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I make weird throat-noises (how do I stop?)
1ddqd
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So ever since I was a kid I realized I could make a noise in the back of my throat. I also found out that it makes a nice fast vibration on the inside of my head that ... I don't know how to really explain it, scratches an itch? Like, I feel like I have an itch inside my ear and when I create a vacuum in my mouth, then try to expand it, this noise happens and it vibrates the inside of my throat and scratches that itch.
Poor explanation aside, this noise is completely noticeable to people and most people have never heard a human make it...so that's weird. The thing is, I do it unconsciously and in my sleep, which really grates on my girlfriend (who is a light sleeper).
Does anyone have ANY idea what I'm talking about doing and what I can do to fix it?
Poor explanation aside, this noise is completely noticeable to people and most people have never heard a human make it...so that's weird. The thing is, I do it unconsciously and in my sleep, which really grates on my girlfriend (who is a light sleeper).
Does anyone have ANY idea what I'm talking about doing and what I can do to fix it?
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Thing is, except from the sleeping, it's completely voluntary on your part. You just have to... stop doing it. I mean it's like chewing your nails, you just have to stop chewing your nails, there's no mystery behind it or magic drug.
You'll do things during your sleep that you do during waking hours; it's not like you're a different person when you're asleep, after all. If you bit your nails habitually, you'd probably bite them at night, too. I mean, if you're dreaming, and you're dreaming you're you, you're gonna do the things you normally do most of the time.
There are a few exceptions, such as sleepwalking, sleeptalking, and teeth grinding, but most activities like this that occur during sleep are, as far as I know, simply because you're doing them when you're awake.
Does this happen involuntarily when you're awake? I kind of doubt it, since I know exactly what the thing is that you're talking about. Can you go a whole day w/o doing it?
I did it 5 minutes ago without even thinking about it, caught myself, and stopped. Literally, I have no idea I'm doing it until I do. I had this leg-bouncing thing (and posted in that thread) that happens almost identically.
I've tried really hard to go without doing it, and some days I go without doing it at all (or I don't remember doing it, for instance, yesterday even though I may have lol)
Best advice I can give you is to just resist it as much as possible and eventually it'll stop becoming such a necessity.
John Carmack has something similar if it's any consolation.
but they're listening to every word I say
I used to do that all the time. Still do occasionally for kicks, but if you find yourself doing it habitually you need to make a conscious effort to stop. I used to have the same problem with one-handed clapping. Just stop immediately if you ever catch yourself doing it. Maybe pinch yourself on the arm or something as a little reminder. It'll probably take weeks to stop. I know it did for me.
I've been making a conscious effort to restrain myself, but it sometimes just happens. I'll put up a video later so you guys with bad imaginations can see what we're talking about. It's...weird.
Perhaps if you have a habit of doing it, you can scale it back. Like just use enough suction for a single "tick" noise. I do that sometimes or a few times in a row. It's much less obnoxious and most people won't even notice it.
Well, if I put my fingers in my ears when I do it, the sound is more intense and ... scratches harder? It does feel pretty good but if I do it too much, it can start to feel raw. I always felt/thought it was related to my Eustachian tubes.
I eventually trained myself not to do it but started again and I think it has something to do with stress but to stop it you need to prevent yourself from doing it, because after all you don't need to.
"Immediately preceding tic onset, most individuals with Tourette's are aware of an urge,[18][19] similar to the need to sneeze or scratch an itch." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourette_syndrome
While it doesn't sound like you have multiple tics, or even anything that needs treated, I thought it might be nice to know that other people do things like that, too. Of course, it's possible that this is totally off base, but I just wanted to throw it out there.
I've curbed them all after realizing how ridiculous I looked, but there's no magic way. It's pure concious effort and denying yourself to do the action even if it feels good for some reason. Sometimes they come back though.... typing this thread has all the 'itches' going full-alarm right now, so its just conciously not doing them. Its tough but not hard.
A new one has started where I constantly blink, hard, and too often. Weird. That's really tough to get a hold of because you naturally blink and you cant just stop yourself.
A friend theorized it was an addictive personality. I mean I even got addicted/habit formed into chewing gum, all the time, to the point where I became addicted to Aspartame and had to wean myself off of it (even went through withdrawal, which was hilarious given it was caused by GUM). I kinda agree with him though, watched myself gamble and just have way too much fun and just had to get outta there and never go back.
In other news - I thought Tourettes was just screaming curses out randomly?
edit - woah. Just read that Tourettes link :shock:
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