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Sensitivity to whistling

by April
(rural Nebraska)

While in counseling for our middle son's (13 years old) anger problems, his sensitivity to whistling keeps coming up. He goes to instant angry when one of his brothers whistles. I am bothered that our middle just can't ignore it. Our youngest (11 years old) enjoys whistling. Our therapist suggested that it just might be SPD. The middle ALWAYS reacts. The therapist suggested that if he were faking being bothered, he would forget sometimes to react....so maybe he truly is bothered by whistling. I would love to hear your thoughts about this.

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Apr 09, 2012
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whistling
by: Anonymous

i wanna kill my self when i hear my dad whistling he does it constantly.
even when i sleep he just cant stop it i said him a couple of times that it bothers me in the past but he simply ignored it.
when i sleep and he wakes me with whistling i throw shoes at the door he stops for 2 minuets and then he starts again.

Jan 16, 2012
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Whistling
by: Skittle

I hate it when my mom does it... makes me mad automatically with a tantrum

Aug 07, 2011
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whistling drives me nuts
by: Anonymous

I am 52 yr old woman that wants to rip someones head off when I hear them whistle. I can only compare the annoyance to a faucet dripping in the middle of the night...one that you have no control over shutting off!! I have actually had to put my hands over my ears in public places so I don't start mouthing off to the whistler. Every muscle in my body tightens, and I actually can feel my stomach start turning! Don't know how, when or why I started feeling like this, but I wish I could at least tolerate it!!

Jun 19, 2011
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Sensitivity to whistling
by: Michele B

I am not sure how to describe my sensitivity but I can agree with one posting it is fight or flight that occurs when I come in contact with that particular noise.

I am thinking it may be the pitch or the frequency of the sound that is heard above all other sounds.

When this happens to me, I get very agitated that I just have to have it stop or I have to remove myself from the area.

Not all sounds bother me so I have to think it has something to do with the pitch and my hearing ability.

I guess it is somewhat like a dog that hears a high frequency noise and is effected by the sound.

Jun 19, 2011
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sounds sensitive to me...
by: Anonymous

I know I have had SPD most of my life!! Certain types of whistling drive me INSANE!!! it is the fight or flight trigger that makes him instantly angry! Maybe you can find a way to convince your other child to limit it to outside or when your sensitive son is not around. My son's OT suggested that I wear headphones and listen to music during the day to help filter the noises that make me crazy. the only problem with that is that I need to hear everything that my 6 yr old SPD/ adhd/ OD etc boy is into! :) I have figured out almost every possible sound in the house, so i know when he is into mischief!
good luck!

Jun 18, 2011
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by: Anonymous

Michelle, can you explain to me what it feels like that you can't handle the whistling? Or is it just something that you can't explain? When I was explaining to our oldest son (15 years old who was away at camp so he missed the discussion at counseling) about the possible SPD, he said that the middle doesn't even like the birds chirping. He doesn't get instantly angry with them, but he does get annoyed by them. I am just curious what it feels like.

Jun 18, 2011
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Sensitivity to whistling
by: Michele B

I do not know if this will help you but I can relate to that also.

I am a 58yr old female and my husband use to whistle to annoy me because he knew it would drive me crazy.

I would like to mention something else, if we went to a movie and someone would be eating out of a bag of chips we would have to move because I could not take the sound.

Hope this can shed some light on your situation.

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