Hate certain sounds but also hate silence

Greetings. As I wrote below... it is not just You. The fact is, if You could speak to "babies" or get an honest answer from children (!!), then they would all say that they can hear such noises as well. We are all born with a greater range of senses (hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, etc.) than we are usually raised into maintaining. There is information about such thigs available upon the Internet, if interested. Look up Ultrasound, and Infrasound, and Frequencies... keywords like those.

Greetings to <>Every Good Person upon this Thread (so far).

...The main thing I want to say is that hearing ( or sensing/seeing/etc. ) "things" and/or being annoyed/comforted by them is not just an Autistic thing. But, yes, We are more prone to carrying such things into Adulthood, which is part of the 'diagnostic criteria' for Autism...

I say simply that a noise (or the etc.) can be annoying to some yet comforting to others, just like anything else. Like Food, Smells, Dogs, Trees, Nylon, The-Colour-Red... everything. But!- Yes I like this Thread and shall add somethings thereto...

I like Classical music and Rock music. I like Dogs barking and Birdsong. I regard My own heartbeat as much as Breathing. ALL of these things are intelligent noises, and I pay an attention to them, and when they change, I notice that as a possible indicator that something is wrong or changed. It is only an irritation when it is bad and I can do nothing about the bad.

I do sometimes step outdoors to escape the 'artificial' noises a lot, and that is in some circles seen as "meditation"... not always possible, though.

...To close My post... Yes I also used to hear CRT-High-pitched whining... but does anyone else here ever *hear themselves snoring*?? I often wake up upon the exhale and hear it then, and am so annoyed My having made such a noise... seriously!  

I don't like having Warm White LED bulbs in any room that I use during the daytime. I find it reminds me of melancholic Autumn & Winter days in the UK.  It has to be Cool White, even in the bedrooms; even though I hardly ever keep bedroom lights on for any length of time.

did anyone else here used to hear that loud high pitched whine off old CRT tellies?

thats the noises i hate. the high pitched ones you don't hear until you notice them then realise they're EVERYWHERE.

or is this just me? 

Morning, like you similar in addition people chewing makes we want to start throwing things (unless I'm doing it), so I normally leave the area to save a visit to the police station. Re the silence, I would agree, however a few years back I went to the Alsace in France, skiing lodge thing - I don't ski but its lovely there. We went when there was no snow and little people, when sitting outside the chalet there were periods of time where there was no sound, and I mean nothing. As I was relaxed this was a great experience and I really enjoyed it. Normal day to day, I'd be making noise either doing something or making random noises, phrases, saying, silly rhymes etc...

Sometimes I love silence, and sometimes I don't. It depends.  Often, I am unhappy with both silence and the lack of it.

The biggest problem with silence, or the lack of it, is at night.

I live in a flat, with other flats around me.  One problem is the noise of air extractors in the bathrooms. I get annoyed at the sound of it in neighbouring bathrooms,  then I get annoyed when it stops and I get silence.

The noise from guests in other flats also annoys me. Sometimes they have parties,  the noise from the loud talking, the music and the giggling gets on my nerves.  I am never invited.

The worst noise is a loud, unexplained,  background, something moving sound.  This is outside and low level, very annoying.  It goes on and on. To tolerate it, I turn the TV on.

Every now and then I can feel my heart beating, that freaks me out a bit. 

I'm a bit like that with my heartbeat! It stresses me out if I become too aware of it.

Rely on white noise type sound now alot more, for sleep and drowning out urban sound while out about. I don't like silence though- don't like to hear my heart beating, I find that very unsettling.

My sister bought me a moon light for Christmas and it's lovely - very relaxing

ha i know what you mean. i should try that.

i have terrible trouble with sleep (why im awake right now)

one time when i was working in a kitchen i hadn't slept for two days.

when i got home i fell asleep standing up in the kitchen and people said it was like i was sleep walking - walking around miming making food in mid air like i was holding a frying pan. 

in my dream i was back at work flipping burgers haha. sleeps quite funny when you think about it.

i read somewhere when you sleep your brain floods with cerebral spinal fluid as a sort of "flush" for all the used up neural precursors for the day.

I prefer to practice breathing control and listen to myself doing it. I can't even be bothered to figure whether it could be called mindfulness, meditation or self-hypnosis. When I begin to realise that there are some rather bizarre (but usually quite entertaining) thoughts passing through my mind, it is obvious that some sort of trance state is one the way. It's almost like you resign yourself to that state.

i know we're talking about sound. but the type of light emitted from a bulb can really affect sleep, as it confuses the circadian rhythm.

a light with a redish tint (the orange bulbs) look to our brain more like twilight

the bright white flourecent bulbs have too much blue and make our brain think its daytime (awake time)

i had this issue so have two lights installed in my room: a bright white light, and a low watt orange light for before sleepytime.

works really well to help me get tired and get to sleep on time.

Yep, I hate sleeping in an air-con room It isn't just the noise. i also dislike the stale air and the fact that it leads to more respiratory problems. And frequently it just makes the room too noisy and cold to sleep in I'm gradually replacing all the fluorescents with LEDs. I wouldn't say I find the hum too bad, but I'd rather be without it; it's a constant reminder of wasting energy and money. And I can always switch off the lights completely for further economy. The thought of sleeping in a room, even with only a nightlight, is completely beyond the pale. Unfortunately there is absolutely nothing i can do about racing motorcycles and cars with illegal exhaust systems, barking dogs, workshops working OT and noisy nightlife. And I'm not lulled to sleep by music; even though it is one of my greatest pleasures in life.

how do you feel about those things you get on youtube: 10 hours of dolphin sounds? or tibetan meditation sounds?

i put them on to drown out noises i dont like when trying to sleep.

I need absolute silence to sleep though or white noise to drown out irritating sounds lol

I'm similar! I hate white noise (like air con units, dehumidifiers, fluorescent lighting buzzing etc.) and hate loud/screechy/chaotic/unexpected noises (e.g. when outdoors or in crowded places), but I get really anxious if it's silent. I have to have music, a podcast or a TV programme running in order to relax. I never go to sleep at night without putting an audiobook or TV programme on in the background.

No detraction intended, but a lot more silence would suit me down to the ground. But I sort of know how you feel, since I'm surrounded by a whole country of people who will obviously do almost anything to avoid silence and being alone. But as a bit of an enigma, I also love almost any music that is heavy and intense. The way I think about that is that if I know well in advance that there is going to be an intense musical experience, I'm fully prepared for what follows; but I am mentally challenged by unexpected or sudden noise and confusion. I guess that is how I survive in a very noisy country; by preparing myself a silent place when I know that things will soon get very loud.