There are so many sounds in this world we live in. Some which we are attracted to and are soothing to the ears, like music for instance and others which irritate us. This week, we want you to tell us what sound irritates you most in your whole life.
When I saw this topic, there was only one sound that came to my mind. The screeching sound, the high pitched sound you hear when you're scraping metal against metal, is not limited to just metal against metal, but metal is almost always involved. Maybe something like dragging a metal spoon against a brick wall. The goosebumps, the weird crawling in the skin, covering your ears and hoping for the irking sound to stop. I am already feeling irked just thinking about these sounds, which just goes to show how much I hate them. I dislike them so much and anytime I am unlucky enough to hear them I do my best to stop the sound or leave the venue as soon as possible. Luckily for me, I don't get to hear them so much these days.
When I was little however I heard the sound fairly frequently. Some of my friends knew about it and then they'd use the sound to annoy me. it was funny at times, but also annoying at times as well. Then, there was this school bag that had this cool shiny design, but then when you use your hand to scratch it, it made a similar sound (a bit lower), but somewhat similar to the pot sound and it also made my skin crawl. For some reason, other kids enjoyed playing with it much to my dissatisfaction.
Up until today, a couple of hours ago in fact, I didn't even know the feeling I get when I hear these sounds had a name, I'd just called it the hatred of weird screeching sounds. But after reading @jhymi's post I realized it is called Misophonia.
Apparently, it is a condition whereby specific sounds trigger emotional responses like anger, anxiety, disgust, or distress. I didn't bother too much with this though, because in this day and age, any little thing is diagnosed as a condition. As long as it is not affecting my way of life and I can live comfortably then it's not something I need to think about. But it was interesting to see that it was a somewhat common thing, especially to this exact sound. So at least I don't have to feel weird about it (not that it changes too much though).
And there you have it, the sound I hate the most.
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