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The world is too damn loud!Has anyone really thought about how lod everyday life really is? Sometimes I wish I could float in the quiet darkness of space to escape it.
Has anyone really thought about how loud everyday life really is? Sometimes I wish I could float in the quiet darkness of space to escape it.
Yes, it's horribly, intolerably, mind-numbing loud *Get a good MP3 player; load it with your favorite tracks, and invest in a nice pair of "noise-reduction ear buds". A bonus, if you are female : Guys will try to chat you up less - or just in general, the NTs are less likely to pester you with small talk. ( See - every cloud does have a "silver lining" - LOL! )Has anyone really thought about how loud everyday life really is? Sometimes I wish I could float in the quiet darkness of space to escape it.
Yes, silence has a feeling - a bit like a echo in an empty room.i feel very much like you when it comes to sounds. when you said "Sometimes I wish I could float in the quiet darkness of space to escape it" i felt so much empathy, i have had the exact same wish myself.
i like to hear the silence in the middle of the night, it feels so soothing, i can sit outside with my laptop and soak up the healing night quiet, it is better than any drug i have ever taken. i get a kind of synesthesia with noise where i feel each sound as a physical sensation, it can be agony sometimes. sitting in the quiet of night is a relief i cant come close to describing. sometimes i feel like floating up and falling quietly through space forever, the relief of sounds absence emptying my head of any thoughts, tranquil silent peace.
i haven't thought of it before but maybe that peace is the way i hear/feel silence, every noise feels different maybe it's absence has a synesthetic feeling too. hmmmmm
Ooooh, I know... ( Little dogs are the worst! ) Chihuahuas can hit a pitch that just makes my brain cells curdleYes, this has been on my mind an awful lot lately. So much noise pollution, just "junk noise" that distracts from the sanity available in any given moment.
My phone is always on vibrate because I hate the little ringtone jingles, and it's gotten to where even the sound of the buzzing is a big nuisance. When someone else's phone near me rings, I can feel myself bristle.
The other day, I went walking on the beach one morning, and these two women came up behind me talking to each other. The noise of their conversation was so distracting, I stopped walking and let them pass so I could have the white noise of the waves back to myself.
I now carry my Diskin headphones with me in my bag everywhere, and every chance I get, I'll pull them out and get some music going. The music is noise pollution, too, but it goes through a different part of my brain, and helps to drown out the noises of people talking.
And then there are the dogs who live across the street. Barking dogs...ugh.