I can tolerate the screech of nails on a chalkboard and it’s super interesting that it’s in the range of human speech. The sound of rubbing a balloon or chewing on a piece of rubber literally makes my brain hurt..just the thought of it makes me squint. Is that also in the same sound range of speech?
I hope it’s okay to post a follow up question but this post made me think of this—I get the same feeling of nails on a chalkboard when I’m eating any sort popsicle with a wooden stick, the feeling of biting on the stick part is the part that bothers me. Just imagining it gives me an uncomfortable feeling. Does this feeling stem from the same frequency thing, or is it something else?
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