How Do You Handle Noise Sensitivity?

[mary1979]

Yeah. I've become the same.

Used to only be yelling that set my instincts ablaze, but slowly its grown to the point that you are at.

I force myself to laugh at it.
The laughter instantly cools my blood.

Wish I could say the same with the yelling, but I've yet to come up with a calming response to that one.

 

[Deleted member 29311]

I live in an apartment complex that has ancient garages with very heavy wooden doors. One of my neighbors...

Thanks for sharing gizmo!

I can understand your situation, as I'm in a very similar one. I live above a shop and the person downstairs who owns it slams a heavy door about 30 times a day, which makes my whole apartment shake and catches me off guard. I can hear the door over earplugs, a headset over the earplugs and music blasting, it's that loud..

I'm going to have to talk to him nicely about it, I'm hoping he can stop and correct the problem, I've learned that communication is key (which I struggle with a lot)!

 

[Anarchy]

One of the things that I find is, if I'm stressed,
then my filters go down
Noises, sensations, smells, visual stuff especially bright lights, all get to me.

It's probably not a surprise that I've never worked out what the attraction is with nightclubs and bars with loud music.

The inability to escape was even worse - for example a family event where I'm sharing transport and I'm supposed to maintain appearances of being normal and be sociable :wtf:

 

[Deleted member 29311]

One of the things that I find is, if I'm stressed,
then my filters go down
Noises, sensations, smells,...

lol oh boy.. yes! I can completely relate and understand when it comes to the social/family events.

I also share the same opinion as you, when it comes to nightclubs and bars.

I was walking down a street downtown one night and saw a huge line up full of drunken party-goers, in front of some nightclub and you could hear the bass pounding from where I was standing. I don't know about you guys, although there's no way in hell you'd ever catch me in there, with tons of drunken people touching me and bumping into me, with super loud music, etc.

 

[Robynd516]

Hi there,

I have a question about one of the symptoms and I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how t...

YES! Esp loud music i hate unexpectedly even worse...i literally bug ...and if i cant shut it i flee like a crazy person
All my senses are highly sensitive....sonetimes i smell the chlorine n mercury n sulfae in the shower n i have to get out