This page contains all the readers’ comments on the “Pain-sound synesthesia” article, received between 2023 and 2025.
Comment by: Anonymous. March 9, 2023 at 8:30 PM
this is me... Is odd how random the sounds are, and I have
just started to explore it, so my triggers are still a big ? for me, but this
is what I feel on a daily basis.
Comment by: Anonymous. May 8, 2023 at 5:05 AM
I don't hear a physical sound from pain. It's more a note in
my head, like the way you hear a song in your mind. But it is very consistent,
in that a migraine is always the same note, B4. A paper cut is a very high
pitch. Muscle aches are lower.
Comment by: Anonymous. July 5, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I hear a sound like twisting rope or twine with deep pain.
Comment by: Kendra. August 8, 2024 at 5:24 AM
I've experienced this phantom noise associated with pain for
as long as I can recall from very early childhood and am just now learning what
it is. No matter what type of pain, it is always the same exact noise that
resonates with the pain sensation itself, like the sound of fingers squeezing a
balloon or like the last comment: twisting a large rope; it is a very low
pitched intermittent rumble. I can feel the pain (wherever/whatever it may be)
as I'm hearing it, and the intensity of the pain dictates the "volume"
of the noise. I almost seems like I can also feel the noise in my inner ear as
it's happening in time with the original source of pain, like a faint twitching
deep inside. The one anomaly that I experience that I haven't seen anyone else
mention is: it is always in my left ear much more than my right, and it is only
with more intense pain that I hear it in both. I know this perceived noise is
not coming from anywhere external, I just may have some wires crossed upstairs,
and any time I mention that I experience it to friends/colleagues, they have no
idea what I'm talking about. Glad to finally have a definition to this mystery!
Reply by: Anonymous. January 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
You completely explained me. Always left ear. I just put a
bandaid on my cut finger which began to throb which made me hear the throb. It
is agonizing.
Comment by: Spider-Man. November 15, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I have always had this and assumed everyone else did too. I
like the descriptions in these comments of squeezing a balloon, twisting rope,
and low pitch rumble. I would describe it as a vibrating behind my eardrum and
kind of in my brain. I always thought of it as your body having an aditional
warning. Now finding out that it is rare, I think of it as a spidy-sense.
Comment by: Anonymous. July 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Oh my god I didn't know this was a thing in synesthesia! I
have this too. I have word synesthesia lexical-gustatory as well oh my god! I
also believe I have autism and adhd, my brain and body is so freaking
neurodivergent. I don't literally hear sounds though so it's not that strong, I
feel the sensations for the sound, so if I hear a high pitched sound, that
sensation I feel is the same as when I pinch, or pin prick, or paper cut (oof),
and same with dull aches - low pitched. Sometimes, if the pain is severe and
it's a combination, it sounds like loud music suddenly blasted, like if I hit
my body part super hard on something, it's like someone turned on metal music
super loud (this is why I hate metal lol). When I get severe IBS gas pain, I
can't move or talk, because the pain is just so severe and it's a mix of high
pitched, and low pitched, the high pitched is the WORST! When it's low pitched
and "quiet", it's relieving, but then it comes back and goes high
pitched constantly up and up and up! I had no idea this was part of synesthesia
I thought it was part of my autistic sensory thing.
I thought this was normal 😭 and I was embarrassed
to tell my family about my word tastes as a child, they have not changed and
remain the same. For the noise one, I just went through life thinking it was
normal and everyone did it so I just did not notice it much before because it's
a part of me, and it wasn't as distracting and debilitating as the word taste
(extremely distracting in school), because I'm not often in pain I avoid it
like the plague lol. I was scared of being scolded by my parents so I kept it
secret for over 30 years. I also have this other sound problem, where certain
sudden noises will jolt me with physical pain, I can feel the pain in my chest,
it's like someone hit me with a hard object on my chest when they make a sudden
loud noise, especially when I'm falling asleep and someone makes noises - it
literally hurts me. No one in my family believes me so they won't try to be
quiet when I'm sleeping, my mom will happily run the vacuum in the early
morning. I'm 36 and cannot be independent so I'm stuck here.
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