balloon pops

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I like balloons. However when they pop, it is loud.

I hate it. I remember in sixth grade we had a school dance, and a bunch of balloons were dropped from the ceilings. Kids were jumping on them, and I didn't know why but I jumped every time and I really wanted to cry. I always get very nervous when someone looks like they might, on purpose or accidentally, pop a balloon. Yay hypersensitivity to noise.

Balloons scare the piss out of me.

Yeah, me too.
When inflated (and unlikely to burst with explosive noise), they're fun to watch bobbing around (or floating, if helium-filled). However, can't stand the sudden, jarring, fear/panic/anxiety-inducing experience of abrupt, "sharp", "threatening-to-me" sounds, despite knowing intellectually there's no danger posed by them.

Similar to how I feel about people who inflate & then pop bags (whether paper or plastic). Ouch. Makes me flinch every time.

By the way-
Popping "bubblewrap" is different, for me: it's small-scale (incremental), controlled, and not overwhelming-though if someone else (instead of me) were doing it, I'd probably get annoyed & aggravated pretty quick. Suppose some of it's about choice, being the one making the noise-if it's volitional, rather than imposed upon me by some outside (unanticipatable) force.

i think its normal that if a balloon pops its a hard sound doesnt have to do with our oversensitive
hearing or atleast not that much because NTs are also botherd by this sound
(or atleast thats what i think because i really think a balloon wich explode is a hellsound)

I head butted one once ...

it popped ....

<- with hair like this I'm not surprised

yeah, I hate that, it makes me jump even more that my toaster.

I don't like the balloon pop I'm too jittery. I like those myler (?) balloons that are nearly impossible to break.

I hate balloon pops, they scare the crap out of me. That and popping closed ziploc bags with air in them. Back when I went to school there were always a few kids in class who thought it was the coolest thing to pop balloons and air filled ziploc bags. And no, these kids weren't NT either.

The sound of a balloon popping makes me leap like a frog. It usually takes a little while for the nerves to settle back down and the heart to stop pounding so hard. And someone popping a paper bag has the same effect.