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Bells, Buzzers and Ringing

Robert124

Does anyone have problems with these sounds?

I've had panic attacks from thesee sounds for decades.

I hear a buzzer or a ringing sound, I may be the door or the telephone. I panic, my heart starts a rapid irregular beat, I sweat and generally panic/don't know what to do.

I've changed my phone ringtone to less threatening music.

I sometimes wake up instantly at night when I imagine a buzzer or ringing.   I check, there is no one at the door!  The phone has not rang!

Do others here have these problems.  Confounded

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  • I used to work in a nursing home where some of the electric hoists used to move clients made a screeching noise. It was worse than the call buzzer and part of the reason I stopped working there. A couple of years ago I had a 'reversing beeper' arrangement fitted to my car. It stops me knocking into the gate but at what cost to my peace of mind! Actually, after I got it fitted a young relative of mine with asd started asking if he could get out of the car before I had to reverse. I thought "Yes, and I wish I could too."  And then later I started thinking about other traits we have in common... and that has lead me here! And how happy I was to find this place.

  • The phone ringing doesn't bother me, but a sound I really dislike is the clatter of plates and other crockery. I hate it even on a cookery programme or as background noise on a radio advert, and have to turn it down. (no, it isn't an excuse to get out of washing up, because I still do that.) It seems to echo through my head for an implausibly long time afterwards.

  • Greetings. What I mention may seem like a joke, but it is not. There is, amazingly, a thing called "Exploding Head Syndrome"...! To find out a bit more, just type in those exact words into a Browser, etc. etc... I myself recall it because I certainly have it, just like Nightmares and Tachycardia... and, I could Post stories about it but, well, not in this Post, obviously...

    With regards to loud sounds or certain sounds in general - *whilst conscious* - then, yes, I offer support at that. It is one of the "Diagnostic Criteria" for ASDs, or something. And I support the fact that if one is "conditioned" to something, then it causes an involuntary reaction. There are, of course, "Therapies" around this, but, of course, their efficiency depends upon individual and physical states...

    ...This last could invite a lot of technical waffling, which I do not much care for (sorry), and so I am closing this Post now. Fair Play to yourself and to all.

  • I have problems with these sounds.

    I've had panic attacks from these sounds.

    I also when I hear a buzzer or a ringing sound, it may be the door or the telephone - I panic, my heart starts a rapid irregular beat, I sweat and generally panic/don't know what to do.

    It is nice to know that I am not alone.