Is it normal to feel like this?

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Since Covid and lockdown I find I can’t cope in noisy crowded places, I thought by now I would be back to normal but I’m not 😢
This week in work has been really difficult as we have had four new people starting and it has been so noisy with extra people and them asking lots of questions (which I know is expected)
I found myself having to go to the toilet just to get away from the noise and I felt panicked.
I try and act like all is ok but all the noise and people just drain me. I shielded during Covid and I feel that this has changed my personality. I just don’t cope well with a lot going on and feel as if my brain can’t keep up.

I think a lot of people do. It hasn't affected me like that, but I do know people it has happened to.

I don’t think you are alone in this.
Are you anywhere near peri menopause age, as that could be a factor too ? I’m now struggling with noisy places, when before it wasn’t a problem.

I know quite a few people who feel like that. I don’t feel exactly that way myself but I have to say big night out just don’t hold any appeal to me anymore. I think it’s a mixture of age and covid

Me. Though to be fair, I sometimes found big, unstructured, noisy crowds difficult before covid,too.