How come I'm not afraid of fireworks?

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I have a severe hatred of loud sudden noises (through fear and anxiety). I hate sudden noises like dogs barking, sirens suddenly setting off, smoke alarms, school bells, and all other sudden noises like that you can think of. I am very jumpy and just get so upset and bothered by them - even if I know they are coming.

But fireworks, I am not afraid of them at all. They don't make me jump at all. Well, sometimes if I'm not looking and one suddenly bangs in the air I might jump, but it still doesn't bother me like other loud sudden noises do. Next month is November, which is firework night (on the 5th), and I am looking forward to going down to the park with my family to watch the fireworks, and they usually have some pretty loud ones!

How come my nerves don't react harshly to loud fireworks? And it's not because I know they're coming, because sometimes when I DO know a loud noise is coming it actually makes me jump even worse, so it's not that. If I know a dog is going to bark, I still jump intensely when it barks.
Does anyone else mysteriously get bothered by a lot of different loud sudden noises but not at all by fireworks? Is there some sort of scientific explanation as to why?

There is a recognized disorder - I don't remember what it's called - that is about specific KINDS of sounds bothering people.

It could also be that you enjoy the SIGHT of fireworks (like me), and so you've learned to associate THEIR loud sounds with that! As a child their going off hurt my ears, but it was worth it.

I am very scared of fireworks.

Hmm now you guys here say.

Actually when
i was young I think I was afraid of fireworks on new years eve. And that my parents were surprised that they failed to explain it to me.

Now I like fireworks.

And actually same with lightning and thunder.
My mum went with us to the beach and we were sitting there in a strandkorb (whatever that is in English) during thunderstorm.
Then at nights I had to always come close to them and sleep on a madrass next to their bed.

Funny, because now I like being inside when there is thunderstorm outside. It feels safe. And it is fascinating to watch the lightnings...

I really hate telephones. Mine is set on the quietest ring that can get it to do.

I do not hate fireworks. But I am sensitive to dogs barking, especially if they are up close to me. (Doesn't help my cynophobia- which is the term for the fear of dogs.)

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in a sense one also expects firworks most of the time where the others are usually unexpected,

i usually only mind high pitched noises, train brakes or some dogs for an example,

the lower pitch vibratory noises like explosions and thunder can be directly pleasurable, the feeling of immense vibrations in the chest cavity and the sheer scale of the action producing them are awe inspiring.