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Paganinny
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26 Dec 2006, 5:38 pm

Does anybody else feel like they have to live in earplugs??? I always thought I was just crazy until I started to learn about Aspergers. I'm ready to kill my next door neighbours and their 4-year-old. Although now I know it's my problem and not theirs. And what's the etiquette on letting your neighbours know that you can hear them having sex???
Cranky Aspie from Edmonton.



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26 Dec 2006, 5:40 pm

Paganinny wrote:
Does anybody else feel like they have to live in earplugs???


yes, same here


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26 Dec 2006, 5:41 pm

Hello and welcome!

I don't have advice for you on that last question 8O, but I am very sensitive to sounds too.



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26 Dec 2006, 5:42 pm

Welcome! I have the same problem when it comes to hearing things you'd prefer not to.



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26 Dec 2006, 5:42 pm

welcome to wp



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26 Dec 2006, 6:03 pm

Thank you to all the people who have replied already...the planet doesn't feel quite so lonely anymore. :))



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26 Dec 2006, 6:09 pm

Welcome to WP!

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26 Dec 2006, 6:11 pm

Welcome to Werbert's Planet. Crack the fly and light the wig!


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26 Dec 2006, 7:02 pm

I used to feel that I had to sleep with earplugs.

Many warm welcomes, by the way. :D



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26 Dec 2006, 7:16 pm

hey.

well, depends on who's talking or what noise i hear(obviously). instead of earplugs, i put on headphones/music.


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26 Dec 2006, 7:37 pm

Welcome to WP! I buy lots of earplugs, and even will start carrying them while shopping in loud, busy stores. For those days when it seems as if someone turned up the world's volume. :roll:


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26 Dec 2006, 7:42 pm

I was in an exam not long ago and this chick was chewing gum with her mouth open right behind me. Wanna talk about annoying sounds?! !!



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26 Dec 2006, 7:44 pm

It's nice to know I'm not alone. I thought I was the only one who had this problem. No one else ever seemed to mind. Thank God I found this website.



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26 Dec 2006, 7:44 pm

Thank you!! I thought chewing with your mouth open only bothered me because I was old fashioned! Thank you all for making me feel like less of a freak!



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26 Dec 2006, 8:19 pm

Yeah, it's nice to be in a place where I don't feel isolated. Usually no one understands me.



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26 Dec 2006, 8:52 pm

Hi, and welcome! :D

I carry earplugs at all times and I've gotten over being shy about using them. I'm saving up for those silent headphones things.

Re hearing neighbours - quoting them back to themselves might be good. Or maybe you could join in from your side of the wall, as cheerleader or commentator (do you remember Howard Cosell?)

I once told my upstairs neighbour that I was surprised to see her son was so grown, because yesterday when she said to him 'get back in your crib' ... you had to see her face! And hear the silence. :)