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I dont like the sound of paper on my skin, I dont like the sound of nails on seat belts or jeans, I dont like that noise that comes from a tv that isnt completely off or from a radio, I hate when people feel the need to make those "mmm" noises when they are eating(is that supposed to make it taste better), I dont like listening to others type on keyboards, or the sound that a cardboard box makes when you slide it across tile floor or smooth surface(again paper noises), I hate when people file their nails, I hate the ringing dial tone on a phone. I could keep going but all this is making me cringe.

I recently bought myself a set of huge signal yellow hearing protectors - earmuff type, designed for people working in very noisy environment. I've been keeping them handy for two days now so I can put them on where there's a hint of impending loud noise. God, why I never thought of this before? Life seems easier now.

Can someone recommend a pair suitable for side-sleeping?

I'm currently in the "drifting from place to place until I find somewhere quiet enough to sleep" phase. Since no one will give an accurate assessment of the noise levels before moving in, it could take a while, and I don't want to turn into the wreck I was in 08 while trying to find a good place to rent.

Though, this year I'm not going to "hold out" on partially-paid months if it's really bad. I've given notice at my current place already (they were tearing apart pallets past 1:00 in the morning on Friday...), and I'll be walking out from a partially paid month.

...Still, there's no guarantee that the next place will be better, and only 3 weeks into the current place and "THE headache" has already set in. As in, the seemingly permanent one that just doesn't go away until you've been sleeping well for months.


I've used earplugs, but they really aggravate my tinnitus, reflect my heartbeat, and I always seem to sleep very lightly and wake up with bad chest pain.

I'm the same way. Meals at my house are nightmares and God-forbid I have to eat out. I hate the sounds of utensils scraping the plate and clanking. The worst is hearing people chomp their food and smack their lips. It makes me want to punch them in the face! I don't of course, but I want to. I have to wear ear plugs while eating (at home or out). I hate it because people see the ear plugs and give me funny looks, stare, or whisper to each other about me.

Too many noises at once bother me too. It seems like I can hear 20 different sounds all at once. If people try to talk to me with all those noises, I literally can't "hear" them. I hear everything yet can't make sense of one particular sound. I end up reading their lips to figure out what they are trying to say. Usually, I have to ask them to reapeat it several times. That really makes people angry with me. They seem to think that I'm not listening to them when, in actuality, I'm trying to but I can't focus on just one sound.

There are many other sounds that bother me too. But, I won't go into the long, exhausting list. Suffice it to say, that almost every sound bothers me. The best way that I can explain how it makes me feel is this:

It feels like someone is splitting my spinal cord in two and pulling the ends out of my ears.

Sounds I can't stand:

High frequency noises
People crunching on chips
The sound the laser makes when a CD begins spinning
AC/DC

Vacuum cleaners, blenders, garbage disposals and motorcycles all irritate me on a daily basis.

Actually, now that I think about it, I do have a few noise issues.

I hate the sounds of........

-Students talking when the teacher is talking

-Any noise that paper makes

-The sound of a plastic fork scraping against a paper cup

people breathing on me really annoys the living daylights out of me. sounds i can pretty much deal with unless i'm trying to sleep

This thread brings back a lot of memories.

Can't stand hearing people chew, slurp and swallow. Sometimes I can't stand even hearing myself eat.
Someone scratching material. Velcro - eugh! Those velcro straps on shoes especially.
Thunder.
People coughing or sneezing, like I am now.
People breathing. People making any sort of noise that doesn't form coherent words are pretty annoying. Except for my 'zoom zoom' noises.
The shuffling of paper.
People talking when I want quiet.
The quiet ticking of a clock.
The city of Sydney especially train stations and traffic. I always listen to my ipod to block out the noise.
My sister's constant ramblings.
Rob Thomas.

I think that's it.

Sight sensitivity is a problem for me too. DO. NOT. LIKE. STROBE. LIGHTS!

