Oof, I have that signal-vs-noise thing all the time, making it very uncomfortable and awkward for me to try to talk to people in loud places, to the point that

Oof, I have that signal-vs-noise thing all the time, making it very uncomfortable and awkward for me to try to talk to people in loud places, to the point that I've sort of started avoiding it to avoid the awkwardness... Sucks.