Loud increasing ringing & whistling noise

agni

agni

Dagobah Resident
I have observed when the mind "starts wondering" (especially before I go to sleep) and it thinks "uncontrollably" via very abstract and "strange" thoughts full of "nonsense" (something I can describe as dreaming awake, maybe?!) when I "became aware" of it, I almost always hear very long/uninterruptible high-pitch whistling sound. It has been happening way too much lately. Now I hear this on daily basis even when I am wide awake. And sometimes it becomes quite loud, to the point I start looking around to see if there is a source around that generates it.

It's minor annoyance... I don't know if I should go check out my ears, or if it is something else.

Again, I am asking too many questions today... And I do not feel quite comfortable for asking (apologies to all), but can anyone give an opinion what this might be ?
 
I think this is a fairly common effect of the transition to the sleep state, I have experienced it occasionally.

Wikepedia said:
Hypnagogia (also spelled hypnogogia) are the experiences a person can go through in the hypnagogic (or hypnogogic) state, the period of falling asleep. Hypnopompia are the experiences a person can go through in the hypnopompic state, the period of waking up. The term hypnagogia often encompasses hypnopompia as well. Hypnagogic sensations collectively describe the vivid dream-like auditory, visual, or tactile sensations that can be experienced in a hypnagogic or hypnopompic state. These sensations can be accompanied by sleep paralysis, the sensation that the body is temporarily paralyzed after waking or before falling asleep.

The term hypnagogic is derived from the French word hypnagogique, coined by the 19th century French psychologist Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury from the Greek words hupnos, meaning sleep, and agogos, meaning leading. Frederic William Henry Myers coined the complementary term hypnopompic, from hupnos and pompe, meaning sending away.

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Hypnagogic sensations
Hypnagogic sensations are vivid dream-like experiences that occur as one is falling asleep or waking up. Accompanying sleep paralysis can cause the sensations to be more frightening. The features of these sensations generally vary by individual, but some are more common to the experience than others:

Most common

Vividness
Fear
Falling sensation
Common

Sensing a "presence" (often malevolent)
Pressure/weight on body (especially the chest or back).
A sensation of not being able to breathe
Impending sense of doom/death
Fairly common

Auditory sensations (often footsteps or indistinct voices, or pulsing noises). Auditory sensations which are described as noise instead of sensations of legible sounds, are often described to be similar to auditory sensations caused by Nitrous Oxide by persons who have experienced both.
Visual sensations such as lights, people or shadows walking around the room
Less common

Floating sensations (sometimes associated with out-of-body experiences)
Seamless transition into fully immersive lucid dreaming, also associated with out-of-body experiences
Tactile sensations (such as a hand touching or grabbing)
Rare

Vibration
Involuntary movements (sometimes the feeling of sliding off of the bed or even up walls).
The feeling of being pulled in different directions
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Because you are experiencing it regularly and while awake there may be more to the situation. Many threads on this forum have revealed that people have started to experience unusual ringing in the ears which did not occur before, myself included.
 
I have also been experiencing this high pitched ringing in my ears lately. It is annoying because it happens alot these days. I would like anyone else who has this to comment or email me. thankyou
 
Thank you Ben. Will look more into Hypnagogia. It's something for me to yet to discover.

For some reason when it happens I quite relate it to "garbage" thinking. It occurs when I start thinking about something I do not "intend" to think (I catch myself thinking about it), such as some "life related worries", pictures of images of workplace, personal crap, finances.. (aka uncontrolled caring about twisted selfish stuff), it almost feels like it forces its way through by unneccesary thoughts pressure trying to throw me of my internal "balance". I am not sure if the sound I hear is a result of this "pressure", where mind starts to respond "physically" in terms of sounds or is it something else.. Because sometimes I feel like something is trying to "broadcast trash thoughts". In both cases noise is "heard"... When I become aware that this is "garbage" I hear high pitch whistling... But sometimes I hear it when I do not think of anything.

I am not sure if these two related: these type of thought pattern & whistling... I am not sure if it's something from inside or outside... It's little bit puzzling for my comprehantion right now.

Anyone wants to share observation about this sort of experience ?

Thanks ALL
Cheers !
 
I don't think it's hypnogogia because that is a very specific state that is assocated with the high end of theta. It's very difficult without training to remain in a "waking" theta state, I know the Australian aborigini's can do it as well as yogi's and others who have practiced.

I've posted this before but I'll say it again, I think the tones you hear are a part of the energy signature of a person or being that is thinking of or focusing on you or it could be a form of semi-active clairaudience.
 
Hello to all
Now I would have a very specified question for Laura or Ark. I dont have acouphene problems and after many tests, that has been confirmed by specialists.
For about one year and a half now, I hear some very strange things but I know where they come from. People normally cannot hear those sounds. Let me explain: If there is a very small like baby spider around the house or at the other end of the house I can hear it make those sounds: chk chk chk, etc... As soon as I find it and take it outside, it stops. Before I go to sleep, I hear some melody from old countries, and a lot of other things but it would be too long to explain. I am not a crazy person. On the contrary, I tend to be very logic. If there is a mosquito in one of the rooms when I am in the kitchen, I can hear it. My little cat had two fleas on him and even before looking into his furr, I coul hear them. What the hell is happening to me. Laura or Ark, can you explain to me please. Patricia
 
I am sorry but I forgot to specify that I can hear those things only from my left ear but nothing abnormal from my right ear.
Patricia
 
Interesting thing you have mentioned spiders... I have unexplained spider phobia... When I see one, it almost feels I go into some sort of shock(like stay away!!!. (really small spiders do not have that effect on me)... To the point I can not even relocate the spider some place else... And I do not want to kill them (moral reasons) I ask my friends to do it (relocate), or I wait untill it goes away some place... I have no idea how to resolve my phobia... And funny thing, when I was typing the message yesterday, very small spider(the one I can handle) was crawling up my arm...(relocated by me) Eh... Are these noises have to do anything with spiders ? And what do you guys think what spiders might represent... And any suggestions how to overcome the phobia ?
 
