How many of you are over-sensitive to noise ?

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For me it depends. If I am expecting chaos and crowds and lot of people all talking, I am fine. But if I am in a quiet area and then all of a sudden it gets filled with people and talking, I sense a sensory overload. Especially if I go somewhere and there are lot of people and chaos. It's sport games I can't stand so sport bars might be a bad place for me to go if everyone is sitting down in comfy seats watching and all screaming at the TV. I know next time to bring ear plugs. I used to carry them with me when I was 18 because the freshmen in my class get really loud and it was painful to have to stand out in the hall way. I couldn't sit because the floor was dirty and I didn't want the dust on my clothes or coat. And I didn't want to sit in class with fingers in my ears and not doing anything because of it. I wasn't going to tell them to all be quiet, especially last night when lot of people got on the train and all started talking and I felt a sensory overload. I think that was due to me being tired and I was going into work so sounds seem louder to my ears. I am also sensitive to these high squeak sounds toddlers make. I am also sensitive to barking dogs indoors.


But here is something I an hypersensitive too, metal clanging or bunch of glass shattering. It's so painful to my ears while to everyone else it's not. They say you get used to it so that tells me it's not the same for them as it is for me. Sure they say it hurts their ears but is it painful for their ear drums? This is something that lot of us get from people. They assume what they feel and don't like what we don't like is the same for them.

Noise issues with me---a big "yes."

Loud noises, repetitive type noises, etc.---I am really sensitive to them.

Mom has also told me how noises and lights bothered me as a child---they still do.

As I have gotten older I have gotten more irritable because I am getting tired of waiters/waitresses seating me next to a bright sunlit window in the restaurants and acting put out when I ask for a table away from the sunlight. Bright lights/sunlight has always bothered me.

But this thread is on noise. We have a weather lady that continually uses the same expressions all the time and that annoys me. For example, she says repeatedly within just seconds of each other:

*here and there
*on the get-go
*out and about
*on tap
*during the day today

Gee---I have to stop, I'm getting irritated just thinking about it.

If loud noises remain fairly constant, I have to leave the area---such as a shopping mall or other public place. If not, I find myself wanting to bang a wall or yelling.

Well, that's some of my experiences and thoughts on noise. So what occupation did I choose---schoolteacher .

I had to edit here when I saw clanging metal in a previous post---I hate banging metal like pots and pans---ughhhhh!! !! !

Some of you may wonder why I chose teaching---my therapist wondered this. Well, it was the only routine I had really ever known since I started school. The schedule I was use to as well as the environment. I taught English at first, but that didn't work out the best---so now I am the gifted intervention specialist---much better.

I can't relate to this discussion at all. What would oversensitive to noise mean? I have only experienced my own senses therefore I have no idea if i'm oversensitive or not.

But it depends on what oversensitive means.

Some posters seem to have some sort of physical reaction to certain sharp noises/loud noise. I do not have this. I've been at a megadeth concert, and it was loud, and I didn't have sensory overload.

Some posters are talking about noise as a distraction. Yes, noise distracts me, noise distracts everyone to a degree.

Some posters are talking about being able to hear things that honestly I've never heard before. like super-hearing so to speak.

What exactly does oversensitivity to noise really mean?

I voted yes (and I AM very sensitive to noise) but really I don't know HOW sensitive because I'm not sure what I am comparing to.

I am more sensitive to noise than my wife but one of my children is even more sensitive to noise than me.

I find shopping malls can sometimes be overwhelming, even if they AREN'T hosting a live music event.

I carry wax ear plugs in case of emergency and that really helps.

Strange thing is that I am often asking my wife or children to 'turn down' the sound on the TV at home but for some reason, if I am watching TV or a DVD, I seem to have a much higher tolerance threshold for noise, with my family asking ME to 'turn down' the sound.

I really HATE how when a TV show switches to commercials, the TV company cranks up the sound level.

Ba****ds

It was frustrating turning down the sound every time the commercials came on and then trying to get back to the right sound level when the TV resumed.

Now, I just hit the 'mute' button.

Instant peace

I'm over-sensitive to noise, particularly high-pitched sounds. I recently joined the school orchestra and the sound of the oboes bothered me a lot more than the other instruments, especially at the beginning when everyone was doing their own thing rather than playing harmoniously together. I'm not as bad as I used to be, though.