All the Noise, Noise, Noise!

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Don't get me wrong, I love the holidays. Several relatives are coming to visit and I'm really excited!

The trouble is that my sister has a habit of singing Christmas carols at the top of her lungs right next to my ear. I've told her that I don't like loud noises, "it's too much music," etc. She just sings louder because she doesn't realize that it really bothers me. She doesn't know about my PDD-NOS. I've had similar problems with other relatives turning the TV up really loud or blasting music through the house.

How do I tell them politely to keep the volume down?

i have no idea if it's polite or not, but i just tell them that i have sensory issues, so please keep it down.

Get the ear plugs that people use for construction if possible or if you can't the only other thing is wearing earbuds to atleast filter some of the sound.

Have you tried singing along with her? Maybe if you sing badly enough often enough she'll stop. I have similar issues when two people try to talk to me at the same time it's physically painful to me, when I point that out most people will stop but some family members are a bit sadistic and will use that as a reason to keep doing it.

Ask her to stop, and if she doesn't look her in the eye and put earplugs in. That might get the message across.