I can't cope with loud noises/lots of noises?

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To the extent I am reduced to tears, irrationally angry, overwhelmed, super irritable.

It's not all the time but it is a lot more often than I would like, it's starting to affect me a lot more now. I will sometimes be sat at dinner and want to completely shut off from my family.

If the tv is on in one room, and someone is playing music in the kitchen, I can't cope.

At the moment I can hear chants and singing after the football game - in reality there's nothing about this that would annoy me, I don't mind people being happy, if I was in a better mood I'd be fine with it - but I'm getting seriously wound up and overwhelmed.

How do I stop this???? I feel overstimulated for want of a better word.

I've got really sensitive hearing, and DH is going deaf. Everything he does/says/watches is at full volume because he has no idea how loud he is...... and I'm really struggling with it.

I often have to go out for a long walk with the dogs and just stand in a field tuning into the birds singing so I just get one sound. I find work really overwhelming at times, and even having the grandchildren visit can make me grit my teeth. I hate feeling like it

I seemed to have developed this after dc1. I can't bear having music or noise on anymore. I feel bad as my DC are growing up in a silent house.

I'm the same. Good tips on here. I wonder about sensory processing sometimes.
There's a 'highly sensitive person' thing that gets talked about, might be worth a look. It's a superpower or a frustrating disability depending on your perspective!

I have this also .i think it stems back to my childhood when the radio was on constantly because my father had to listen to every single news bulletin throughout the day and then every single news programme on the TV in the evenings. He still does but is now deaf and everything is blaring all day long.It actually makes me quite aggressive .I cannot bear the TV on during the day and value silence so much.I cannot tolerate earphones and music playing in my ears and remember also hating the Walkman back in the day.Only last week while shopping I thought I was about to crack up with the music playing in the background of the shop I was in.I often have to leave shops because of the awful background music .

I remember a situation from hell.

My mum used to watch ds when he was little. Sometimes my brother would come round and start talking to mum who was slightly deaf. So brother would raise his voice. Ds would then turn up tv, so dh would raise his voice higher.

Ad infinitum. I would leave the room.

@TripleSeptic

I can relate. The world was so much quieter for such a long time, and it's got noisy again and it's so hard to get used to. The noise of the football on tv is especially annoying for me at the minute. It doesn't sound natural.

Can totally relate to this! I'm finding everything so much noisier now. I don't think I used to but I can't remember.

I've looked at the Calmer earplugs so interesting that some people find them good.