Whistling.

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Whistling has become a huge trigger for me. I’ve never really liked it but around my early teens it started making me nutty to hear somebody whistling. i work at a museum right now and men will walk in and start whistling and walk through the whole museum, whistling obliviously. the museum echoes quite a bit as well literally everybody can hear you if you’re in there whistling. you can hear it from the office in the basement. seriously.

NOW, i know most people aren’t bothered by whistling, and the whistlers are not maliciously whistling to attack me personally. but it just drives me nuts! my neighbor even has a parrot, and she whistles to the parrot and then the fucking bird starts whistling! and those things live to be like 80 so it will literally outlive me. i’ll have to move i guess. Anyone else have whistling as a trigger want to share some anecdotes or support? just feeling frustrated and had to talk about it somewhere.

Posted Aug 4, 2025, 4:33 PM UTC

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