If you’re going to constantly hum or whistle or just bring unwanted background noise into every room you enter, you should probably make an effort to be otherwise good company. The person I know who does this is also really annoying in general. If I liked her, I don’t think the humming /whistling would bother me as much.

Anonymous wrote:Humming is really good for your mental health, OP. It sounds like you need to try it.

Oh yes so now the house is filled with more than one person's discordant humming. How lovely for the rest of us.

I don't understand the people in support of the humming. Do we no longer live in polite society? Are we no longer expected to control ourselves during family gatherings? You know what I like to do? Eat chocolate pie. So I think on Christmas I'll take the pie to my room and eat it all. It's ok for me to do this because maybe I have a binge eating disorder which is more important than the fact that Nana Barbara really wanted to share her old family recipe pie with the family one last time before she dies.

Humming is really good for your mental health, OP. It sounds like you need to try it.

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Anonymous wrote:At least they’re not clearing their throat every five minutes. I know somebody who does that. Phlegm city….

Oh that is the worst. FIL does this!

Why does he do it?

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh, you all are worse than hummers, whistlers and throat clearers. Just mean, and proud of how annoyed you are by someone in your home.

I don't understand why their need to make sounds should be tolerated but there's no tolerance for people who can handle obnoxious noises.

Whistling and constant humming and sudden phlegm sounds really make me anxious. Maybe people who make noises need to have some more compassion.

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Some of us are extremely sensitive to sounds. It's a sensory thing. Just like many stimmers have sensory issues. Where's the compassion for us? It's not like I can turn off my reaction to noise. Sure, I can put on earphones or use earplugs but don't get me started about how that makes my tinnitus worse, so it's a lose-lose scenario.

Exactly. OP is the one with OCD/Tourettes/whatever tic is it that makes her need to dominate her environment. It's hard to be a guest in the house of someone like that. Just say it like it is -- OP has an issue, not the other way around.

STFU

Anonymous wrote:There is nothing worse than a whistler or a hummer. I don't think there is anything related to any disability with either of these horrible habits.

We had a janitor in my elementary school who had Tourettes. He had a facial tick and randomly screamed curse words. I am amazed he wasn't fired.

Throat clearing is terrible too but nothing is worse than someone sniffing up their snot and not blowing their nose!

You can’t fire somebody because they have fourettes

Anonymous wrote:They’re stimming. Have some compassion.

Exactly