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Hello,

I really empathize with

some of you on the anger subject. I have, for about 10 years (I'm 25

now), gotten really enraged at certain noises. The most enraging

include people whistling, crunching chips and popcorn and other hard,

dry foods, people that eat nuts or something else and clean their

teeth of the debris with their tongues, slurping of coffee, someone

picking or ripping off their fingernails, someone popping chewing gum

bubbles inside their mouths, foghorns, jazz music, and the list goes

on.... At first I thought I couldn't tolerate rude behavior but then

realized it was something more since internally I felt some of these

sounds, like everyday whistling, seemed to " hurt " my ears. This is

sad for me since my husband loves to whistle. I can't stand going to

a movie theater and sitting next to someone eating popcorn that

doesn't close their mouth. I totally lose track of the movie and

might as well leave as money wasted instead of getting angry at the

unsuspecting party causing my discomfort. I found this site,

ironically, by accident when googling " annoyed by chewing noises "

when a coworker was about to make me jump out of my skin with her

eating habits. Then of course the information I found led me here. I

also want to mention I thought I was crazy about the " ringing in the

ears " thing I had. I kept thinking it was office equipment but at the

end of the day when I got home I could still hear it. I absolutely

cannot sleep without a loud fan or air purifier that makes a constant

sound. I HATE cricket noises in the summer and sometimes my neighbor

across the street plays music at night and I can hear the bass

drumming in my brain. Nevermind the actual music part of it which my

brain seems to block out. >Sigh< At last, people who understand me!

Thanks!

Aimee