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Joe90
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19 Mar 2022, 6:59 pm

I am noise sensitive, but there are 3 different noise sensitivities for me:-

1. Distracting and annoying noise
This involves noises like toddlers screaming in public places, loud car engines or motorcycles, noise from neighbours

2. Noise that physically hurts my ears
Ironically this does not really involve loud noises, it actually involves low rumbling sounds from people in the room above me like opening drawers or moving furniture about. It physically hurts

3. Sudden loud noises
This can become very bothersome because I have spent a lot of my life avoiding things that I know will make a sudden loud noise near me, and my nerves are more sensitive when I'm expecting the noise, like the bells at school. When I'm expecting a loud sudden noise to occur, my whole brain just focuses on it and waits for it, and nothing I do can distract me away from it.

Yet some sudden loud noises don't bother me at all, such as dogs and fireworks.


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19 Mar 2022, 7:10 pm

I’m sort of the opposite.

I don’t like sudden noises—especially high-pitched ones.

I get aggravated when a person who has a high-pitched voice yells at me.

I don’t really mind motorcycles that much. Opening and closing draws, walking/pacing on floors does aggravate me, though.

A dripping faucet (tap) is the worst!



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22 Mar 2022, 6:44 am

HiccupHaddock wrote:
Would you consider these sensory sensitivies?
- not liking to be touched by strangers, e.g. pilates class teachers, physiotherapists, etc.
- finding those makeup/perfume halls in airports make me feel overwhelmed, where everything is shiny and glittery
- finding that some days other people's voices make my ears throb and make me a bit on edge
- when I was much younger (e.g. a teenager), trying to do eye contact and finding it physically painful
- finding that on a cloudy day, when the clouds are bright and grey, I need sunglasses or else the glare hurts my eyes


Yeah. The first one could be fairly normal, especially if you've had bad experiences with touch (such as sexual violence victimization). But the rest are all pretty classic sensory issues.



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25 Mar 2022, 10:47 pm

Norny wrote:
I've noticed that a majority of people on this board have sensory issues (unless they are the only vocal ones), however most Aspies I watch on YouTube or have known in real life have not had these sensory issues.

There seems to be a consensus here that you can't have an ASD without sensory issues

I'm not sure what to think about this. Can anyone comment (especially if you do not have sensory issues)?

I think I can handle loud noises and sounds better than most people on the spectrum because sometimes I have to go with no hearing protection every time I deer hunt and it doesn’t seriously bother me