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[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Mouth noises and ASMR stuff. Makes me want to break things. Condition’s called misophonia.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 hours ago

Where do I even start? The one that affects me most is that I absolutely can't stand wearing any pants at all.

I hate the texture of all sorts of porridge and oatmeal with a flaming passion. Wearing a coat indoors for more than five seconds makes me want to punch something. When you're at a beach, come out of the water, and your feet are covered in sand. (bonus points if you're trying to put shoes on)

Sandpaper. Dry skin. Dry clay on my skin. A lot of plastic things. Body hair touching me. Dry lips. Sleeves that are too tight around the armpits. Neon colors. Those fucking bright lights that look like they're made for the purpose of blinding people. Flashing lights. The sound of people chewing or even swallowing loudly. Nearly all beeping sounds.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Acrylic blankets and microfiber. I just can't. Even thinking about it make me cringe.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 40 minutes ago

YES. This stuff just feels sticky. As if it's latching onto my skin and creating the same feeling I get when someone is rubbing two pieces of Styrofoam against each other, only this time literally palpable.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Dry hands. I absolutely have to moisturize at all times.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

Touching cardboard, I have realized how rough and dirty it is.

Stepping on crumbs with my bare feet.

[–] ghewl@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Nail filing, chalk on chalk boards, using the eraser on chalk boards

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

When snow is so cold it is bone dry like a chalk board and squeaks any time it is touched.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 4 hours ago

Oh snap I love that

[–] JustAnIdiotPlsIgnore@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

When you're at the beach or some body of water and the dirt, mud, or sand gets on your hands, you get out of the water and start to dry off. I despise the feeling when your hands dry out.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Dragging a guitar pick up guitar strings, and touching those hologram images.

[–] ilhamagh@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I was gonna say high freq vibration noise, but those two also give me the creeps. I think I have whatever it is you also have.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

Dry, dirty hands after working in the garden. I mean dry.

Sharp Scrape of utensil on plate.

A thick seam on socks at the toes.

Too-tight clothing.

Repetitive noise.

Sometimes people chewing. Or talking around chewing.

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Fibers snagging on a chewed or broken nail

[–] tektite 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Microfiber towels sticking to dry skin on your hands like velcro. Soggy sandwich bread. The way cotton balls feel and sound when you pull them apart. Non-skid on bare feet. Wooden utensils or popsicle stick wood on my tongue. Being touched by dogs with wet beards. Trying to sleep in bed with dirty feet. Synthetic fragrances.

I'm sure there's more.

[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

I kind of understand why these things bother you. They don't really bother me, except the synthetic fragrances, but I can get the gist. It's kind of weird.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Anything kinda powdery like flour, chalk in general, or things like dried mud or clay. Can't stand them, especially on my hands and feet.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

Yep! I do pottery and absolutely despise how my hands feel covered in dry clay.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Agreed on chalk and similar feels.
In Hermany we have sweets called "Traubenzucker" (according to my quick web search they are dextrose sweets) which also have this feel and it's even worse in the mouth.

Biting into meringue is also quite uncomfortable to me.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I can't stand chewing noises over headphones. its fucked up to eat when your mic is on dont do it

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

We have one of you at our zoom COVID pub group. We try to not chew the chips and peanuts around our you but we forget. But we do think about your issue all the time. Sorry.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 16 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Barking. It drives me absolutely mad.

Unfortunately in the US people are OBSESSED with dogs. Everyone has one and so many people just leave them outside to bark and bark and bark and bark and bark and.... :/

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

Yeah I used to go for a walk at my old neighborhood and one dog would start barking then the next and the next and soon I would have the whole neighborhood barking just by walking around the block.

Also my old neighborhood my neighbor will leave for work at 6:00 in the morning and his dog would woefully and loudly bark for a solid hour after he left.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 11 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I have a cat. She is currently emitting no noise and is a moderate grey color.

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I read "she is emiting a moderately grey color"

[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago

If you think of how light and color works that's pretty close to what's going on. She's reflecting the light wavelengths that we perceive as gray and absorbing the rest. So kind of like emitting a gray color.

[–] masterbaexunn@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This is how you can easily differentiate people and assholes. Assholes leave their dogs outside.

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[–] LMagicalus@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

This miiiiight not be a sensory thing, but here goes.

To me, everything has, like, a correct feeling it has to give before leaving it to rest. If not, it's a little too rough, or smooth, it just feels off. And I can keep feeling it after stopping touching it. And anytime I look at the object. I can feel it when I watch a movie or show and someone puts something down in some indescribably wrong way.

To be clear, this isn't a placement thing. Organization and whatnot don't matter, it's just like "Oh my foot just dragged forward on the carpet, that was weird and rough forward, now I have to do it backward to make it feel right," or "I just out that down and from the sound, I can tell it went down wrong. I gotta go adjust it." That loops until I get it just right, usually a process of 2-45 minutes.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes I try not correcting/redoing the thing that was bothering me, and it makes me feel vaguely uncomfortable/unsettled. It's like I fixate on it.

[–] XCraftMC@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago

I’m not a professional but that sounds a lot like OCD

[–] Adm_Drummer@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I get this a lot too... Sometimes it extends to placement of an object but more like; I adjusted this candle and it went too far counter clockwise so now I need to adjust it equally counter clockwise before moving to the right position or it would "feel" off.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

E L A S T I C \ I N \ M Y \ S O C K S
this makes sock shopping immensely difficult

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

For me it's seams in my socks, like right across the toe, and then that shit bunches up inside my shoe if I don't put it n right and it makes me nuts

[–] Zomg@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hearing the sound of people eating. Especially if it's louder than what i would consider normal.

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Store Music

I hate it.

Holiday music. Too repetitive.

A crowd talking.

Basically, it can be summed up as, TOO MUCH FUCKING NOISE

(I just want some silence 🥲)

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

earplugs have been a game changer for me. i haven't been shopping without them for the last six months.

[–] Muun@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When hurricane Beryl hit us, Target was on generators with very minimal lighting and no music. It was such a great shopping experience, that I flagged down the manager and asked them to do this full time.

Of course they didn't. But man, I miss that.

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[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Chewing gauze or tissue. Yes I had my wisdoms removed recently.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

The sound of a metal utensil squeaking against a plate. Nails on a chalkboard. Dry skin on dry paper. The smell of tobacco smoke. The sound of a modified or worn out muffler on a car or motorcycle. The tickle of a runny nose. The tickle of drops of sweat running down my face and back on a hot day.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fact that 99% of LED Christmas lights are mini strobe lights.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

My folks bought a new house and got all this expensive LED lighting installed everywhere and they ALL run at such a low frequency they look like strobe lights to me. I hate it so much.

Nice place otherwise, though.

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[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 35 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I have so many. Here are some top ones:

  • Grinding metal utensils on plates/teeth
  • Stepping on something wet
  • Motorcycles / purposefully loud exhaust mods
  • Most mouth sounds in general
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[–] hark@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Stickiness anywhere on my body, but it most often happens when I eat something sticky with my hands like a caramel or something.

Having something stuck between my teeth.

[–] macattack@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

If someone has the TV volume too high, I cannot focus on anything else

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

Thankfully, the family understands that I'm not anti-social. I just can't sit in a room with the TV on and two grandchildren listening to iPads all at the same time.

I have plenty of tasks in my office or in the garage.

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[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

My wife hates eating noises. I never used to notice them, but she complains a lot.

She also eats pretzels and chews ice all the time. Now it fucking annoys me.

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