Nervous anticipation

I stand by the microwave so I can turn it off when it gets to 1 minute rather than having to hear the several loud beeps when it ends - is that the same thing?

I'm not sure whether,via your description, it's the same . I do know however that waiting for those beeps affects me in the same way as the pop up sound from the toaster.  Going maybe/probably very left field I wonder whether,in my case, it's a hyper-vigilance issue.

Unknown said:

Going maybe/probably very left field I wonder whether,in my case, it's a hyper-vigilance issue.

It could well be this.

From what you have written in other posts here this could well be related to your traumas (a PTSD type response) that makes you constantly anticipating "threats" - even if that threat is the sudden movement of the toaster.

It is treatable if you want to take some action about it.

Unknown said:

Going maybe/probably very left field I wonder whether,in my case, it's a hyper-vigilance issue.

It could well be this.

From what you have written in other posts here this could well be related to your traumas (a PTSD type response) that makes you constantly anticipating "threats" - even if that threat is the sudden movement of the toaster.

It is treatable if you want to take some action about it.