To just crave silence or at least a bit less noise

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Everywhere I go I feel like I’m surrounded by excessive noise - dogs barking, people listening to music/watching videos/talking on the phone/gaming in public places without headphones, loud music, noisy eaters and more. Even at home I have to listen to my neighbour’s entire life played out like a bloody soap.

I know someone will say ‘go and live in the middle of a field if you don’t like it’ but why should I have to change my lifestyle just because people are so inconsiderate?

YABU - in that you can not control nor should you be able to control others behaviour. I completely agree about the loudspeaker everywhere culture we are in but I can't change it.

What you can do is choose to pop noise cancelling headphones on - that gives me a reprieve when I need it!.