I never exactly had a phobia for spiders, but I didn't like them. There was a definate fear involved which didn't apply to other creatures. In the end I got over it in one basic way, and that was to learn about it - about the spiders, and about my reaction to them. Firstly I realised that I was seeing them in a negative way which was not justified by my previous experience - a spider has never hurt me. I know some spiders can cause harm, but I know a house spider when I see it, and I know that it can't hurt me. Then I decided to try and see something positive about spiders. One of the things I realised was that if someone invented a little robot which was just like a spider, they would be all the rage - it would be a really amazing piece of technology, and no one would really be scared of it. So I began by appreciating the design of spiders, and from there I also put myself in a spiders "shoes", through research, to get an idea of how it lives its life, and how it would see a human being.

In the end I had gained a lot of respect for them, I don't see them as scary at all now (unless its a poisonous one). The main thing I learned was that the biggest fear is fear itself, especially when its not in agreement with the conscious mind. The main steps to take are to learn enough about them so that you can get close, and then eventually touch them yourself, and realise that they are very fragile and weak, and couldn't hurt you even if they tried their hardest, and the last thing on their mind is to even be seen by you. When this truth really hit home it was the moment I stopped being bothered by them, but of course no one can tell you that and expect you to believe it.

I think this is a good excersise in facing your fears. I found that I had no real basis for my fear, but in order to get over it, conscious reasoning wasn't enough. I had to experience first hand, and learn about them for myself. I had to be with a spider and look at it, and analyze my thoughts and feelings about it. I think its a matter of getting out of it what you put into it - if you are always on the edge of that fear, and you never investigate it, it will always be there tormenting you. It seems you have to endure some of that fear in order to learn about what excatly you are afraid of - not all at once, but step by step.

Also I think its very "mechanical" to be afraid of spiders, in as much that you would react to them in a pre-determined way. For example, people who run out of a room if there is a spider in there. All I would have to do is put a spider in a room so that I could get them to leave the room, and I could do it whenever I wanted, in that way I have activated a mechanism. It does make you wonder how many of these mechanisms people have, and whether or not you want them to be part of you.
 
Thanks Russ ! You are right, it's just my perception. Will do my best to "make friends" with spiders from now on. I have no idea why I am afraid of them.. Will be an interesting excersise. Phobias are probably little bit different topic. Appologies for taking the thread off topic.
 
To Russ and Agni
I am not at all afraid of any little creepers, it is just that I can hear the sounds they are making and that sometimes drives me crazy. I was just wondering if somebody could explain what is happening to me. Is it normal or not. The two specialists I saw do not find anything wrong with my ears. Can someone help me understand.
Patricia
 
Ringing in the ears?
Yep, I understand.
Since a child, I have "heard" what I call electronic noise.
When younger, I was scared.
The medical community was of NO help.
Many, many years later, I still do hear things.
I can hear a personal computer running.
I hear the whine of television sets.
I hear electonic noise, everywhere.
I have asked others if they hear these things, and most think I'm weird, so I keep mum.
And yes, the sound changes.
In Highness/Lowness, In Weakness/Strength.
I can sense frequency changes.
And even multiple frequencies at once.
Some people just can hear these things...
What to do?
I have found nothing to alleviate this.
I live with it.
I do notice changes in people and groups with the different noise frequencies.
I cannot be specific, because I do not know what the noise generator is?
I can only surmise that all is possible.
I cannot offer you any wisdom.
No easy answer except to be aware of your surroundings.
Be observant, do not make quick decisions.
Sometimes I can control my emotions by noticing those sounds.
Not all the time...
I just want you to understand, that you are not crazy, nor are you alone.
 
Hi all, I got the same question in my head a few weeks ago and went to look it up. For my case it turned out to be a medical condition called "Tinnitus". Here is a helpful site with some info: http://www.ata.org/about_tinnitus/consumer/faq.html
I was suspicious at first at what was going on, and still am about the condition and the website, but the information still gave some relief to the problem. I wouldnt want to think their was some conspiracy going on about this, but why wouldnt noises in your head pop-up with such questions. Hope you guys got to read this.
 
Ok. From now on cell phone as far away from my bed as possible ! Yesterday I've started to hear high pitch beeping almost like in radio broadcast beeping signals... Source was a phreaking cell phone !!! As soon as I shut it off and took it to another room, bingo.. just old plain ringin I usually have :) Now that I think about it... cell phone is almost always with me... ringin in ears could be result of "cell" phone beeping "echoing in the brain".



And it seems almost weird, how my cell phone provider basically forced their customers to swith to "new" cell phones, since older ones are not going to be supported by their networks. And yeah, around a "deadline" of a switch.. Cell phone just would not work, in electical sense... it acted like it was broken.. would shut down by itself... etc..

I wonder now if cellphones and towers are connected to this ringing....
 
Hello, all,

I've also been having this high, whistling ringing in my ears for several weeks now. It's constant, although the loudness varies. I've been reading the Wave Series online (just finished yesterday), and I notice that the ringing increases in volume while i'm reading this material (but not necessarily other things) and often when I meditate. Hmm. I'm glad to know I'm not alone, but what do you think it means?

Cheers, G
 
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