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Rhyfelwyr
03-27-2009, 00:13
I hear this constant noise in my head, and I think its whispering, telling me to walk where the wind blows...

:clown:

OK but seriously, this thread is about having a TV/radio/something on in the background. Whatever I'm doing, I just cannot concentrate without this background noise. If I sit down to eat something and the TV isn't on, then I just cannot eat anything and I have to put it on or I feel really uncomfortable. I actually watched the JEREMY KYLE show this morning while eating my breakfast. :embarassed:

Same goes with homework/revision. Cause of the timing of when I do mine, I often end up watching Coronation Street or Eastenders, I even know some of the characters names. :shame: :skull:

My brain just doesn't 'click in' if there's no noise. Like the other night my mum swithced the TV off because my brother decided he had to do his homework at the table where I was eating my dinner, and so she switched the TV off and I was just sitting there.... it feels so awkward, like you notice every little movement you make. I gave up and went to the kitchen, at least its not so bad when there's no people around.

So does anyone else find this?

rasoforos
03-27-2009, 19:22
Yes exact same thing.

I cannot eat without a TV or at least a radio on and sleep much easier with a TV on or the lights on.

I always make sure I have something good to watch while eating.

gollum
03-27-2009, 19:23
Thats because you leave in Greece.

rasoforos
03-27-2009, 19:41
Thats because you live in Greece.

7 years of living in the UK did not alleviate this either.

When I moved from London to a little Midlands town the quietness at night was so...loud (for need of a better word) that was driving me nuts.

drone
03-27-2009, 20:03
I like to have background stuff going on as well. When sleeping, I usually have a fan or humidifier running, if it's too quiet I can't sleep. When I'm home just mucking about, I like to have the TV going, I'll pick something I don't have to pay attention to. If I'm gaming or reading, I'll have a sports channel tuned up. When I was a student, I always had music on in the background when I studied. Not sure why I like this, but the advantage is that I can now tune just about anything out. Street construction, people blabbing away on cellphones, friends' annoying rugrats, all just a faint buzzing noise in my ears. :yes:

gollum
03-27-2009, 20:25
It doesnt matter if you ve lived the rest of your life in the UK Rasoforos. Many other Greeks i personally know have this and symptomatically were actually Athenians...

rasoforos
03-27-2009, 20:30
It doesnt matter if you ve lived the rest of your life in the UK Rasoforos. Many other Greeks i personally know have this and symptomatically were actually Athenians...

I m not Athenian... ...most certainly not... ...never!

...like calling a Scotsman English... :wall:

gollum
03-27-2009, 20:34
Thessaloniki? Patras? Iraklion?

rasoforos
03-27-2009, 20:46
Thessaloniki? Patras? Iraklion?

Thessaloniki of course

gollum
03-27-2009, 20:48
All clear now - i guess Athens qualify as the most hated by its own citizens capital :laugh4:

rasoforos
03-27-2009, 20:51
All clear now - i guess Athens qualify as the most hated by its own citizens capital :laugh4:

You got that right :yes:

gollum
03-27-2009, 20:53
Its a pitty though...

rasoforos
03-27-2009, 21:52
Its a pitty though...

its quite deserved my friend, quite deserved...

gollum
03-27-2009, 21:53
Pitty nonetheless...

Rhyfelwyr
03-27-2009, 22:29
Yeah for sleeping it is the worst. My bedroom is about 5 metres away from a main road, so I always hear the traffic going by. But when I'm on holiday or whatever and there is no sound whatsoever, it takes me ages to get to sleep because its almost like the silence is a 'noise' in itself.

Strike For The South
03-27-2009, 23:09
I like silence

PanzerJaeger
03-27-2009, 23:13
I thought this thread was about tinnitus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus). Glad its not.