Sounds that make you cringe

team_actimel

Saccular acoustic sensitivity is a measurement of the ear's affectability to sound.
Many of us have negative physical and mental stimulation to certain sounds.

I suffer from it mainly when people are scraping ceramic bowls/plates which gives me goosebumps and chills.

Here are a list of some of 'the most horrible sounds' conducted in an online study.

Polystyrene
Vomiting
Microphone feedback
Multiple babies crying
Scrape of train wheels
Soap opera argument
Coughing
Tasmanian devil :cool:
Nails on a chalkboard
Apple munch
Electrical throb

Does anyone else suffer from certain noises that give you mental or physical effects?

nullzero

Rihanna.

tomwaterford

I imagine hearing your parents riding is gonna feature pretty highly here for some folks

LordSutch

Noisy eaters, people eating with their mouths open whilst smacking their lips!
Scraping out a saucepan with a metal spoon (instead of a wooden spoon).
Nails being dragged down a blackboard. People getting sick (vomiting) . .

hoodini89

I get shivers from the feel of polystyrene alright. Oh, and the fights they do be having on EastEnders gives me negative effects.

Barry Badrinath

Cats looking for a ride.

At night in the dark, it sounds like a zombie baby in the back garden looking for revenge.

kopite386

Nails down a blackboard or chalk being dragged down it as well makes me shiver even at that thought of it

I never quite understood why but the sound of people pouring liquids into a cup or glass irks me. Waves of annoyance and frustration and directionless anger. Specifically the noise of tea or coffee from a pot into a mug.

Never understood why. I just notice it - ignore it - and move on. But always wondered why it gets on my wick so deeply. I just assume I have some association built up with it that triggers something in me

Airyfairy12

People eating/chewing, repetitive noises, snoring, screaming kids and babies, dogs barking, Dublin accents - all of them, English accents, Newry/Monaghan accents, knifes and forks scraping plates, alarm clocks, house alarms, motorbikes, car horns, sirens, people that talk really loud, people getting sick, music played in Tesco, lip smacking, people kissing...I could go on all day so ill stop now.

Edit ^^ pouring liquid *shivers.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

People eating
Slurping
Chomping on an apple
People smacking their lips as they eat
The sound of the word moist
People who won't blow their nose and are just snuffly
Shrill screams
Things pouring into cups or glasses
Sudden unexpected noises make me want to knock someone out I hate it

elefant

People cracking bones in their fingers/necks.

sbsquarepants

Fork scraping on a plate:mad:

jiltloop

The really high pitched hum that comes from old CRT TVs. You normally just notice it when it's turned on and no sounds has come out yet or when it's muted.

Thankfully there's not too many of them around any more.

Olishi4

team_actimel wrote: »

Apple munch

Does anyone else suffer from certain noises that give you mental or physical effects?

can't imagine eating an apple without the crunch!

The alarm clock in the morning.

Barry Badrinath

The sound of people talking absolute shyte.

Colser

Air con in the car really annoys me..I turn it down as sit as soon possible.People who leave the window slightly down in the car all the time and that continuous sound it makes..

kfallon

The sound of a snail's shell cracking when you step on it accidentally while walking in the dark at night

evolving_doors

brushing teeth

osarusan

Cork accent.

gramar

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Sudden unexpected noises make me want to knock someone out I hate it

Oh yes...I hate those. A wan here in the office dropped a hole puncher on the floor yesterday. My instinctive impulse was to punch her in the hole...thankfully I managed to curb my urges.

s4uv3

My phone ringing. Especially when I'm in bed on a day off :mad:

razorblunt

Hard to explain the first one ... cleaning furniture with a cloth to get a stain out.

Scraping ice in a freezer (I'm ok with clearing the windscreen).

