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Originally Posted by j4ckofspades
when ever people turn on music it annoys me and stresses my brain to the point that i want to claw my face off. my parents got mad and yelled at me for expressing my stress for music and they continue to play it loud or quiet. i have never had an emotional interest in music for as long as i can remember and have no desire to listen to it or buy it. IF ANYONE COULD FIND A MEDICAL EXPLANATION FOR THIS IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, i have searched for a while but could never find an answer. im tired of people telling me the spiels that i stated, and people looking at me like im crazy for not caring about music at all.
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Originally Posted by Burning Down
You could have a form of amusia (tone deafness).
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j4ckofspades, I think Burning Down's idea may be the right answer. You may have
congenital amusia.
Congenital amusia is due to a person's brain structure and it causes music to sound unpleasant and abrasive (like the sound of banging pots or irritating noise). If what people call "music" sounds like banging or irritating noise to you, then my guess is this is simply due to how your brain developed while you were a fetus (
Amusia: How Is Music Perceived By Someone With Amusia? ). However, my thought is that seeing a doctor is important to rule out any other potential causes, just to be on the safe side.
I recommend you take this
online listening test to see if you may have congenital amusia:
Delosis - Musical Listening Test
You might wish to e-mail amusia researchers at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne by using their e-mail address that is provided by the online test website:
listeningtest@ucl.ac.uk
You may also like watching the following video in which Oliver Sacks, a neurologist, describes a woman with amusia. This woman was relieved to find out that there are other people like her, and having amusia doesn't mean there is anything wrong with a person's personality or emotions.
Oliver Sacks - Musicophilia - Amusia - YouTube
Freebase Dali asks good questions. The ones I'd really be interested in learning the answer to are these:
(1) Can you whistle or sing a song (like Happy Birthday) in tune, based on other people's perceptions of your singing?
(2) How well can you distinguish between two different songs? Or does most music sound the same to you (greatly irritating)?
If you *do* have congenital amusia, I hope it helps you and people near you to understand that amusia is a little like color blindness in that you may never be able to appreciate music the way the majority of people do, just like someone who is color blind (and there are many such people) will never see colors in the same way the majority of people do, but this is something out of your control, and life offers many other enjoyments.
Finally, I'm sorry your parents have gotten mad and shouted at you. They should not be doing this. I hope as they learn more about your situation, they will become more understanding and supportive.
[EDIT: I just took the listening test, which was fun and required under 10 minutes. MusicBanter people, I bet you'd really like taking this test, too! It would be interesting to compare our results. I confess, I had expected to get a perfect score, but I didn't (although I was close!)...which I blame on feeling d r o w s y due to having eaten too many cookies (sugar overload!).]