Noisy pubs

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I'm in a pub right now and people are shouting....laughing loudly...

I don't get it. Why shout to the person right next to you? Its extremely noisy in here and it's horrible. People are laughing at the top of their voice. My friend says I shouldn't be so dramatic but I'm close to panic attack here.

I think alcohol reduces people's ability to judge how much or little they need to raise their voice to get past the other noise, and causes them to over-compensate. Not much you can do once you're trapped in such a pub, other than get smashed enough that you stop caring, which I don't really recommend.

I usually just leave and go somewhere else but then again that would have its drawbacks too. Usually for me listening to headphones louder than the ambient noise works well. Seems it is the chaos of the noise around me causing the anxiety or maybe my brain just get overloaded trying to process it all.

Exit stage left. I know I have challenges with noisy environments so I avoid them at all costs.

It's nuts. Its like a massive wall of noise.

I seldom go into a pub and very rarely alone. However I remember going to a busy restaurant for my 54th birthday with my father and siblings. The buzz of all the voices in the room which seemed to blend together into an aural soup made me feel quite overwhelmed.

It's probably too late now as your most likely tucked up in bed or it's the next day , but these so called friends are not the people you should be sharing your insecurities with if their comments are like this. If your close to panic , don't wait it out or fight it - get some fresh air , go to the bog and splash your face with water , go outside and smoke , just change the scenery if only for 5 minutes just to recoup and ease your anxious thoughts.

It's a feedback loop. People in the pub have to talk loudly to be heard over the other people in the pub and those people have to talk louder in order to be heard over the other people and on and on and on. Plus beer.

Definitely not my form of entertainment. The noise level blows me out of the room. Drunk and noisy are a bad combination. There is always the possibility of a fight breaking out.

Yeah i can barely handle a mall.

I dont understand, why even go to a pub? Theyre just full of smelly loud people? If you want drinks cant you drink at home? I really dont understand the appeal.

your friend should stop being so condescending

eh. i've been known to begin crying in noisy pubs lol. talk about dramatic.

Well, it is noisy, so you will need to shout.
of course, this makes more noise, so those at the next table will also shout, which means you got to shout louder...