S/O noise

When I'm working, I like it silent. No TV or distractions.

At night, I sleep with a white noise app on my phone because I have to have a monotone noise to sleep. I could never fall asleep with the tv on because it would be too distracting.

Yappy dogs do my head in almost more than anything.

With most noises I’m ok for a while then ‘grrrrrr’ suddenly it’s too much. If I have my grandkids here, someone puts some music on, someone else is talking loudly etc I have to dip out now and then.

I like noise. Music, podcasts, etc. But *one* noise at a time. I don't want to hear Jeremy's birds screaming + his TV going + him watching videos on his phone. My brain cannot separate out competing noises. I cannot be in a room where people are having many different conversations. My brain just can't handle it. I feel confused and unfocused.

I’m retired now, but when I was working I always had the tv tuned into reruns of shows that I’d seen. Somehow it helped me focus on my work. I couldn’t tell you what happened on the shows though.

I hate loud noises. My husband has pretty serious hearing loss, so he always has things turned way up. It always bugs me, but I shut up about it.

Most noises bother me at this point in my life. I can tune our most talking and my kids playing, but repetitive noises (pens tapping) and loud noises (gunfire on tv, metal music, etc) drive me mad. Literally. I also hate ASMR type sounds. I love to watch ASMR videos on mute because the motions are soothing but I can't handle the sounds.

ETA: I do sleep with a fan on high because I can't sleep in dead silence but other sounds are distracting.

I don't like traffic noise. Not the constant hum of people driving average vehicles at average speeds--that's okay. But a few times a day someone will either gun the engine just to do so, or someone will go by with a very large (think construction) vehicle or a very loud vehicle, and because those noises are outside the norm, first they sometimes startle me, but moreover, they completely drown out anything else happening. So if someone is speaking to me, I won't hear them. If I'm watching a video or TV, I won't hear it.
Basically, it's just annoying.

The noise that bothers me that I feel badly about is sustained whistling. Because whistling is fun, and I often associate it with someone being happy, and so I ought to like it, right? But nope--after awhile of someone whistling every part of me is silent asking "When will they stop?!?"

On the flip side, I also dislike the sound of whispering.

I imagine that if this thread hangs around awhile, I'll think of a bunch of other noises I dislike, too, since by and large, I like quiet.  

Ooh, like I just remembered---I loathe leaf-blowers.  

Generally noise doesn't bother me... 

Exceptions:

Two ladies sitting behind dh and I at Red Robin last night.  Place was pretty much empty.  Music in background.  But not loud.  These two women were SOOOO freaking loud, I could hear every single word about Logan, Target, driving, shopping, Logan, Logan and Logan.  It was so annoying.  What was even worse when we sat down their dirty plates were sitting there so I thought it won't last too long.  WRONG.  We got up to leave and then they wanted dessert. Shoot me now.

One of my co-workers won't wear earplugs and she turns on some TV show, and it just bugs me for no reason.  But she is like nails on a chalkboard about everything.  A one-upper as well.

I have a fan or white noise when I go to sleep.  Sometimes fall asleep to the TV.. it has to be something I have watched a thousand times, like Gilmore Girls. I can just close my eyes and listen. 

Sometimes it is overwhelming at my moms; my mom's husband has the TV on full blast with his 1960ish cowboy shows or movies blaring. 

Otherwise I'm usually okay.. but don't get me started on that ASMR stuff... that is a NO except the lawn mowing guy. haha

People talking too loudly in public, especially restaurants or airplanes. I don't care about your colonoscopy or what you're having for dinner. The person's right next to you; use your library voice. Here in Florida, we've had an influx of Jersey people. For the love of all that's holy, there's no need to shout.

We were recently at a very noisy restaurant next to a table of drunken hillbillies talking loudly and at length about t*tties. I couldn't hear the people at my table but I could sure hear them. 😤

I'm getting like one of the old guy muppets.

A lot of noises bother me like repetative noises (tapping, snoring, etc).

