How many of you are over-sensitive to noise ?

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I am extremely sensitive to noise. Every little sound bothers me. The worst for me is the phone ringing or my pet macaw screaming. A macaw can scream at 105 db. Now that is loud!

Some days I am very sensitive to sounds, and it seems like everyone around me is talking way too loud. I have to put my dishes away very carefully, because if they clink together, it sends a shock of pain through my jaw.

Other days, not so much.

I'm oversensitive to thunder normally. Anytime there's a thunderstorm in the middle of the night, I'm not going to sleep at all. Usually I have to wear earplugs to even begin to sleep in such a circumstance. In a restaurant, I have about a 30 degree cone coming out of each ear where I hear everything louder than what's behind me or in front of me, mostly a processing issue. Usually I'll either cup one or both of my ears toward the person speaking and / or read their lips to get around that.

Any high pitched noises (usually children screams) hurt my ears like a b***h.

Why have you decided to have a macaw if it bothers you? I find this funny

I live across the street from a baby and a toddler with 2 big dogs and next door to me are 3 screaming children(6-11) and a barking dog, also varies people in the neighborhood also have dogs barking and children who scream!! !

WHAT CAN I DO!?
BESIDES MUSIC AND EAR PLUGS!?

Not to mention, I have to put up with these AWFUL sounds if I go shopping or out to eat.
The only time I can get away from these noises is when I go to college!! !

But when I went to New York City I didn't hear them, but I saw them and it was so nosy it pretty much drowned them out.

Looks like I'm one of the few people who has answered who is not overly sensitive to noise. Large crowds do scare me though.

I am very sensitive to noise and also startle with sudden loud sounds. Thank you to whoever recommended those earplugs. They look great and I want to buy them or something similar.

Last weekend some new people I met invited me to a shooting range. I wasn't exactly excited about it, but I'm trying to socialize more. Just the idea of going on a road trip with new people, knowing about my poor social skills was already stressful and once I got there and heard a couple of gunshots, I couldn't take it anymore. I felt embarrassed and humiliated. Nobody believed the ear protection they gave us didn't help and I felt like my ear was popping or something. Has anyone else experienced that?

I am very sensitive to noise (and taste, but noise is the worst). I cannot block out repetitive noises and I find it hard to process multiple conversations going on at once. I usually cope with this by listening to my ipod most of the time. I get very anxious if I have to go on public transport without my ipod. A few weeks ago mine died completely but a friend of mine has loaned me hers as she knows how stressful public transport is without music until I get an iphone (my phone contract runs out next month so would be a waste to get a new ipod and then an iphone soon after).

Once my ipod was flat in the morning so I went to work late so I could charge it at home before catching the train. A bit over the top I guess but it stresses me out so bad.

I am very sensitive to certain sounds. Some of them make me angry but I try not to let it surface.

If in a place where alot of people are talking, I can't always make out conversation so I just focus on the enviroment looking at art on the wall, the ceiling fixtures, patterns in the carpet and furniture.

If someone expects me to know what they are saying at a distance that most people can understand I usually just nod my head but sometimes it turns out it wasn't really a question so the person will roll their eyes.

My attitude is better if I'm wearing noise cancelling headphones or listening to ipod.

I don't know how true this is, but I think strong smells cancel out noises.

When I went to Vocational School these students would always be nosy, but there was this one kid who had terrible body odor and I sat next to him one day and I was coughing and gagging a bit and I don't recall being annoyed be any noises.

So I guess bad smells, block out bad noises.
I know smell can affect the taste of food.

I think I may be sensitive in my overawareness, in the sense that I can't ignore it. I can take loud noises better than many NTs though, especially girls.

It depends. There is "good" noise and "downright annoying" noise, good noise would be a concert or club because it's music and I like music to be full blast until the speakers bust. Bad noise is alod of people shouting at the same time or little things like a beepy alarm that goes off constantly even then it's not that bad, I don't over-react or anything it's just a mild annoyance.

Really hate technology sometimes....even though these walls are very thick,next door neighbours at mums/dads just worked out surround sound systems exist and has got one installed,its agony...have had a few meltdowns from overload since she got it,and blocking it out isnt working.
dont know why dad bothered getting sky tv when he could just listen to theirs for free.

well it wut i do is i have eer plugs or wen i out in pub, i waer my sony hedfones thay cnsel out most noyse, onley hi pitched and midrange,hi frekwencys boter me but i love the bass i love the way it feels in me i have to put me hand on speaker to feel the bass and the wall but i have to be caerfull, if i have to muck i will blow out my light in my room.and wen i get to hot i get very sik i thow up nose bleeds but wen i get cold i hurt realley bad my joynts swell up like ballooons cant move to muck i have severe arthuritus sum days i cant walk, even wen i get cold i hedakes wut upwit tat!! ! i not no tat sares me i see a newrologist for hedakes,seizures sooooooo i not no.autismrocks

I am so sensitive to noise - but it is odd, because when a spoon drops on the floor, for example, it just kills me. Hand clapping is the worst - a real killer. When I attend concerts (I love music, was classically trained and have perfect pitch too, play the piano) I have to cover my left ear especially and tap my leg with the other to "clap", just like the orchestra musicians do. I hear the sound of power lines buzzing, etc. But i love sounds so much - all sounds seem to contain pitches which I hear and can categorize. People don't understand my hyperacousia and punish me for it or think I'm odd.