What are your worst sensory annoyances?

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27 Feb 2013, 1:48 am

Mainly anything that happens suddenly, usually any sudden loud noises that startle me. Constant sensations can be annoying as well but at least they don't take me by surprise and I can usually tune it out after a while.

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27 Feb 2013, 5:37 am

Anything sticky or dusty, and noise while I'm trying to concentrate is very distracting.

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27 Feb 2013, 1:53 pm

I really hate being touched especially around my stomach. when I got an ekg monday I jumped a little every time the nurse touched me attaching the electrodes

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27 Feb 2013, 2:43 pm

daydreamer84 wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

-People sneezing/coughing/yawning/clearing throat loudly
-TVs murmuring from another room
-Kids under 5 shouting or screaming

Those too and chewing noises and loud breathing noises.

Ditto - though, not always so much the kids - it is often adults speaking loudly, or in a certain way that gets to me - I feel like they are beating me up, in a sense.

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27 Feb 2013, 3:51 pm

Do you guys ever NOT get annoyed with certain things on your list, i.e. do you almost always get annoyed by people screaming, but sometimes you barely notice it or don't even hear a fire alarm going off? I remember Temple Grandin once saying something like how sometimes a sound is overwhelming and other times she can barely hear it, like the volume dial on her ears changes constantly... I've never noticed that in myself, but maybe others have?

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27 Feb 2013, 4:04 pm

Hearing traffic noise at night when I'm trying to sleep.. even with earplugs in. It was so bad for a few weeks a couple months ago I had to get some prescription sleeping pills in order to get any rest at all, as otherwise I'd just lay awake/in a very light sleep alllll night listening to traffic go buy until my alarm went off. It's not as bad right now, and I've even slept through some nights without earplugs, but still - it's definitely annoying.

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28 Feb 2013, 10:41 am

KyleTheGhost wrote:

Smacking lips
'Shhh'
High-pitched sounds
Babies crying

Clothing that isn't made of soft materials.

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28 Feb 2013, 10:55 am

asp19291 wrote:

No... Usually when that happens to me, it means that I've acquired an 'immunity' to the sensory trigger that used to set me off before.
I haven't experienced that it sometimes didn't bother me and sometimes it did.

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01 Mar 2013, 2:55 am

Hydraulic brakes screeching
People laughing loudly
People talking in a quiet space; library, bus, etc
Loud music
Tags in clothes
Polyester
Wet clothes
Tight/clinging fabrics
New denim
Damp hands
Cold
Passing traffic
Barking dogs/screeching parrots
Cigarette smoke smell: my chem partner always reeks of cigarettes and it makes me want to gag.
And the absolute worst that can throw me into a rage: people making those obnoxious noises to test when microphones are working. It gets under my skin until I want to rip my ears out and throw them at whoever is making that horrible noise.

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