Is this usual

[Neramo]

Are any of you like this, and/or is this usual for NT's aswell?

At work i usually have to have music on, or Youtube videos running, and usually end up trying to hide the videos when colleges comes close, cause it might seems like i'm just focusing on something else.

On a side notice, i'm going to a terapist trying to figure out if i'm a person with aspergers, struggling with avoidant personality or just plain shy. I know that just something like this would not be enough to be diagnosed with aspergers or not, but would be nice to know if any of you are like this aswell or not. At best i can listen to music, but usually i have to watch Riverdance, LOTD, music videos, or tv shows i've seen before while i'm studying. Usually tv-shows that i've seen before is the best thing for me.

 

[xudo]

While there are a lot of noises I cannot put up with, I also can't stand silence either. I can't go to sleep at night in silence and I listen to music whenever I can.

 

[OkRad]

i need dead silence.

 

[Alcyon]

I'm not even going to play that video: I'm afraid it might be too noisy! I can do only one thing at a time; I can't read and listen to music. I loathe trying to converse with someone while a tv is on...you get the idea.

So, I am firmly in the camp of those who believe silence is golden.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

I don't know what pure silence is. I've had tinnitus all my life. I'd like to one day get that sorted if possible. I'd like to hear what silence is like.

 

[toothless]

i love silence but i suffer from tinnitus as a throwback to lifelong headbanging which becomes very loud during silence sometimes i have to have sound on to cover it,i had profound hyperacusis ontop of very acute sensory issues for years and wasnt even able to listen to sounds or music,i was housebound by it,it was probably misophonia as well but i was diagnosed with hyperacusis and not that, all thats left of it now is mild/moderate hyperacusis and painful sensory issues.

 

[jbalka]

I like silence, but it has to be absolute. I don't like hearing tiny, soft sounds, and (this is weird) I don't like silence if there's some sort of risk it'll be broken-- like with loud neighbors or something. So, like if I'm sleeping at my parents' house, which is in the middle of nowhere, I love absolute silence. But in my apartment, where people might make noise, I prefer to have a fan on or white noise so that there's no "risk."

 

[Bolletje]

I prefer to have music on at all times, it drowns out my internal monologue.

 

[Suzanne]

I am 100% like this aspie lady. In fact, I did a double take when I read and eager to listen and wow, she just repeats exactly how I feel.

If I am in a public area where there is silence, I cannot read; but rather wierdly I can play a game on my phone and it calms me down.

Silence to me is DEAFENING and I always start to hyperventilate when it goes on too long.

I MUST put music on as soon as I arrive home.

There have been a very few times when silence has been golden, but they are literally only a few times.

I have to have, rather conversily too, silence if I am going to sleep; because music just stimulates me too much.

But definitely know where she is coming from.

 

[Alcyon]

I prefer to have music on at all times, it drowns out my internal monologue.

Hmm. Maybe that's part of why I like silence: I find myself endlessly fascinating, and I don't want to miss a word of my internal monologue!

 

[Tribble]

I would like to throw my hat into the silence is golden camp, but you need to have a room fan going on in the background. A room isn't livable without a little white noise.

 

[clg114]

When I am in my office, doing paper work, I like to listen music turned down low. I hear it but do not listen to it. It is just part of the ambience in my space. At bedtime, I prefer silence. I just sleep better when it quiet.

 

[clg114]

Hmm. Maybe that's part of why I like silence: I find myself endlessly fascinating, and I don't want to miss a word of my internal monologue!

I agree. My mind is my biggest form of entertainment.