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Do you get much flak from others for your sensitivity to noise? Some noises bother me a lot. Anything that's repetitive will annoy me to the point that I basic

Do you get much flak from others for your sensitivity to noise? Some noises bother me a lot. Anything that's repetitive will annoy me to the point that I basically cannot function and get extremely angry, and it only takes a minute or two to get to that level. Sometimes sounds (and not necessarily loud ones) are physically uncomfortable. I have similar issues with some textures (in food, clothing, etc.) and am very sensitive to smells (the cause nausea and headaches). All my life I have been told I need to "get over" this, which I have certainly tried to do, but there seems to be only so much I can do about it. People who don't experience this level of sensitivity just think I'm being difficult and that I do this by choice. Frustrating.

mgkimsal 14y ago
as a kid I did - it was worst with family - caused a lot of bad feelings. as an adult, i can basically just walk away or leave the room, or try to compensate by controlling the conversation or doing something else to distract myself for a few moments. I think the term is hyperacusis, but that now seems to general. I'd found a more specific term for this condition I think I have, but haven't been able to find any doctors or therapists willing to deal with it. in my case I'm not sure I get physical discomfort - it's more mental, or at least, that's how I register it.
praptak 14y ago
There is some research on this condition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_integration_dysfunction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_integration_dysfunction
ryanklee 14y ago
It's good to hear I'm not the only one out there with this condition in its more severe forms. (Not that I ever considered myself original in this regard.) It's so difficult to communicate to others the level of my sensitivity to repeated noises (esp. oral/eating) - and the level of my sensitivity seems so flat out absurd, unjustifiable and irrational - that I've basically suppressed and internalized it as far as humanly possible and have come to consider it a best-to-be-kept secret, dogged malady. There are very few things I wouldn't give to see myself freed of the condition. It turns what would normally be sitting down and eating dinner with my lovely significant other into a quotidian session of repressed frustration and anger at having to listen to her (oh, the humanity) chew food and handle utensils.

mgkimsal 14y ago

as a kid I did - it was worst with family - caused a lot of bad feelings. as an adult, i can basically just walk away or leave the room, or try to compensate by controlling the conversation or doing something else to distract myself for a few moments. I think the term is hyperacusis, but that now seems to general. I'd found a more specific term for this condition I think I have, but haven't been able to find any doctors or therapists willing to deal with it. in my case I'm not sure I get physical discomfort - it's more mental, or at least, that's how I register it.

praptak 14y ago

There is some research on this condition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_integration_dysfunction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_integration_dysfunction

ryanklee 14y ago

It's good to hear I'm not the only one out there with this condition in its more severe forms. (Not that I ever considered myself original in this regard.) It's so difficult to communicate to others the level of my sensitivity to repeated noises (esp. oral/eating) - and the level of my sensitivity seems so flat out absurd, unjustifiable and irrational - that I've basically suppressed and internalized it as far as humanly possible and have come to consider it a best-to-be-kept secret, dogged malady. There are very few things I wouldn't give to see myself freed of the condition. It turns what would normally be sitting down and eating dinner with my lovely significant other into a quotidian session of repressed frustration and anger at having to listen to her (oh, the humanity) chew food and handle utensils.