There’s some kind of factory near me that tests an alarm every so often. It sounds just like an air raid siren, and because it’s coming from so far away it’s slightly distorted.
This would be creepy enough but I’m hardwired to that sound after working as a journalist in Ukraine, so I find myself listening out for explosions or wanting to check the app on my phone to see if anything has hit.
Amber alerts, weather alerts, and tests over the radio/tv/phone. It’s just for a second but the initial sound makes me anxious.
Also, (this one is a mixture between angry and anxious) when I get multiple texts in a row. I know a few people that like to send multiple texts in a row as opposed to sending a small paragraph. Drives me insane.
A double door opening in the middle of class. 98% it’s not a school shooter, but my amygdala says it is every time. I’m probably being extra about it, but I genuinely scan for exits every time.
The sound of my mom’s flip flops coming down the hallway when I was supposed to be asleep but was secretly reading under the covers with a flashlight. Still makes my heart race 20 years later.
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The alarm in the mornings
The sound of that train every morning at 3AM, blowing it’s horn as loud as possible.
Chalk on chalk board! I hate it!
Or screeching tires.
My 2yr old coughing in her sleep the night before she’s supposed to go to her childminders
There’s some kind of factory near me that tests an alarm every so often. It sounds just like an air raid siren, and because it’s coming from so far away it’s slightly distorted.
This would be creepy enough but I’m hardwired to that sound after working as a journalist in Ukraine, so I find myself listening out for explosions or wanting to check the app on my phone to see if anything has hit.
Those drills they use to put scaffoldings together. Equal parts anxiety and murderous rage 🙃
My parents footsteps
The sound of a loud siren always gives me instant anxiety. It just sets my nerves on edge
Sound of flowing water when and where there shouldn’t be. Usually results in a costly mess and huge headache.
People snoring. More ‘instant annoyance’ than anxiety though.
That split-second silence after you drop your unprotected phone. It’s the sound of every life decision you’ve ever made catching up to you.
When the phone rings
I hate the dinging alarm chimes on planes – makes me have a huge jolt of anxiety.
For all us insomniacs it’s gotta be birds chirping in the morning.
Setting a glass cup down a little too hard on a glass table. Glass on glass 🫨😫
Wailing Siren
A ringing phone after working as a receptionist
That awful vomit sound the singer of Imagine Dragons makes in that “Thunder” song.
My ex’s voice.
Amber alerts, weather alerts, and tests over the radio/tv/phone. It’s just for a second but the initial sound makes me anxious.
Also, (this one is a mixture between angry and anxious) when I get multiple texts in a row. I know a few people that like to send multiple texts in a row as opposed to sending a small paragraph. Drives me insane.
“Mama!!!”
Code blue alarm
A double door opening in the middle of class. 98% it’s not a school shooter, but my amygdala says it is every time. I’m probably being extra about it, but I genuinely scan for exits every time.
Big fart
The sound of someone vomiting.
Iphone alarm
Indian car hooting everywhere, all the time.
My alarm clock
A message notification from an eBay buyer.
A phone call late at night.
Its either work (i do breakdown callouts), or someones hurt
Slack notification.
Hospital equipment beeping noise
Someone calling for help late at night
The doorbell!
The library mutual baby commercials
The ping of my MS teams at work 😭
The birds chirping outside…it’s then I realize I’m gonna go on day 3 with no sleep
People shouting / screaming (even if it’s an excitedly). There a whole lot of YouTubers I can’t watch.
The sound of my mom’s flip flops coming down the hallway when I was supposed to be asleep but was secretly reading under the covers with a flashlight. Still makes my heart race 20 years later.
Slack notification
MS Teams video call ringing sound…
Scurrying sounds. Constantly paranoid about it being rodents.
Sonic the Hedgehog drowning music. Never actually played the games but that still sets me off.
Loud knocking on a door. Don’t know why, I just feel really really uneasy when that happens
Asthma attacks
When a fart stops a little too quickly…
Smacking when eating or a dog barking constantly
The alarm/siren being tested at the chemical plant I live near. Sounds like a goddamn air raid siren