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Tinnitus gang where you at.

Mynoise.net is great.

I find it disturbing that people can't seem to be in a room without a TV on, even if they're scrolling on facebook. People probably think I avoid them when I'm really just avoiding TV.

I have had a fan running nearly constantly since middle school I am now 25. I fear the amount of cat hair glued to the blades, it's one of those tower ones with the conical blades. I will not open it to clean the blades for fear that it'll die.

I had a coworker who considered anything below 160BPM not as music. My flair of music is more like Jean-Michel Jarre's Waiting for Custeau. And the apprentice thought that there was a reason for rap to exist.

Kind of depends and changes depending on a lot of factors, to be honest.

When I worked in an office, I discovered that headphones + music was the key to productivity for me. When I transitioned to work at home and had a more or less quiet home office to work in, I found that having music going was a bit irritating at times and totally not helpful at the best.

So I guess the deciding factor is whether I have to deal with the ridiculous noises other people make or not?

I feel like if we continue down this particular meme street, at the end of the road everyone will be considered neurodivergent.

Crickets are okay, but only when I feel like they’re okay.

I used to get really annoyed by noises that were out of my control, but after years of meditation practice, I learned to accept them (among other things) and am a much happier person. Just remember that these parts of you aren't fixed and can change if you want them to, or sometimes totally unintentionally.

I cannot concentrate with music playing.

Literally anything else? Like a truck crashing through the window or someone literally trying to engage me? Zero lost focus, to the extent I was initially diagnosed with a hearing disorder.

Not that that helps get stuff done…

Are those traits neurodivergent or do they just fall into the "people are different" category?

• A fan in the background, cool
• TV in the background, cool
• Children playing in the background, cool
• Music in the background, cool
• a dripping water faucet in the background, drives me utterly insane
• Music on repeat, drives me insane

I alternate back and forth all day long.

What if the background noise is in fact a series of overlapping, never-ending streams of thoughts in your own head?

Where do I stand if, (regardless of my choice in the track or ability to affect said audio emenations) that background noise more or less just scene dressing for the "going insane" bit that's rolling ahead with or without it?

I don't know why, but someone speaking in the background in a language I don't speak drives me insane. It doesn't have to be loud, I don't have to be trying to concentrate on anything especially hard, but if it doesn't stop after a couple of minutes, I basically just have to go somewhere else.

No idea why. I don't think it is any subtle racism, because it's every language. It's like my brain won't let go of trying to understand, and keeps wanting to notify me that it's having trouble and needs my help with it.

"Background noise" is not a concise enough category to give a consistent answer for either scenario. Different white noises stroke the CNS differently depending on current state of arousal, time of day, body temperature, and more. If I'm irritated, clicking noises make me crave death. If I'm anxious and meditate to solve it, clicking noises can help.

Like drugs, there's a time and place for all but 1 or 2 of them. The ceiling fan click is never a good sound.

I prefer the sound of silence.

I don’t mean the song but I’m also fine with the song (it gives me Frission every time I hear it, so it gets a pass.)

Have you all just tried getting a grip?

I am wagnetic.

I can't have anything going on in the background with speaking/singing, otherwise I'll post too much attention to it.