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I had a similar issue, it started 5 years ago, I was training and got a spasm in my back, it happened a few more times over the next year.

The spasm would take 10-30 seconds to fade, but it left behind a discomfort in my back, and the discomfort wouldn't go. especially when I approached work. if I was gaming or having fun, the pain would go.

it was chronic, stayed with me for 3-4 years, until I couldn't sit for longer than 5 minutes without my back killing me.

I tried posture exercises, sitting straight for long periods of time with a good posture, shoulders back and down, 90 degree elbows, 90 degree knees, monitor right infront of my eyes instead of looking down on a laptop.

But the pain only got worse, and I got depressed, then had to quit coding for 1.5 years.

until someone here I think mentioned a book called "Heal your back", I thought it was BS but read it anyway, and I found a cure to my back there. Turns out its in a totally another place.

I was extremely stressed, and I was not taking care of my psychology, and my perfectionism was contributing lots to the stress and therefore more pain.

It's called TMS "tension myositis syndrome", basically when stress becomes real pain that you feel in your body. and now I'm seeing more and more therapists for it, search Pain Reprocessing Therapy on youtube

I hope this helps someone :)

I disabled all my extensions except adblockers, and SponsorBlock. issue didn't happen yet.

UPDATE: turns out this is happening not only on HN in my browser, so definitely its from my side.

Win10 & Chrome Version 105.0.5195.102 (Official Build) (32-bit)

Hey, I don't have any screen-reader turned on on my chrome or my machine

100% it is HN

It happened when I'm writing you this comment. Yes I have browser extensions.

By the time I opened DevTools the audio has already stopped, I searched for video/audio html tags, but found nothing

Same here, lost my job cause of burnout, didn't get a job for the past 1.5yrs. Lost.

I see, thanks for your input. I was a bit concerned about going in on contracting and losing the option to get a job later.

"regular jobs" where I live, offer very bad compensation packages. I see a lot of remote companies offering good pay along with a good environment and good benefits.