http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp_

> (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp)

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> ,

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[Guest guest]

Interesting, but why, then, do I have the same reaction to just THINKING about

the nails/chalkboard sound as I do when actually hearing it? I could barely read

that article, and I can barely write this, thinking about it. Seems to me that

more than just hearing is invloved. There's an actual PHYSICAL sensation. I have

the same spazzy shivery feeling when I watch someone lick a dry wooden spoon as

I would if I were to have to lick the spoon myself. And I have the same feeling

thinking about it as I do watching it or doing it.

This feels slightly different from my misophonia, but definitely related.

I have something going on with overall sensory processing, as some people have

mentioned. I have problems touching certain things, such as dry wood,

newspapers, and certain synthetic fabrics. The sensation I get from SOUNDS is

nearly the same. When someone is scraping his/her fork on a plate, typing loudly

on a keyboard, picking at their skin, or gulping a beverage, I feel it in my

body, not just my ears. It feels like I am being physically touched by the

sound. I think the anger comes from feeling INVADED, as if someone is tickling

me or poking at me incessantly.

>

> Just an article about why certain sounds bother most people--nails against

> chalkboards, Styrofoam squeaking, etc. It does mention how the shape of our

> ear canals amplify sounds at certain frequencies. A friend of mine once

> theorized that maybe my ear canal is shaped a little differently from the

> average person's, and that could be part of the reason why certain sounds

> drive me up the wall that don't drive other people up the wall. Maybe he was

> onto something? I find I do have less of a reaction to many sounds that other

> most individuals around me find irritating, even though the same people

> can't understand why I find the sounds I find maddening.

>

> _http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp_

> (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp)

>

> ,

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[Guest guest]

I think we have the sensations even with lack of sound because we know the

sound, we can mentally call it up.

>Interesting, but why, then, do I have the same reaction to just THINKING about

the nails/chalkboard sound as I do when actually hearing it? I could barely read

that article, and I can barely write this, thinking about it. Seems to me that

more than just hearing is invloved. There's an actual PHYSICAL sensation. I have

the same spazzy shivery feeling when I watch someone lick a dry wooden spoon as

I would if I were to have to lick the spoon myself. And I have the same feeling

thinking about it as I do watching it or doing it.

>

>This feels slightly different from my misophonia, but definitely related.

>

>I have something going on with overall sensory processing, as some people have

mentioned. I have problems touching certain things, such as dry wood,

newspapers, and certain synthetic fabrics. The sensation I get from SOUNDS is

nearly the same. When someone is scraping his/her fork on a plate, typing loudly

on a keyboard, picking at their skin, or gulping a beverage, I feel it in my

body, not just my ears. It feels like I am being physically touched by the

sound. I think the anger comes from feeling INVADED, as if someone is tickling

me or poking at me incessantly.

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>> Just an article about why certain sounds bother most people--nails against

>> chalkboards, Styrofoam squeaking, etc. It does mention how the shape of our

>> ear canals amplify sounds at certain frequencies. A friend of mine once

>> theorized that maybe my ear canal is shaped a little differently from the

>> average person's, and that could be part of the reason why certain sounds

>> drive me up the wall that don't drive other people up the wall. Maybe he was

>> onto something? I find I do have less of a reaction to many sounds that

other

>> most individuals around me find irritating, even though the same people

>> can't understand why I find the sounds I find maddening.

>>

>> _http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp_

>> (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp)

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[Guest guest]

I think we have the sensations even with lack of sound because we know the

sound, we can mentally call it up.

>Interesting, but why, then, do I have the same reaction to just THINKING about

the nails/chalkboard sound as I do when actually hearing it? I could barely read

that article, and I can barely write this, thinking about it. Seems to me that

more than just hearing is invloved. There's an actual PHYSICAL sensation. I have

the same spazzy shivery feeling when I watch someone lick a dry wooden spoon as

I would if I were to have to lick the spoon myself. And I have the same feeling

thinking about it as I do watching it or doing it.

>

>This feels slightly different from my misophonia, but definitely related.

>

>I have something going on with overall sensory processing, as some people have

mentioned. I have problems touching certain things, such as dry wood,

newspapers, and certain synthetic fabrics. The sensation I get from SOUNDS is

nearly the same. When someone is scraping his/her fork on a plate, typing loudly

on a keyboard, picking at their skin, or gulping a beverage, I feel it in my

body, not just my ears. It feels like I am being physically touched by the

sound. I think the anger comes from feeling INVADED, as if someone is tickling

me or poking at me incessantly.

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>> Just an article about why certain sounds bother most people--nails against

>> chalkboards, Styrofoam squeaking, etc. It does mention how the shape of our

>> ear canals amplify sounds at certain frequencies. A friend of mine once

>> theorized that maybe my ear canal is shaped a little differently from the

>> average person's, and that could be part of the reason why certain sounds

>> drive me up the wall that don't drive other people up the wall. Maybe he was

>> onto something? I find I do have less of a reaction to many sounds that

other

>> most individuals around me find irritating, even though the same people

>> can't understand why I find the sounds I find maddening.

>>

>> _http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp_

>> (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp)

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[Guest guest]

I think we have the sensations even with lack of sound because we know the

sound, we can mentally call it up.

>Interesting, but why, then, do I have the same reaction to just THINKING about

the nails/chalkboard sound as I do when actually hearing it? I could barely read

that article, and I can barely write this, thinking about it. Seems to me that

more than just hearing is invloved. There's an actual PHYSICAL sensation. I have

the same spazzy shivery feeling when I watch someone lick a dry wooden spoon as

I would if I were to have to lick the spoon myself. And I have the same feeling

thinking about it as I do watching it or doing it.

>

>This feels slightly different from my misophonia, but definitely related.

>

>I have something going on with overall sensory processing, as some people have

mentioned. I have problems touching certain things, such as dry wood,

newspapers, and certain synthetic fabrics. The sensation I get from SOUNDS is

nearly the same. When someone is scraping his/her fork on a plate, typing loudly

on a keyboard, picking at their skin, or gulping a beverage, I feel it in my

body, not just my ears. It feels like I am being physically touched by the

sound. I think the anger comes from feeling INVADED, as if someone is tickling

me or poking at me incessantly.

>

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>> Just an article about why certain sounds bother most people--nails against

>> chalkboards, Styrofoam squeaking, etc. It does mention how the shape of our

>> ear canals amplify sounds at certain frequencies. A friend of mine once

>> theorized that maybe my ear canal is shaped a little differently from the

>> average person's, and that could be part of the reason why certain sounds

>> drive me up the wall that don't drive other people up the wall. Maybe he was

>> onto something? I find I do have less of a reaction to many sounds that

other

>> most individuals around me find irritating, even though the same people

>> can't understand why I find the sounds I find maddening.

>>

>> _http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp_

>> (http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/10/cover-your-ears.html?ref=hp)

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