I’ve heard discussions about this matter before, and I’ve even heard a term for the feeling (“heebie-jeebies”), but I’ll tell you right now: if you wanted to torture me, I think I could more easily deal with (insert you personal horror here) than somebody continually scratching his fingers across a blackboard. Pain is one thing, but that sound erodes my very soul.
Indeed, my aversion to that sound is so profound that I don’t think that I’ll ever take an “adult education” course. Indeed, if I even see a blackboard on TV, I grab the remote so that I have the “mute” button on stand-by.
I have no idea why that sound wants me to slay myself to make it stop. Why on earth would a scraping sound cause me so much pain? I’m serious about this: I would much rather that you stuck a pin in my arm than scrape your nails across a blackboard! I can deal with a bit of pain, but when I hear that sound, it makes the universe seem unbearable.
This is not a joke. I will NOT go into a classroom where there is blackboard, because I am worried that the teacher might inadvertently scrape his or her nails against the blackboard.
Am I nuts? Am I the only person with this affliction?
I sure wish I knew why that sound makes me want to leap out of my skin.
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