My appliances are talking to me again

[Ron Obvious]

By which I mean that I hear "things" in white noise sounds.

No, I'm not off my meds again -- I've had this happen most of my life on and off. It's probably fairly common, no stranger than seeing faces in clouds. I'm going through a strong phase of it now, though, and it's distracting.

Usually it's singing. Last night I kept hearing some sort of doo-wop singing with the AC on. It's very repetitive and it's just beyond my ability to quite make it out.

Just now, while (electrically) shaving, I heard some sort of ethnic chanting "hey-owie-hey-o-ayie-oweo". Over and over again.

I hear something like Viennese Waltz music in my white noise generator. I wish I could write it down, it's pretty good, though, again, repetitive.

Anyone else "suffer" from this? Know any tricks to make it stop?

Don't worry, If my blender starts suggesting homicide, I'll see someone about it.

[antiquie]

1. Happens to me every night, sometimes during the day.

I just chant, hum, sing, whistle along.

[Ron Obvious]

4. Confirmation that it's not just me then

The weird thing is that goes away for months at a time.

[NightWatcher]

2. It's either 2 things. 1. You're insane and needs heavy drugs. Or

2. You're musically inclined and you hear rhythm in the daily noises that surround us all.

I'm hoping you're a musical person.

[Ron Obvious]

3. I've posted here about my lack of musical aptitude before

I think I just have this overall tendency to various forms of Pareidolia. I see faces and dinosaurs in our marble bathroom tiles too.

[NightWatcher]

5. Not aptitude but creativity and artistic inclinations

Or maybe you're just an open minded dreamer who'd rather hear a tune than an annoying leaf blower or would rather see a masterpiece than a boring popcorn ceiling.

[Ron Obvious]

10. That's me exactly

The soul of an artist in the body of an accountant. No one sees the hidden fires within me.

[pipi_k]

22. The marbleized...

table tops that were in style during the 50s and early 60s always fascinated me as a kid.

I found that I could "draw" pictures in them using just my forefinger

[davidpdx]

17. That's fucking funny

[mysuzuki2]

6. I have several appliances which sing to me periodically.

Mostly the radio and the stereo.

[Ron Obvious]

8. Smartarse!

[olddots]

7. start worrying when you hear colors and see sounds

this will mean you must be an artist and it's a lonely job .

[Ron Obvious]

9. Not since college

When I stopped doing that sort of thing.

[Populist_Prole]

11. Yeah I notice it too from time to time

Generally, it's not one appliance as such, but certain combinations of noises from different things during certain conditions cause me to "hear" things that aren't really present such as music, voices, my phone ringing. What'll trigger it is say a combination of the central A/C blower intake through the filter and the whoosh of water coursing through the plumbing. Or the dishwasher's varying sounds with a neighbor's lawn mower.

I've heard others descriptions of sounds you can't get out of your head. One wag termed it as the condition of being "mind fucked".

[MerryBlooms]

12. It sometimes sounds like muffled party voices late at night

when our heat or a/c is on. It was so clear one night, our Harry (Siamese cat) who was on my lap, stood up and stared towards the laundry room. So it's not just you or me, it's also my cat. lol

[rug]

13. Gather them all in a corner of the kitchen.

Write the word "Snowden" on a piece of paper.

Place the paper in the midst of the appliances.

Step away and shut the kitchen door.

Let them hash it out. They'll be too busy to talk to you.

[a la izquierda]

14. Not quite what you experience...

But I suffer from hypnagogic sensations (sounds mostly), and horrible hypnic jerks. It makes bedtime interesting (I also have RLS).

[valerief]

16. I have that sometimes, too. Just sounds. nt

[valerief]

15. Yep. I always thought it was the 'faces in the wallpaper' kind of thing, too.

We're just built that way.

[B Calm]

18. I never ever had this happen to me. My advice is to smoke a big doobie and

call your doctor in the morning!

[surrealAmerican]

19. You could always sing along.

It seems to me that if your white noise generator is doing this, there's not much point in using it. Is the sound it's covering up somehow more distracting?

[blogslut]

20. This is for you

http://vimeo.com/33008235

[pipi_k]

21. I have a

white noise sort of machine with different sounds on it like ocean, babbling brook, crickets, etc.

Some of them do, after a while, sound like someone is repeating the same phrase over and over again.