Help for sensitivity to booming bass?
I have super sensitive hearing, and I am extremely sensitive to the sound of bass from stereos. It annoys me worse than any other sound in the world. I literally get boiling mad when I hear it coming from a neighbor’s house or car. Sometimes it’s not even that loud, but even if I can hear it a little, it bothers me…sometimes to the point of tears depending on if I’m already in a bad/agitated mood - I’m not kidding. I can’t focus on anything else - TV, my own music, etc. as long as I can still hear it. People think I’m nuts because half the time, they don’t even hear it until I point it out. Then they’re like, “oh yeah, I guess I hear it….but it’s not really bothering me…” which makes me a thousand times more irritated. Other sounds don’t really bother me, but stereo bass has always driven me insane. Why does it bother me so badly? I really just want to get past it. I know that listening to music on headphones helps, and so do earplugs, but honestly I don’t want to have to always use those things. I want to be able to sit in my #%$*@ house and just ignore the sound like other people. Any suggestions?? Would hypnosis work?
In the past when a neighbor’s music has been very loud, I have called the cops. But I can’t do that every day to every single person that makes this noise. Half the time the cops are too busy to respond to a noise complaint anyway.
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Honey child, you are NOT the only one who is disturbed by this !! Actually, if listened to a lot it can destroy a person’s hearing. Just stay away from it, it stinks anyway.
I say this in the kindest possible way but you may need therapy. I think it may be an anger issue or it just may be crappy neighbors. I don’t like for my peace and quiet to be disturbed either but you sound like it is really messing with the quality of your life. Maybe you feel like people are invading your space. Maybe you can talk to a therapist about the possibility of an underlying issue. It’s worth a try. I do think that it is normal to not like your house being shaken every time someone drives by. I actually moved to a quiet neighborhood to avoid noise.
It seems you have a hypersensitivity disorder. You need therapy, visit a psychiatrist or ENT specialist or both for some relieve of the problem. In the mean time you can wear a ear muff, something look like a head phone or ear plug, have it or them with you on hearing these bass sounds, which are horrible to you.
Wow,I thought I am the only one with this problem. When a neighvour put on their Hifi systems to extreme levels, I don’t hear the music or lyrics, I only hear the excruciating BOOM, BOOM, BOOM and it goes to my head. I also feel my blood boiling inside. I always suffer in agony as long as I can bear. But there’s one time when it goes on too long and I did call the cops. The cops did manage to get them tone down the volume. But it went on again on other nights.
How I wish I had some kind of remote control gadget that I can channel the loud sound waves to just CRASH their whole sound system. Or even a remote gadget that I can just switch their sound system off anytime they put it on loud.
But now, after being diagnose with depression, I have been on antidepressants and it helps me to be able to bear with this kind of insensitiveness better.
Sorry, I can’t offer any help to counter this problem. Just to let you know that you are not nuts. You are not alone in reacting this way. How I wish people can be more sensitive to others when they choose to enjoy their music by not turning up the volume to excruciating level. It’s madness.
I think you have no choice but to use your ear-plugs since you have them. Unless, you want to pick up a heated argument with your neighbours like I did. But that still did not solve the problem.
“Meanwhile try to invent a gadget that can channel back the extreme sound waves to crash their sound system. I’ll be your first customer to purchase that gadget from you”.
Wish you All The Best,
Depwill