Tension: Many people feel ashamed or frustrated by their strong reaction to everyday sounds like chewing—yet it may reveal deeper psychological traits. Noise: Popular culture dismisses sound ...

Screeching car alarms. Shrieking trains. The dull rumble of planes. Just reading those phrases may make you want to cover your ears. Loud noises have the ability to, quite literally, get under your ...

Like many people, I live in an apartment. I don’t really know how old my building is, but it must be kind of old: it has a dark and dirty basement, the ceiling has cracks in it, and there are a few ...