Sklarker

sbsquarepants wrote:

Fork scraping on a plate

This is the only sound I hate but it drives me demented for some reason

Turtyturd

Teeth grinding together.

bodhrandude

If there is one thing that gets me its the sound of a performer, band, busker or gig where someone is out of tune, be it vocals or guitar it doesn't sit well with me. Also I remember a scene from a film where there was this fight in a shipyard and one fellah loses his balance and tries to cling on to the side of a ship but he can't get a grip and his nails scrape the side of the ship as he falls down (I suppose like nails on a blackboard.) Also travelling on a ferry, I can never sleep as there is always a constant hum or vibration through the whole vessel, much like if you are living in a place near lots of heavy duty fans or air conditioning systems.

scouttio

If someone stands near me while licking the lid of a yogurt, I will instantly put them on my hate list

Shlippery

The noise/sensation of scratching those cards where the picture changes when you look at them from oa different angle. You know the ones. They've a weird scratchy texture.

It's ****ing awful.

Oh and the noise that certain rain jackets make of a certain material..same with tracksuit bottoms. Its' only one type of material ..but it bothers me greatly!!

mahoganygas

The sound of your phone's alarm clock when somebody uses it as a ring tone.

Barry Badrinath

Oh, the sound of someone running their hand along a latex balloon.

Fcuk that

Sam Kade

D4 accent

schizo1014

I'd imagine people spitting would be up there for some people, not us country folk.

MRnotlob606

Brian Dobsons sex squeal

Keedowah

People sighing... especially when you know its looking for attention!

Barry Badrinath

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Brian Dobsons sex squeal

Stop ridin' him then.

dd972

Suitcase wheels on a pavement, especially if the person is walking in front of me at the same pace, turns me homicidal.

bodhrandude

dd972 wrote: »

Suitcase wheels on a pavement, especially if the person is walking in front of me at the same pace, turns me homicidal.

I get ya, I never understood why people take wheelie cases to music festivals but the sound of them on these man made walkways with a hangover was fcuking awful.

Standard Toaster

When you burn the bollocks out of your breakfast and the smoke alarm won't stop wailing.

Barry Badrinath

Standard Toaster wrote: »

When you burn the bollocks out of your breakfast and the smoke alarm won't stop wailing.

Better upgrade that Standard Toaster to a good one.

team_actimel

People slurping and crunching the bejaysus out of their bowl of cereal. Crime usually committed by a family member that makes you want to throttle them.

bodhrandude

team_actimel wrote: »

People slurping and crunching the bejaysus out of their bowl of cereal. Crime usually committed by a family member that makes you want to throttle them.

What sort of sound is that?

Potential Underachiever

The noise of someone using a yard brush makes my skin crawl

The noise of my GF eating crunchy stuff really irritates me, it's like she's eating gravel.

The noise of dogs barking that live nearby infuriates me, it's like a yelp/cry/bark all in one.

Summer wind

Anyone brushing a card board box with their hand.

Sam Kade

dd972 wrote: »

Suitcase wheels on a pavement, especially if the person is walking in front of me at the same pace, turns me homicidal.

Especially at Dublin airport where they have that plastic flooring with the bumps, you'd feel like thumping one of them :mad:

y0ssar1an22

sounds i cant stand, make my skin crawl

1. sound of people handling/breaking polystyrene
2. markers squeaking on a chalk white board

theres probably a few others, but those 2 spring to my as being particularly awful.

Milly33

Licking Ick makes me just go blahhh... Like when a dog is licking itself clean,.. Drives me nuts hard to describe now, and snots noises..Yuck yuck yuck

everlast75

the sound of people walking in flip flops. For some reason, it depresses me.

when someone clears their throat really REALLY loudly (and its often repeated!)

team_actimel

bodhrandude wrote: »

What sort of sound is that?

The subsequent blood-boiling sound having heard said cereal slurp/crunch.

iLikeWaffles

razorblunt wrote: »

Scraping ice in a freezer (I'm ok with clearing the windscreen).

Scraping ice out of the freezer, I even shivered when I read it!

The noise of most YouTuber's!

team_actimel

everlast75 wrote: »

the sound of people walking in flip flops. For some reason, it depresses me.

when someone clears their throat really REALLY loudly (and its often repeated!)

One positive for summer being over is not hearing colleagues flip-flopping around the office. It's an irritating sound alright.

I was sitting on a flight from New York to Dublin once in front of an aul fella constantly clearing his throat very loudly. Made my flight very unpleasant.

uch

The sound of Scutter hitting the pot in one big wallop on a monday morning

henryporter

The sound of people cutting their nails with clippers.

The sound of rodents scrapping behind walls or ceilings.