Does anyone else "hear electricity"?

[TheBluntCrab]

Just that really. I've always wondered if this is normal. I can't get to sleep because I can hear a low pitched hum..I always hear it but tonight it's annoying me, & the only way I describe it is, it sounds like electricity?? Weird!

Yes, I do. I used to cut out the electricity to the whole house at night, helped a lot.

Ds hears it too.

Yes, I do. Tonight I can hear a high almost hiss.

I can’t hear electricity as such but some devices make a high pitched noise that only I of my family can hear. It’s so obvious to me that I can walk in the room and tell you if they are on or not.

Yes. My mom can too. The rest of our family can't

Yes.

But I can also see air. I confused my mum a lot when I was small, asking her what all the coloured dots in front of my eyes were. It's just the pixels that make up the world. But I don't think other people can see it.

My DP can't. I have a suspicion that my 3 year old son can too, he's autistic and non verbal, and I'm sure he hears things that not even I can hear sometimes. I think most people tune out to background noise. But not me, and I don't think my son does either.

Omg. Me too!!!

I can also see the pixelated dots!

Do you have tinnitus OP?

I only 'hear' electricity' when abroad in a humid country and you can hear the electric wires buzzing.

Yes, me and my eldest son can.

We were only talking about this the other day and saying that when we go to very rural areas or a seaside town we both know, the silence is noticeable.

Yes I have the same! Except it's not certain devices. It's just kind of there?!

That sounds like "visual snow" which is a symptom of B12 deficiency

I dont think I do? I'm not sure 😂 I feel like maybe I'm too young to have it? I don't know 😂

I dont think I'm deficient. Mind you, I last had bloods about a year ago and it said deficiency was unlikely.

I've had tinnitus when I've had a sinus infection or Covid but it's not the same thing.

It has been questioned whether I have undiagnosed autism or something, by many people! I did wonder if maybe that was it? As I read lots of neuro divergent people struggle to tune out noises/sounds. I know my DS who is autistic quite severely hears things and they bother him much more than it would neuro typical.

I used to when I was growing up, but live in a pretty noisy place now so sleep in earplugs. I remember complaining to my mum though about the permanent buzz that was stopping me sleep, and she had no idea what I was talking about. I thought it was just being young though as apparently children and teens can hear more than older people.

Interesting about being ND, I'm ADHD with suspected autism. I can't cope at all with irritating noises at the edge of my hearing, hence the earplugs.

Me! I can feel when next door switch their tv on

I can't cope either. Even slight noises. It does something too brain and it actually irrationally irritates me and I feel a feel rage inside. Like actual anger. I could go outside and rip a tree out the ground at times.

I get occasional what I called static in my ears, I suppose a ringing but usually I just put a finger in my ear and wiggle and it goes away 😂

I am diagnosed autistic.

Pretty sure I've not had a vitamin B deficiency since childhood (I'm 57).

Oh yes, absolute fury! For me the worst is the noises right at the edge of my hearing - bizarrely, I can cope ok with traffic, or even sirens. But noises I can only barely hear, like people standing outside having a conversation? That's like physical pain. Couldn't manage at all without earplugs at night, and noise-cancelling headphones in the day.

I could go outside and rip a tree out the ground at times.

Sorry @TheBluntCrab, I know this wasn't intentionally funny but the image in my mind is cracking me up!

I can just see an angry woman whose lost the plot, running round the local park, ripping out trees with her bare hands 🤣🤣

No, it doesn't look like the visual snow images online. It doesn't look like anything. Just if I think about it (because I've had to learn to tune it out) I just see everything in tiny little coloured dots.

You see. I can do loud music. No problem. I love loud music. I can't do the niggly sounds like this electrical hum, I hate sirens, I hate screaming children 😂 (the noise, not actual children) crowded places where there's lots of chatter... It is like a physical pain! It makes my brain hurt!