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I don’t do background noise. I exist in a state of silence most of the time.
Not because I need it that way, but because I literally don’t notice when something is on so why waste the electricity. If I do notice, I’m definitely not doing whatever I’m supposed to be doing..
But this, very importantly, only applies when I get to choose the noise. If someone is forcing noise on me (like my former manager who used to sing at her fucking desk) its incredibly distracting. Always.
It's all fun and games until you get even mild tinnitus and need some sound to not constantly hear iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
No need for tinnitus when you can hear coil whine.
Bonus point for making me feel like it is going to start burning any time soon.
This, I use earbuds at work my entire shift (when I'm not in a meeting or on the phone) to 1) drown out the tinnitus, and 2) drown out the noise around me. Even though I'm 99% WFH now I still do it just to maintain my focus. I'm mostly podcasts and audiobooks, but when I really have to focus and work fast it all music and it's fast metal turned up to 11.
I guess I lump that in with sounds I ignore. I’ve had it for a loooong time, and it doesn’t bother me until I think about it (so you know, thanks.. 😑😜)
For me it's only easy to ignore if there is some background sound. By that I mean the most basics like the fans on a computer or just the wind outside. Or the echo of the room itself.
The problem is that I like to use over-the-ear closed headphones that block out most noise. So as soon as I stop playing anything, it becomes very obvious.
Yep. Any external noise can be a big distractor.
Now make that noise repetitive, or something like the sound of someone eating, and it can send you though the roof.
I end up not finishing the task in both scenarios
I put Spotify on the block out whatever it is that slightly squeaks in the back every time drive over a bump
Add some black tape for the warning light and we can be best friends.
I somehow have both at the same time 😭
Yep. If I choose the noise I can block it out. But unsolicited noise somehow becomes all my brain can focus on.
Unsolocited noise is a banger band name
Let's form a band and then never come to practice and forget about our gigs and delay cutting a record forever because it's just so fucking much work
Damn you're so right
Can I have this plz? Being genuine
I either have Spotify going and grooving, or I'm so focused on work and forget to turn it on.
Yo same. Can I DM you? Your username is personally relevant to something happening to me in a really weird way. If not its 100% Understandable, have a nice day
DMs are open :)
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Spending 20 minutes finding the song with the right vibe then switching songs 2 minutes in...
My wife is the first one, I'm the second. We have to be completely separate to get anything done.
Have you tried white/pink/brown noise?
I've tried theta wave and she's not a fan, but it works well enough if I'm in another room.
Drag thought brown noise was a myth
No, brown and purple are supposed to be good for tinnitus, too.
As an aside, how does drag feel about second-person pronouns such as "you" and "thou"?
Edit: Drag might be thinking of "the brown note" which is very different from "brown noise".
Por que no los dos?
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Why you gotta call me out like that? This is annoyingly accurate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I found in college the old sitcoms playing with nick at night were the perfect background noise while not being to interesting to pull my attention from the books.
Yep 😅
I am both modes at once