Hate the sound of:

-People pashing, like on TV. I have to change the channel.
-People eating, especially when they try to do it quietly. I actually prefer loud, unabashed crunching to those dainty ladies in office lunch rooms who only treat you to an occasional lip smack or swallowing sound!
-Modern train whistles, they actually hurt my ears and many times I've almost stuck my finger up at the driver or yelled at him.
-Babies and toddlers crying. Oddly, newborns don't bother me that much. The worst are the screamers, kids who just want attention and to see how far they can push it and their stupid mothers just sit there. I feel like slapping the little s**ts and their stupid excuses for mothers.
-TRAFFIC, especially trucks. I feel like I'm about to be run over. It's a lot better when I wear earplugs.
-Voices of people I hate because they've abused me verbally in the past. I have to put loud music on to drown them out otherwise I'll get suicidal.
-Coughing (why I couldn't be a doctor).
-People eating snacks out of plastic wrappers and doing that crinkle-pause-crinkle thing. Together with chewing sounds, this drives me crazy.

Love the sound of:

-Rain falling on a car that I'm sitting in. Every drop feels like a gift. It makes me feel rich and privileged.
-Mopping sounds, they're a balm for my ears. Painting sounds the same.
-Not sure what it is but a loud, vibrating drilling-type machine they used to have at my last work. The sound would echo from next door, first a higher-pitched whirr which would gradually deepen into a subsonic vibration that would pulsate up from the floor through one's feet all the way to the brain and put you into a mesmeric trance. I loved it!
-Distant, rumbling thunder, especially when it thuds and sounds like it's coming closer.
-Sub woofer drum beats.
-Spoons gently scraping on bowls (but if it's loud and aggressive I hate it); I used to think I hated this sound but found it really relaxed me.
-Certain people's voices, like my psychologist. They relax me and help me focus.
-Being in rich people's houses. Somehow they seem more quiet and the sounds all seem much more pleasing, from the tick of old clocks to the wind stirring the leaves of oak trees in the yard to the creak of old floorboards in hundred-year-old rooms.... mmm, I love the sound of money.

I'm also highly sensitive to smells. Some smells can put me in a trance, like the smell of paint. I also love sniffing liquid paper, petrol, WD 40, permanent textas and whiteboard markers, newspapers, glossy magazines, stain remover and anything else with a hint of thinner or paint in it.

Babies crying. That kills. I could never be a parent to a baby. I would end up in prison

The sounds what annoy me but don't hurt my ears are:-

-People having a conversation right outside my bedroom door (my room is downstairs)
-The kettle roaring from the kitchen
-Doors slamming
-Footsteps in the room above me
-Dry scratching noise, like when somebody is pulling out stuff from the freezer
-Kids shouting and yelling outside my house
-The sound of a TV murmuring from another room

The sounds what hurt my ears and/or make me jump are:-

-Sirens wailing
-Plates clanging
-Dogs barking
-Bells ringing
-Smoke alarm
-Toddlers screaming
-Cars bibbing
-Loud engines/loud motorbikes

The sounds what relax me are:-

-Clocks ticking (especially in a silent room)
-Rain hammering against windows/car
-People fiddling with coat hangers (I thought this would be in the ''annoying sounds'' list but I've found this lulls me)
-Thunder
-Talking (in the same room as me)
-Airoplanes flying above
-Music
-Church bells chiming

I find that fire alarms affect me very badly. When I hear one, first I freeze, then I scream, and then I have a meltdown

I have NEVER been able to fall asleep without some sort of fan/air conditioner/humidifier running to block out sound!! !! ! it was so bad when i was in school that i would literally start crying if i was on an overnight field trip and i had to try to fall asleep in a hotel room with other people.

i can't stand: breathing, ticking clocks, sniffling, chewing, snoring

i used to sit at my desk at school with my fingers in my ears breathing heavily to try to block all of the classroom sounds. i think i scared people because they thought i was on the verge of a breakdown. nope-just trying to take the quiz!

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