Would you date someone with hyperacusis?

[Anonymous]

Hyperacusis is a disorder in loudness perception. Patients suffering from hyperacusis may appear overly sensitive to a range of sounds, finding many everyday noises unbearable and painfully loud.

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Yes

No

Depends

[NathanDavis]

I could try... I can be as silent and sneaky as a cat ninja

what are the actual effects of this though?

do you get migraines? or is it more like anxiety, panic attacks?

[Asker]

Both & more. Since I have anxiety & hyperacusis, they both make each other worse. I don't let it get to the point of migraines because I protect my ears, but I always feel discomfort from everyday sounds. And I often get panic attacks from noise. The feeling is similar to when something chaotic is happening to a person who is extremely tired & irritable.

So, any sound in an extremely quiet environment will give me discomfort if there isn't an adequate amount of compensatory ambient noise floor. And though my right ear is more sensitive than my left, any sound in a normal environment with a broad dynamic spike (especially around 5khz+) will give me extreme discomfort. In other words, I have pain & loudness hyperacusis.

I have to constantly wear hearing protection. And when in extremely quiet environments, I have to play noise through my headphones to create a noise floor. Otherwise, I'll experience severe discomfort in my brain.

[Joker_]

I only date people with hyperacusis. I am yet to find someone with the condition, hence this explains why I am currently not dating anyone

[Asker]

bruh really out here typing in all caps 👄

[Joker_]

lol you have hyperacusis

[TransAm85]

That would be hard.. I LOVE concerts. That's my stress relief. I just saw Nelly and Ginuwine! Idc if I'm smooshed in a crowd of a ton of people, just the music is awesome!

[DizzyDesii]

Nah. I like to blast music extremely loud when waking up or before bed

[Juxtapose]

I'm autistic so I can relate to that actually.

[Asker]

How so?

[Juxtapose]

I have sensitive hearing and frequently have to cover my ears where other people are completely unfazed.

[Asker]

I wonder if I have autism 🤔 I don't have many of the signs of it but I could just bad at reading myself

[Juxtapose]

Oh trust me, even with mild autism your entire life changes and you have to have special education and so on in a lot of cases. It's not a walk in the park like A. D. D.

[Juxtapose]

You would definitely know if you had it.

[Juxtapose]

My case is mild but it was obvious enough to my parents that they took me to the best children's hospital United States in Boston, the Boston Children's Hospital to see what was wrong.

[ThisDudeHere]

I'm sure that's something I could get used to.

[KenzoTak]

How you become a influencer is beyond me

[ThisDudeHere]

@KenzoTak Why so?

[KenzoTak]

You say so much crap and have a weird prejudices

[KenzoTak]

Not someone who should influence people

[ThisDudeHere]

@KenzoTak What crap though?

[exitseven]

I am pretty quiet and don't like loud music so I guess we would get along pretty good.

[Light909090]

As long as your tv is on a low volume and no Loud neighbors.

[exitseven]

@Light909090 works for me. I have to wonder if she would be a screamer though.