To Not Be Able to Stand Certain Sounds?

[Godstopper]

Lo people-lings and beings,

Please help settle an issue with OH and me: she thinks I am mad, and I think I am having a perfectly normal reaction.

The situation: I was cochlear-implanted not too long ago, and activation has been brilliant! However, I have discovered that certain sounds give me the RAGE. I do mean actual rage, as in, wanting to smash the offender's face into a wall. It's visceral, and I don't seem to be able to control my responses! Some of the culprits include:

• Cutlery scraping against plates (mealtimes have caused some rows!)
• Teaspoons against mugs (why is it necessary to stir the tea at warp speed going clink-clink-clink?)
• High heels going click-clack on pavements.
• Spoons scraping e.g. yoghurt ports (bloody ell, you've eaten it, stop scraping!)
• Jaw-clicking noises whilst eating (though I realise I can't do anything about this anyone).

Am I, in fact, being massively unreasonable in my inability to tolerate such sounds? Do hearing people react this way? Have I lost the plot?

Please help kind MN-ers!

I guess I hadn't thought of them as being a problem, more a simple dislike? At any rate, I don't think I'm significantly affected in any way.

I may well see about the map: I think I'm turned up quite high, so it may be that some electrodes can be turned down a notch.

The polystyrene, oh yes, there is a squeak ... urgh!

Not been exposed to the rustling yet, though I could see this being problematic in e.g. the cinema or other relatively silent environments.