Okay, probably not. But in more credulous days I imagined it had something to do with ley lines. Or something.
It’s not everywhere I go, and it’s not every time I face south. I really don’t know WHAT it is. But there are certain places that have… a hiss. A completely soundless sound, like the sound of blood rushing through your veins exponentially amplified. You know the sound of yourself, when you’re holding your breath in absolute silence? It’s like that.
I don’t think I’m imagining it. I experience it in the little bathroom closet off my bedroom. I was once kept awake by it sleeping over on a couch at a friend’s house. She suggested I face the other way – put my feet where my head was – and that would Help. It did; I fell asleep in seconds.
Has anyone else ever experienced this? Am I a freak? Should this be in GQ: What the hell is giong on? or in IMHO: Has this ever happened to you? I thought it seemed pretty pointless, so here it is.
I usually notice it when everything else is quiet, but while it isn’t omnipresent it IS omnipresent in the same place. That is, when I sit in the bathroom when the rest of the house is quiet, there it is. When I stand and turn another direction, it isn’t. When I move, there it is again…
I’ve always thought it might be my blood pressure, but why only in specific places? I mean, it’s not every time it’s quiet or every time I sit down… that, and my blood pressure is pretty low.
And while it has been a pretty mosquito-ridden summer, I first noticed this about 10 years ago and have continued to experience it for years. I avoid Belize for its bot-flies.
I think I know what you are talking about. Kind of hard to describe to someone though. Probably just blood pressure. Or pressure. Only when it’s really quiet. Kind of at peace with yourself, alone.
I used to get that all the time at a food court in a mall near where I used to live. No one else could ever hear it, but for me, it was supremely distracting. They’ve since shut down the food court and divided the space into seperate shops, none of which have that distinctive noise.
I wonder if that was the super-high noise that the old shoplifting prevention things used to make? I used to hear it quite clearly when I’d go to the mall or some big stores like Kmart, but now that I’m older I can’t hear it at all. (Or maybe they stopped using them?)
Oooh, that sound is annoying! Like when a TV’s on but tuned to a dead station (not static, just that horrible high whine). But that’s a bit different from this feeling… and given that it appears in houses just as often…
…unless the houses themselves are wired by The Conspiracy! :eek:
Or maybe it’s just some kind of weird resonance thing.
There are sometimes quirks of architecture that refocus faint ambient sounds (such as water flowing quietly through your heating pipes) and render them audible in a very specific position.
Well, our house isn’t all that well climate controlled, but that’s still a very distinctive sound. I only really hear it when the AC’s been turned off.
Blood pressure is quite low/normal.
I have only ever heard? this sound inside, so it’s plausible…
This seems about right, but it really isn’t so much like a sound. I’d definitely agree it was just high blood pressure but my blood pressure isn’t very high and as above, I once experienced this sensation while lying in one direction on a couch. When I shifted to lie in the same position in the other direction, it vanished. But no amount of shifting position while lying in that other direction would make the sound go away.
