Sensory issues with sounds/voices

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Ever since I was a kid, certain tones/pitches people have in their voice can send me to very strong emotions regardless of the actual words being said or the message. Someone who talks really loud especially in a certain pitch could make me very angry regardless of what they are saying or who they are. The quiter someone talks the better I am able to process what they are saying. Calm voices I like the best, hyper voices annoy me but don't make me angry....usually, sad voices make me angry- crying people make me angry, crying myself makes me very angry, (rarely now as an adult) but as a kid when I would get angry I would also kind of get teary eyed. People seeing this would say "Are you going to cry?" which would make me really made and lose it- which caused me to fight people often. (Bit of a seqway...maybe- seems relevant though..)

So anyways...does anyone else have similar responses to pitch/tone of voice? My parents have learned to control their pitch when talking to me but when they are in another room talking to someone else I can hear them and their voices will have the same effect as if I was in the same room. (They don't control their pitch when I am around them)

I dont have friends who are loud. Hmm..that's interesting haven't thought about that before. Yep checks out, never had a loud friend in my life. Had some hyper ones, still do but their pitch irritates me so I can't hang out with them for too long.

YES! My mom got me a DVD to help explain algebra but I could never watch it becuase of the narrator's voice. There was also a biology lab DVD but I couldn't watch it either because of the narator's voice.

I like your new avatar =)

well, maybe old to you now but been away for a bit.

I hate really giggly high-pitched girl voices.

I have known people that exhaust me to be around just because of the way they sound. There's something about their voice that demands attention even if what they're saying is uninteresting.

Yes, my son reacts to voices even though to anyone else around it seems normal tone and pitch. I try to adapt to his needs as much as possible and he has also had issues with Math lesson DVD's as we home school and can't listen to them. Many other mechanical noises also bring similar responses. It can go from tolorable to unmanageable depending on his anixety level at the time.

I seem to lean towards interpreting someone's voice as angry if I'm unsure. I like lower, quieter voices. I think that's part of why I prefer to hang out with guys, for the lower pitch. Women who talk loud bother me more than men who talk loud. I used to wear earplugs to my geometry class because the teacher talked so loud. I could hear her just fine with the earplugs. I don't know how to describe her voice besides loud and what I interpreted as stressed sounding. "Hyper loud girl" is probably my least favorite type of voice.

I also can't stand them.

I like it, too.

Anyway, giggly girl voices drive me crazy, especially if they are loud. Kind of makes me want to smash things. I don't really have issues with guy voices, at least none that I can think of.