Something I don't get about NTs

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A lot of NTs have said they hate balloons popping, especially children. Yes, I can understand people disliking balloons near them because of unexpected popping, but NTs seem to be able to handle other unexpected noise, like a dog suddenly barking or a loud firebell suddenly going off above them, and they don't seem to be worried about it at all. Well, I know people do jump at these noises sometimes but they don't seem bothered if there's a dog in the room what might suddenly bark at a noise they can't hear, or if there's a firedrill near that could go off. And, to be honest, these noises are actually louder than a balloon popping, especially if the room is noisy anyway (like at a party) so any balloons that do pop are drowned out by background noise that even I only jump to a normal extent, not like how I do with other loud noises.

How come this?

What NTs hate about a balloon popping is not the pop, but the uncertainty. And they can "control" the pop by asking their kids not to play with the balloon. But they cannot control the dog barking (most owners will not even ask the dog to stop barking) or the firebell. You need to understand the pop itself is not painful, or the bark or the firebell. Our ears can stand it easily. It is a little uncomfortable and annoying, but not unbearable. In your case it is physically painful, and thats why you will try to avoid it as much as possible.

It's painful in a way, but also I am very jumpy, more so than the average person, so when a dog barks in the same room I'm in, I jump so quickly that I kind of ''spaz out'', like my arms go up in the air and sometimes I even want to be sick because that's how much the shock affects me. I even jump when the dog isn't barking but my brain was thinking that another similar noise was the dog, even if the noise was a quiet noise. That's caused by me being on edge because of knowing that the dog may bark at any moment, and so I am constantly staring at the dog and any movement he makes I go to put my hands in my ears.

What a terrible way to go on, but there you go.

I guess I'm a bit similar to an extent. I actually get more startled by a noise I'm expecting than a noise I didn't know was going to happen. I think its the tension building up to waiting on the noise happening that makes it worse. I also don't like any loud repetitive noise like a dog barking or a hoover being on, so I drown out those noises with my headphones. But at the same time I don't have overly sensitive hearing.