I have serious tinnitus in one ear that causes me all sorts of issues, I wouldn’t wish this on anybody. Maybe I should thank my lucky stars.
It was a light-hearted dig at my taste in music - I didn’t take offence.
The laptop keyboard bashers are top of my hated commuter list. Usually cockwombles who feel a need to show everyone just how important and clever they think they are.I’d probably have changed carriages if that had happened when I was commuting………also hated people having loud conversations, non-commuters on the train (ie people who didn’t know that it’s FORBIDDEN to talk throughout the journey, especially early mornings), people eating (especially anything noisy, smelly or those unable to keep their gob shut when chewing), people with crap tinny headphones, people BASHING away on their keyboards so hard the carriage shakes, kids, anyone playing games online with audible sound…….
God I hated commuting
Possibly, as the train was leaving (old) Durham town.Was he a Roger Whittaker fan
My ex wife used to hum nonexistent tunes when stressed.
I have asked (when I say ask....) people to shut up on trains (before I bought my expensive headphones).Then thank your lucky stars that humming isn’t an autistic trigger for you- some noises can literally cause us physical pain. Wearing headphones and listening to a music station with no dialogue is the way I cope. Like millions of people around the world, I enjoy Country music but apart from that, I find it is great ‘easy listening’ music to type by when I am working - the driving repetitive rhythm and simple lyrics soothe my autistic brain in environments that are overbearing with sensory triggers.
I took it as a light hearted dig a country music rather than your taste in it.It was a light-hearted dig at my taste in music - I didn’t take offence.
Just explaining why that particular style of music works for my autism and allows me to multi-task.
I have had tinnitus in one ear since my teens - It actually doesn’t bother me that much - in a way, I have grown to find comfort in the sound of the outside world suddenly switching off and having a high pitched ringing in my ear instead - that’s how much external noise can trigger me, to the point that tinnitus can be a comfort!
If I had hearing aids, I would be one of those people constantly switching them off to be ‘selectively deaf
There are worse office habits than daring to type on a keyboard and snacking. I can imagine them grumbling to their mates, ‘And he spends all day listening to country music and muttering to himself, writing these long messages on football websites.’No, you are not alone - it drives me to distraction - even worse when there’s no discernible or particular tune.
My complete intolerance to it is probably to do with being neurodivergent- I process sounds differently to neurotypical people -every ambient sound in an environment is magnified and intensified.
I work a shared office, fortunately my colleagues don’t hum but one of them crunches crisps, apples and biscuits all day, the other types with little fingers tapping on her keyboard in a really annoying monotone clicking with her fingernails .. I literally feel my blood pressure rise just hearing these sounds and I visualise throwing apples and keyboards out of the window whilst keeping a dead pan expression and quietly carrying on with my work
All in a normal day in the life of someone with a neurodivergent brain.
Really?There are worse office habits than daring to type on a keyboard and snacking. I can imagine them grumbling to their mates, ‘And he spends all day listening to country music and muttering to himself, writing these long messages on football websites.’
Maybe this is subconsciously why you run the stay up-tracker every year. You want to give something back to the society after MURDERING it.
Country music is much, much worse than the noise distractions you have mentioned. There's a reason it starts with c**t.No, you are not alone - it drives me to distraction - even worse when there’s no discernible or particular tune.
My complete intolerance to it is probably to do with being neurodivergent- I process sounds differently to neurotypical people -every ambient sound in an environment is magnified and intensified.
I work a shared office, fortunately my colleagues don’t hum but one of them crunches crisps, apples and biscuits all day, the other types with little fingers tapping on her keyboard in a really annoying monotone clicking with her fingernails .. I literally feel my blood pressure rise just hearing these sounds and I visualise throwing apples and keyboards out of the window whilst keeping a dead pan expression and quietly carrying on with my work
All in a normal day in the life of someone with a neurodivergent brain.
