Hairdryer - the noise

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Piers
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17 Aug 2014, 1:38 pm

As a child I used to follow my mother around the house when she was using a vacuum cleaner - simply because the hot air which came out the back, combined with the noise provided a peaceful feeling. Then I moved onto a hairdryer and have been using one for nearly 16 years.

I have it on in the background, especially when it's daytime and there are cars around or people making noise outside. I also find it keeps my head 'clear'.

Does anyone else find this type of noise soothing? Maybe combined with heat?

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17 Aug 2014, 8:47 pm

I also find it an awesome way to stim!
The hum and heat are very relaxing.
Also a desktop computer makes the same sort of hum which is very pleasant to have on when sleeping.

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17 Aug 2014, 8:49 pm

I love to keep the fan on, even in colder weather, in part because of the hum.

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17 Aug 2014, 8:57 pm

am unable to cope with the noise of hair dryers and hoovers and will end up falling to the floor and banging head on it to knock self out from the agonising pain.
when lived in one of the last ID institutions of the UK to close, the support staff were evil;they knew was acutely affected by the hoover noise and they thought the reaction to it was funny;was chased around by them with the hoover,ended up developing a acute hoover phobia,am able to walk past a turned off hoover now but thats took years of effort,the fact am able to see its not some out of control monsterous noise pollution tool makes it a lot easier to cope with someone hoovering the bedrooms here [as long as the doors are all shut].

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17 Aug 2014, 9:03 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:

am unable to cope with the noise of hair dryers and hoovers and will end up falling to the floor and banging head on it to knock self out from the agonising pain.
when lived in one of the last ID institutions of the UK to close, the support staff were evil;they knew was acutely affected by the hoover noise and they thought the reaction to it was funny;was chased around by them with the hoover,ended up developing a acute hoover phobia,am able to walk past a turned off hoover now but thats took years of effort,the fact am able to see its not some out of control monsterous noise pollution tool makes it a lot easier to cope with someone hoovering the bedrooms here [as long as the doors are all shut].

I'm really sorry they did that to you. That kind of behavior is disgusting and obviously unbecoming of someone who is part of the support staff at an institution.

I actually can't stand the sound of the hair dryer if I'm the one using it; if someone else is using it, I'm fine. Same thing with vacuum cleaners. If I, personally, am using a blow dryer or a vacuum cleaner, I get weirdly paranoid; I'll get this feeling that someone's about to attack me from behind.

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17 Aug 2014, 9:29 pm

ReticentJaeger wrote:

KingdomOfRats wrote:

am unable to cope with the noise of hair dryers and hoovers and will end up falling to the floor and banging head on it to knock self out from the agonising pain.
when lived in one of the last ID institutions of the UK to close, the support staff were evil;they knew was acutely affected by the hoover noise and they thought the reaction to it was funny;was chased around by them with the hoover,ended up developing a acute hoover phobia,am able to walk past a turned off hoover now but thats took years of effort,the fact am able to see its not some out of control monsterous noise pollution tool makes it a lot easier to cope with someone hoovering the bedrooms here [as long as the doors are all shut].

thanks ReticentJaeger! they were all 'oldskool' and didnt view us as human or with respect,when the place closed was moved to a residential home ran by the same staff as they were moved there so the hoover taunting carried on.
they did the same thing with the dishwasher,they knew am highly sensitive to the sound of glasses clashing together so was made to take them out of the packed dishwasher whilst they all watched pissing themselves laughing at the reaction.

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18 Aug 2014, 8:06 pm

Only noise that soothes me is music. Else i prefer quiet. and i do mean dead quiet.

Or the sound of nature, birds and stuff.

Luckily i dont live near a main road, im not sure how people who live near freeways, main highways, train stations or just railroads can handle the constant noise.

Kinda like that scene from the Blues Brother movies, i mean people really live like that with a train going by like every 10 min. I would LOSE IT.

noises from vacuum cleaners, hair dryers and such is the worst, because they have this constant high pitch.

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18 Aug 2014, 8:38 pm

Sort of. The sound puts me into a lul, and I kind of enjoy it while it's on ... then when it ends I'm a bit disoriented. It sucked up all of my mind, or something. My thoughts got all wrapped up in it and then disappeared with it too.
I don't know how much sense that made. Have a good day!

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18 Aug 2014, 9:01 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:

People are such scum... :-/

Re original post. Can't say hoovers or hairdryers do a lot for me. As far as ambient sounds go, I prefer something less obnoxious - like the hum of the fridge or the sloshing sounds of a washing machine (even its spin cycle is better than the hoover!) Really, though, I just prefer peace and quiet or the sounds of nature rather than irritating humans. I have become worse about noise as I've got older, though citalopram has helped me calm down. A little bit.

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18 Aug 2014, 10:56 pm

I hate the noise, but love the pressure that it gives. Dilemma...

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19 Aug 2014, 2:18 am

Piers wrote:

As a child I used to follow my mother around the house when she was using a vacuum cleaner - simply because the hot air which came out the back, combined with the noise provided a peaceful feeling.

I loved the smell coming from the old vacuum cleaner as well as the look of the machine, so I too liked to be near it. I liked the sound too, but was more into the smell and the look. I usually do like the sounds of machines, like hums, whirs etc. Rain and clocks ticking are even more soothing for me though.

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19 Aug 2014, 6:20 pm

That stuff is friggin scary! I always run away whenever I hear one, my mom says my hair always looks crusty, but who cares. I'm my own individual person!! !! !! !!!1

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20 Aug 2014, 6:36 am

Indexer wrote:

I also find it an awesome way to stim!
The hum and heat are very relaxing.
Also a desktop computer makes the same sort of hum which is very pleasant to have on when sleeping.

I also find that, during power cuts I've often felt everything is far too silent. Unfortunately I use water-cooling on my desktops so they don't make much noise

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20 Aug 2014, 3:58 pm

Noise, that blocks out, say, radio, is dangerously loud, so I use earplugs, when drying hair.

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21 Aug 2014, 1:56 pm

I find the sound of a hair dryer annoying but I love the hum of a fan.

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21 Aug 2014, 2:49 pm

I hate the sound. It scares the hell out of me. I am getting a slight panic attack everytime a fan like this is running. There is something in the sound, a hidden wailing. It must be caused by hot air moving between metal elements. My computer also does it sometimes but fortunately only when there is very hot around (over 30*C), which is not often in my country. I can stand it but it is really uncomfortable. I make stupid mistakes and get clumsy because I can't focus on anything properly.

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