Are you sensitive to the ticking of clocks?

[Aniko]

My grandparents had a grandfather clock and if I was able to forget it during the days with a lot of people talking at the same time, the night it drove me crazy, I could only focus on the sound and nothing else. I couldn't sleep either. Later, I also had a clock style vintage and I could hear the needles moving so I hide it far in a wardrobe but could still hear it (and I'm partly deaf), I just let it died there.

How about you? Is it something that annoys you?

 

[Gabby]

It depends. Most of the time the sound fades into the background and I don't pick it out. Then other times it is so quiet and suddenly I become aware of the tick tock of the ever moving clock. It doesn't really annoy me too bad I would say!

 

[oak]

I just hate the ticking of clocks so much. I make sure my house is free of noisy clocks.

 

[Midoriya]

No, not really. I don't really mind.

 

[VernalLapin]

I don’t think I usually mind unless I’m already on edge.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

At night, even from the next room.

 

[Coach]

Occasionally. Usually I can drown it out at night if there happens to be a clock nearby, but sometimes I'll choose to move a clock to a different room

 

[themysterybidder]

This is one of my biggest annoyances! When I was younger I had a Teletubbies Desk clock and a Sylvanian Families wall clock. Needless to say they didn't last long with batteries, until they just became decorations! I have 2 wall clocks, one in the living room and one in the kitchen. Both of them are silent sweeping hands. All other clocks I have are digital.

 

[Flyffel]

It depends! My parents still have a clown clock that used to be in the children's (my) room when I was little. Now when I visit them I have a hard time falling asleep in the same room as the ticking is pretty loud. So I always end up bringing it to another room. During the daytime I'd say I haven't had any problems with ticking clocks though. I wouldn't really want a ticking clock in my own apartment, though!

 

[Sarah3]

I am not. But I suppose if it was loud enough than it is possible.

 

[Kitsuragi]

i actually like the sound of clocks, idk why but its calming. gives me something to focus on when the brain vacuums turn on

 

[Corrie]

Ehh sometimes. It depends on my mood and the sound of the ticking itself. Sometimes it's super annoying and other times it's soothing.

 

[OswinOswald]

In general I like my environment pretty quiet, so I would have said I pay attention to noises like clocks and really like ticking clocks much. But I went to Europe after graduating college with a few of my good friends. We stayed at one of my friends’ homes on the East Coast on our way over. She warned me that her dad was a collector of clocks. I don’t think I fully comprehended what that meant until I got there lol. Two of us slept in the spare bedroom, and two of us on the couch in the living room with all the clocks. I mean, the room was wall to wall clocks, cuckoo clocks and all sorts of ticking clocks. And I’m sure he tried to wind them so they were set the same…. But there were a lot of them and sometimes they would get off…. So that whole night there was a lot of slightly unsynchronized ticking.
After that experience, I don’t mind clocks much at all lol.

 

[Romaki]

Yes, I can't sleep with a ticking clock. It really affects my anxiety.

 

[LambdaDelta]

I love the tick tock of a good old clock

 

[Croconaw]

It doesn't bother me at all. I'm not sensitive to sounds.

 

[skarmoury]

I don't think so, no :0 at work im constantly bombarded with alarming machines so i've gotten used to tuning out any repetitive noises/sounds. maybe when everything is quiet do i hear ticking clocks, but it doesn't really bother me that much bc i almost always end up listening to something else instead.

 

[Chris]

Yes.

Ticking clocks make me irrationally angry. I'm temporarily sharing an office with someone two days a week, and I've already made clear to him he gets custody of the clock when his new room is ready. It irritates me so much.

 

[oath2order]

Only if I'm already in a bad mood.

 

[SkyKnight03]

Kinda the opposite. I have chronic and life long tinnitus so I appreciate distracting noises. In total silence, the ringing in my ears feels most noticable.