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You might have Misophonia. It's not normal to be extremely irritated by sounds other people make. The "normal" state is to be able to tune those out.
by theshrike79 3y ago
You might have Misophonia. It's not normal to be extremely irritated by sounds other people make.
The "normal" state is to be able to tune those out.
- scbrg 3y agoI'm not when it's normal noises, made by non headphone wearing people. Normally people are conscious about the sounds they make and restrict them a bit. If you're coughing in a group, you try to do it softly, or you leave the room. Things like that. When people wear head phones this kind of subconscious self control seems to be a lot less effective. I'm certainly not the only one to have made this observation.
- wharvle 3y agoI sometimes start audibly breathing with headphones on. Something I never do without them. So I won’t wear them around others when I can avoid it. That’s aside from tapping I might not realize is making noise with headphones on, or a particular motion in my chair that’s making it squeak and I don’t know it because headphones, et c.
- alok99 3y agoLoud breathing is one of my biggest concerns when wearing noise-cancelling headphones around others. Partly because I dislike hearing it from others and don't want to subject them to that, and partly because I don't want to sound like a smooth-brain mouth breather.