There is one noise I absolutely LOVE and that's the sound of a cat purring.  I used to have a cat that liked to be carried around and he would purr and I would just put my ear to his belly and listen to it.  It's just so calming to me.  I've often thought it would make a great sound to put inside my pillow to help me fall asleep at night lol.

I like pure silence when I first get up. Just went on a girls' weekend and one of the women turned on the tv before she had coffee . It made me all rage-y. I listen to music when I’m out and about in the car, but generally it’s silent at home unless I’m preparing a meal; then I play music. We keep a fan going outside our closed bedroom door, because Mabel starts scratching at it around 4am and Vinny plays with his spring loudly on the stairs and it used to wake me up. 

Sounds I love are the wind blowing, a wood fire crackling, the water sounds of streams and oceans, rain, snow falling, birds singing in the morning, distant train whistles, dog toenails clicking on a wood floor, car tires on gravel roads, the barred owls calling to each other from the trees in our yard, and music I like. I especially love the gentleness in DS's voice when I tell him I love him and he says, love you too. 

I can’t stand leaf blowers, the beeping of trucks backing up, screeching brakes, people talking on infomercials, gunshots and fireworks. Oh and there’s a special place in hell reserved for a church near where I walk that plays hymns from a computerized church bell. It chimes the hour, which is reasonable, and then for 30 minutes, proceeds to harsh my mellow from birdsong, wind blowing the tall grasses and tree branches. 

This.  Crying is fine, other playing noises, fine.  

Dh and ds are super noise sensitive! Me, not so much. The only thing I really don't like is some of the repetitive music that dh listens to. He likes EDM.😖

We are in Dubrovnik, right by the cathedral, and at 11:30pm a band started playing the Cancan song and now a play is being performed and it involves A LOT of yelling! Thankfully the weather turned cooler today, and we have a little air conditioning unit, because we've had to close the windows. We can still hear, but it's muted enough we should be able to sleep, unless the band starts up again.

I prefer no noise. Especially at home. I never have on non-stop background noise.
If I watch a movie, tv show or listen to a few songs....then I turn it off when I am done.
I also listen at a lower volume than the average person.

I can handle noise in smaller time frames and smaller doses....chatter and talking, concerts (I always wear thicker earplugs), dining in a restaurant, out at a bar.
More often than not, I put my ear plugs in towards the end of the work day.

If I am going to be in a louder noise situation >> out a bar with friends, concert, ball game, etc....I mentally prepare for it. I also take a break(step outside or in the corridor of the concert venue) just to have a quiet (or quieter) break from the non-stop noise.

Non-stop noise (tv or music) all day...is a no.
After a few hours of it (like at work), I am on sensory overload. There is overhead music at work, which is why I put my earplugs in (they help muffle the constant noise).
I always drive home from work or an social gathering or event....with the car radio off, because I NEED quiet.

I don't like noises like tapping or drumming fingers, whistling, constant humming. Whistling is the worst and an instant trigger.
Children screaming, screeching or crying non stop and constant video game noise..... escalate my sensory overload.
I hate fireworks. I will be wearing thicker earplugs, to help muffle the neighborhood fireworks.

The type of noise, also makes a difference. I can handle a few hours at a concert....much better than a few hours of children yelling, shrieking and screeching at a playground.

I have been this way my whole life, and noise has gotten more bothersome to me as I age.
I never expect anyone to cater to me (turn down their tv or music).....I tolerate it. I carry earplugs in my purse.
I know my limits, and will excuse myself to take a "quiet break" or depart a situation entirely if I need to.

I have misophonia so I’m extremely sensitive to noise as it will bring a physical response. Anything repetitive, like a certain beat or sound in a song, screaming music like AC/DC for example. Bass, so if I can hear the thump but can’t make out the words, will make me nauseous. Tonight, fireworks in the distance, the thump… woosh that occured back to back for an hour straight about sent me into a tail spin. Clicking a pen, the sound of dings on a cellphone, tapping nails, humming, clicking a computer mouse, this list goes on. Tones, volumes, and repetitive sounds, that’s what gets me. My phone is always on silent, always. It doesn’t help that I can hear a gnat fart a mile away.