Background noise
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.wrote last edited by [email protected]I prefer the sound of silence.
I don’t mean the song but I’m also fine with the song (it gives me Frission every time I hear it, so it gets a pass.)
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That would make sense, your brain definitely is trying to make sense of it because syllables, sentences, vocal emotion, etc are all there, so there are certainly patterns that can be picked up on, but none of it matches the existing language centers you have.
As to why you might get more frustrated than others about it, who knows, brains are weird and I’m not a neuroscientist
Alternating languages kind of makes me insane. I have to try even harder to understand it, and often it can even take me a minute to figure out what the language is, even if it is my native language.
Minute isn't exaggeration. Many times I've been listening to some "foreign language" for a while until it finally clicked, "Oh, that's Slovak, my native language."
If this is in movies I just prefer single-language subtitles.I would describe it as my brain having to switch languages on-demand rather than just catching on.
But for background this is fine. Today the Hungarian I was hearing from ceiling speakers at work didn't bother me, just background noise, only when it didn't make sense it clicked that it's Slovak, again. Quite different even. But when I unfocused it sounded like the same speech junk.
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.I like music. In silence there is almost always something else, far more distracting. A faint conversation my brain wants to listen to, music, just background noise.
I also tried noise generators at some point, but that was weird. White noise is annoying as fuck. Brown noise was better, but it made me sweat a lot when I kept it on, and just added some stress.
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.Hey, that's me! When I go to the water park, I accept their music, when I go camping, I wanna take an axe to the RV of anyone with a speaker outside. I have one but I keep it low enough that I have to be within 10 ft to even hear it, 5 ft to understand it.
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.What if the background noise is in fact a series of overlapping, never-ending streams of thoughts in your own head?
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Music in headphones: good
A show I picked by am not really watching: good
A conversation I am not part of: I WILL MURDER YOU ALL WITH A SAFETY PINDang you must be a good surgeon, I would think it would take mad skills to kill with a safety pin.
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.Mostly 2. I tend to keep my heaphones on with nothing playing on them just to muffle some sounds. Unfortunately it somehow enhances some frequencies. I think it blocks low frequency sound, but that makes higher frequency sound stand out more or smth. It's weird ngl.
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I don't know why, but someone speaking in the background in a language I don't speak drives me insane. It doesn't have to be loud, I don't have to be trying to concentrate on anything especially hard, but if it doesn't stop after a couple of minutes, I basically just have to go somewhere else.
No idea why. I don't think it is any subtle racism, because it's every language. It's like my brain won't let go of trying to understand, and keeps wanting to notify me that it's having trouble and needs my help with it.
You'd go apeshit in my house. My wife is constantly talking to her friends and family, or listening to the news, in Tagalog (Filipino).
Only thing that bothers me is that she can't teach me, and she's an educated teacher! I rock at languages, but she's so critical I can't get started.
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you."Background noise" is not a concise enough category to give a consistent answer for either scenario. Different white noises stroke the CNS differently depending on current state of arousal, time of day, body temperature, and more. If I'm irritated, clicking noises make me crave death. If I'm anxious and meditate to solve it, clicking noises can help.
Like drugs, there's a time and place for all but 1 or 2 of them. The ceiling fan click is never a good sound.
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You'd go apeshit in my house. My wife is constantly talking to her friends and family, or listening to the news, in Tagalog (Filipino).
Only thing that bothers me is that she can't teach me, and she's an educated teacher! I rock at languages, but she's so critical I can't get started.
A teacher can never really teach someone something. Only the student can learn and the teacher can encourage and help when they get stuck. I would learn how to read Tagalog first. It's not too bad, Latin alphabet and all. Look words up at first, ask her once you get better. At that point your awful pronunciation when you ask about a word will compel her into helping you learn the rest. 3. profit
And you probably will have a conversation about why you want to learn Tagalog and if I were you I would focus on being able to communicate with her family and enjoy Filipino media with her. And not that you can't understand her private conversations with her family / friends.
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.- A fan in the background, cool
- TV in the background, cool
- Children playing in the background, cool
- Music in the background, cool
- a dripping water faucet in the background, drives me utterly insane
- Music on repeat, drives me insane
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.Are those traits neurodivergent or do they just fall into the "people are different" category?
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.Where do I stand if, (regardless of my choice in the track or ability to affect said audio emenations) that background noise more or less just scene dressing for the "going insane" bit that's rolling ahead with or without it?
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I used to get really annoyed by noises that were out of my control, but after years of meditation practice, I learned to accept them (among other things) and am a much happier person. Just remember that these parts of you aren't fixed and can change if you want them to, or sometimes totally unintentionally.
If you have the luxury of time to do so, I suppose.
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.I feel like if we continue down this particular meme street, at the end of the road everyone will be considered neurodivergent.
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I feel like if we continue down this particular meme street, at the end of the road everyone will be considered neurodivergent.
wrote last edited by [email protected]If everyone is neurodivergent then everyone is neurotypical.
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If everyone is neurodivergent then everyone is neurotypical.
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If you have the luxury of time to do so, I suppose.
30 minutes one day a week
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I prefer the sound of silence.
I don’t mean the song but I’m also fine with the song (it gives me Frission every time I hear it, so it gets a pass.)
As a software developer, I also prefer complete silence and use noise cancelling headphones with nothing playing. The constant screaming tinnitus is enough background noise.
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First of all, rude.
Second of all, how dare you.Kind of depends and changes depending on a lot of factors, to be honest.
When I worked in an office, I discovered that headphones + music was the key to productivity for me. When I transitioned to work at home and had a more or less quiet home office to work in, I found that having music going was a bit irritating at times and totally not helpful at the best.
So I guess the deciding factor is whether I have to deal with the ridiculous noises other people make or not?
