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So about a year before I moved out of Seattle I started hearing this HUM around the University District. It was low pitched but it was everywhere. And it was es

So about a year before I moved out of Seattle I started hearing this HUM around the University District. It was low pitched but it was everywhere. And it was especially in my bedroom. All night long. My sleep became a lot less sound. My boyfriend never heard it. Ever. He’d sleep right next to me. His ears just didn’t go down that low, I guess. Or maybe my skull resonated with this noise better than his did, I dunno. I have no idea what caused it. It went down over time, but I’d still hear it pretty much every night I slept in my apartment. Sleep elsewhere and it was gone. I moved to another city. It didn’t follow me. I’ve mostly forgotten how glad I am to not have that low frequency hum be a constant presence in my life. Thanks for reminding me how grateful I should be for it being gone! ️

blunte 7y ago
I had the same situation with a partner who couldn’t hear it and got tired of me complaining. I asked a neighbor, and he said he heard it but his wife did not... and that she got tired of him complaining too! The only solution I found was to turn on an air purifier to generate soft, low pitched white noise. With just a little increase of noise across more frequencies, my brain would relax. I suppose it’s like water drop torture compared to a soft shower.
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Sendotsh 7y ago
I've moved house a few times because of the low frequency hum. It drives me absolutely insane, to the point of sleep deprivation and major anxiety/stress. I can't explain why some places I lived in had it, and others didn't, but finally finding a city/area that doesn't have it has ensured that me and my family will live here forever. The main thing I could think of that those places had, was most were in built up areas. Inner suburbs of major cities, apartment living, etc. It was like a very very low frequency hum in the back of my skull, at the absolute bottom limit of being audible but definitely a distinct sound.

blunte 7y ago

I had the same situation with a partner who couldn’t hear it and got tired of me complaining. I asked a neighbor, and he said he heard it but his wife did not... and that she got tired of him complaining too! The only solution I found was to turn on an air purifier to generate soft, low pitched white noise. With just a little increase of noise across more frequencies, my brain would relax. I suppose it’s like water drop torture compared to a soft shower.

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Sendotsh 7y ago

I've moved house a few times because of the low frequency hum. It drives me absolutely insane, to the point of sleep deprivation and major anxiety/stress. I can't explain why some places I lived in had it, and others didn't, but finally finding a city/area that doesn't have it has ensured that me and my family will live here forever. The main thing I could think of that those places had, was most were in built up areas. Inner suburbs of major cities, apartment living, etc. It was like a very very low frequency hum in the back of my skull, at the absolute bottom limit of being audible but definitely a distinct sound.