someone else hate radio in environment?

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so im very close to classic autist, in therms of sensibility, making eye contact, control my emotions. i hate some kinds of sounds like vignette in radio and televisions. so now, im having health problems cause i cant go to a gym, cause gyms are full of that thing. sticky music, with vignette. everytime i hear that, i dont know how to express this very well, but its like my mind it get blank. i just stop thinking when i hear that kinda of noise. i still can move my body and do the exercises automatically but i get dominated by fear(some kinda of phobia), my lips start to get dry, and often bleed, cause of high anxiety. i hate this, i really really hate this, and i dont know how to deal with this. i need to go to a gym because im fat, but i cant because of the noises. i feel hopeless.

I find most ambient music and radio distracting, but only the sound of trapped cattle drives me nutty. You might look into noise-cancelling headphones, probably with a masking sound track you like. However, there are myriads of ways to get exercise outside of a gym. You can just do calesthenics and other exercises at home, or go out for sports, bicycle commuting, running, etc. Most home exercise machines are used as supplemental clothes hangers. If you think you would use one, shop used. Building exercise into my daily routine worked best for me. On a busy day in the city, bike commuting gives you more time, more exercise, and it burns off the frustration. Chopping wood and carrying water work well too.

Only if it's music I don't like. Or if the DJ is being annoying and talking over half the song

What actually drives me nuts is the sound of radio stations changing a lot. My mind tries to focus on one station for some odd reason and when it keeps changing, it drives me NUTS.

For me, the worst thing about radio is the pace. There are often interruptions, but also a lot of repetition, yet if one's attention wanders, it is easy to lose the thread. Reading is much better. Also, while I am not particularly noise - sensitive, I dive for the mute whenever program introductions start jingling.

My 1st post. I'm very passionate about this topic.

I'm hypersensitive to radios, it combines two of the things I cannot stand the most. Unsolicited speaker noise & unsolicited music. By this I mean that sometimes I do like music - but on my terms and in my control.

Music for example, I cannot even listen to most of my own MP3s unless I specifically have a craving for a song or a band. I cannot stand random/shuffle. I generally play an album start to finish if I want to listen to more than one song.

I avoid radio stations in general in cars or at work, the uneven background static makes my ear canals itch - even if the quality is clear. I have this reaction with all PC speakers when listening unsolicited YouTube clips, online music, and amateur videos. If I'm intentionally researching a topic and watch a YouTube vid then it doesn't bother me.

The worst part is when people in general decide to get musical. I have a very bad internal reaction when people near me sing, whistle, hum, or drum on things. It feels like there is a spoon lightly pressing into my ear - not being shoved in, but the roundish tip just touching instead my ear. And the person is rotating the spoon the longer they don’t shut up. And the spoon is made out of different material depending on who's voice. And different temperatures. Like there is one guy who whistles & sings at work and it feels like an super-cold icicle in the shape of a spoon rapidly rotating. There is a different guy that does it (thankfully not often) and it feels like a spoon made out of warm caked-mud that is slightly sticky and slowly spins. People in the office kinda know that it bugs me and that helps. I haven’t mentioned my ASD or the spoon-thing to anyone. Apparently when I take days off from work they play the radio and sing along. It sort of hurts my feelings (I'm not sure why) but then again its a bit funny.

I just don't like the radio, period.

I find chart music to be the most god awful generic "noise". Everything sounds compressed, squeezed and evened out. Everything sounds the same, so nothing stands out. A song or channel changes on the radio and I don't even notice. It's the same damn noise causing my ears to vomit blood!

The main problem with radio for me is that it never, ever shuts up. The only exception is classical music stations. Everywhere else, broadcasters consider "dead air" to be the worst crime possible, so quite literally every milisecond between songs or programs is full of presenters talking, adverts, station idents.... Even if I like the actual content, the relentless barrage of sound is too much to handle.

Jerremy vine, I cant stand any type of show where people get wound up. I desire a carm environment.

I use noise canceling earphones or earbuds. Or have them playing music I like. I like exercising to my kind of music. Other kinds of music would likely throw off my momentum.

Some styles of music I find unsettling.

But most of my issue music/muzak is that is unneccesary.... like at the gas station... every store I go in it seems. I think the constant bombardment of music people contend with devalues it in society. I think this is one of the reasons that the majority of music has been reduced down to very basic chord progressions and very basic forms. It is generic and vanilla.

I also don't like the psychological reasons retailers and office buildings use muzak. It seems very sneeky to me and makes me question their motivations. ( Google MUZAK to find out more. )

On low volume I can tolerate radio but when its too loud, distorted, base only, echoing or in other ways not "perfect" it drives me nuts, stress levels go up etc. Also people talking through it or multiple audio sources at the same time have the same effect on me. I am almost unable to follow cross-talk conversations ... I basically listen to everything at the same time, anyone recognize this?

My hearing (or actually filtering of audio in my brain) is one of my traits I have the most problems with.

So, yes... I have the same problem as foxant in gym but also in other places like restaurants, bars, parties etc etc... my advise would be to use ear plugs/buds but also to talk about it and explain it to your teacher. Is often something other people usually don't think about and don't understand but are willing to accept after you explain how it works for you.