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!

I've never even thought to look into EHS, but it started when I was pregnant and never went away.

I get a loud crash noise like I've just been sandwiched between 2 lorries and a horrible flashing in my eyes.

I also get the flashing in my eyes when I hear certain noises though, pots flattering, cutlery jingling round the sink, really tinny sounding instruments, really nasal voices.

I told my assessor at my autism assessment and she said "well yeah, it's synesthesia" like I should have known.

I would bet that EHS is some sort of synesthesia born from a hypnic jerk though. Tired brains aren't very good at processing input very well.

So very interesting. EHS is more prevalent in children so i understand. I've not had it since I was a teenager. But I will never forget it. It was horrible. What is synesthesia? I've never heard that term before.

I'm 98 percent sure I am autistic.

I just looked up synesthesia and wtf, that's mental, and absolutely fascinating.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21907-exploding-head-syndrome-ehs

Mine was never bangs though, it was high pitched screeching and screaming!

Diagnosed age 50 here ..great birthday present 🤣

ADHD 😜

It's really fascinating.

I distinctly remember having a visceral reaction to my not so well liked aunt as a child when she had a cold because her voice was nasal before she had a cold, and super nasal while she had one, and when I was asked why I was pulling such a face I said I can see your voice. I got sent to the naughty step because apparently that was rude! I was not allowed to watch Rolf Harris' animal hospital that night. A blessing in disguise really.

Shock horror, late diagnosed autistic, baby!

On the questionnaire it says I recognise things that other people do not, with a range from not at all, to almost always and I've never ticked almost always faster in my life.

Me too! It's normal, isn't it? Doesn't everyone see the zillions of ' pixels' ?

Cover your ears (one at a time, then both at once). If the noise gets louder or doesn't change when your ears are covered it's tinnitus. If it gets quieter it's an external noise. If it is electrical it's usually something with transformer or adapter.

My daughter and I both hear sound that isn't sound (if that makes sense 😂). We call it brain static, and I think it's just a mix of external and internal/bodily sounds. I can hear it more if I concentrate, ie it gets louder if I concentrate on it. It can't be tinnutis, because I've been aware of it since I was a child.
I think for me, and perhaps my daughter too, it's a symptom of being somewhat hypervigilant (something that comes with being an intrinsically anxious soul!).

It's probably tinnitus.

Yes I am anxious by nature and could well he die to hyper vigilance!

Yes, I get this all the time, no one else in my household hears it, but it’s definitely electrical, though I do also have tinnitus. So annoying.

I have exploding head syndrome, some kind of constant noise in my ears which is probably pulsatile tinnitus and hypnagogic hallucinations.

Interesting. I think I have experienced the same. Although I diagnosed myself with exploding head syndrome when I was a teenager. I was told by a Dr before I have auditory hallucinations. But I don't think this electrical noise that I hear is a hallucination. It's definitely there lol

It's so interesting, I can't say I've got experienced that but honetsly I'm certain I have a spectrum disorder and just spent my life masking it. My therapist (I have CBT for OCD) told me she thinks I may have autism and that my mental health over the years isn't actually a mental illness but autism.

I'm sure my son probably has that though, just the way he reacts to things makes me think he sees things that I do not.

I can hear very high pitched sounds that most people can't. Low pitched sounds I struggle with understanding sometimes if there is background noise but high, I can hear perfectly. Cat repellers, the hum, appliances running. I can even hear my own blood pressure, although it isn't high at all.

I do and I see air too.

I hear electricity. I hear the minutest of sounds - I hate it. Should I be thinking tinnitus now??

The hiss of electrical items drives me mad, as do ticking clocks. I have driven my dh crazy over the years hunting for which appliance it is I need to turn off so I can sleep.

Ohh! I used to be able to hear bats until I was about 30 odd,

it’s such a strange high pitched brief series of clicks that sound static. We used to get them flying around at dusk around our house and the neighbours, sadly haven’t seen them for years though

You can hear the earth's hum? How fascinating. I'd love to hear it.

I can!!! Like colourful molecules.

What I see is definitely not that.

I know it's not that, because I have, or have had, those things as well!. And it's not at all like floaters (which I have) or grainy vision (which I had until they lasered my retina back together), etc.

It's also constant, not "when I'm tired" etc. And I remember talking to my mum about it when I was about four.

I am autistic though, so it could be linked.

Yes, like that.