Ive got no issues with accents now. When I was younger I had major issues like your talking about. My ears would hurt
Found that the British and Indian accents were very hard for me to understand back then. I enveloped myself into talking to both through work so now I hear it all. Salesman who showed me the Skirmish ION event many years ago is a Brit and when I was running Oldcastle's door dept 15 years ago I hired an Indian woman as an apprentice. To this day she's been the best. Cracker kid I tried to teach 6 years ago (wanna be wigger rapper/white trash) tried to fight me in the parking lot when my coworker ratted him out. He was the worst. I could understand him but he couldn't understand what I was saying...like show up on time, put your cell phone down, do some freaking work
New Zealander's still throw me off when they talk fast as well as the Welsch.....well I can't understand shit they say no matter how slow.
The local Amish (40-50 miles away) have cool accents
I also grew up and was a minority in my hood. 1 of 3 white kids on the bus. Super dense Asian and Indian population thus why I think I like dark chicks. The kids didn't have accents but the parents did