Guest guest Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 He may have learned it, or learned to be more sensitive to it because others in his family are. However, learning to be more sensitive would probably manifest in him being more aware of the sounds but not actually being bothered by them. I think it is more likely, unfortunately, that his symptoms are now setting in. Most people with 4S seem to have their symptoms start with an aversion to eating/crunching noises, and it branches out from there. It also seems to be common for more than one person in the family to develop 4S. My mother used to be hyper-sensitive about sounds to the point that rustling of clothing bothered her (she didn't tell me this until I told her about my problem and shared my 4S research with her). My older brother also told me that muffled booming noises, like people thumping around in the room next to his office, or music playing down the street from his home, give him the same sort of rage that other people can't understand. Each of us has varying degrees of intensity with their symptoms (I, unfortunately, seem to have the worst), but it is definitely something that is shared in this family. It's interesting how these symptoms can just show up one day, too. Most 4S sufferers didn't have any problems with sounds until one day, they're just awful. It almost reminds me of an allergy. You could spend your whole life eating garlic and not experiencing any difficulty and then one day, boom. You're allergic. Your body has had enough. Even the smallest dose from here on out will give you an allergic reaction until your body (hopefully) someday " forgets " it's allergic. Yeah, I know garlic isn't a common one, but that's mine, so I'm just speaking from experience. I'm kind of hoping that 4S has the chance of just disappearing one day, with no explanation, like an allergy. Sure, it may be rare even for allergies, but at least there would be a slight hope! > > Hello all. Its been a good while since I have posted, mostly I lurk and > read all of your posts which have been very enlightening... > I have sensitivity to most all the sounds everyone has described but > most especially clanking of dishes and utensils, mouth soft sounds and > gum cracking and some others. My oldest son also has sound sensitivy . > What happend recently might be of interest: my youngest son who is 16 > has not shown any of the signs of being sound sensitivy like me and my > oldest .... Until a couple of days ago. He now is saying he dosent > like it when people crunch food like cereal. I wonder if he has > learned it from us or maybe some type of physiological threshold or > trigger happened. I recall it was about his age that I and my oldest > had it show up. My two cents, etc. > > Dan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hi Dan. I have to agree with Kathy on this one. I don't think 4S (true 4S) is something that is learned. If he just doesn't like the sound, that may be learned. But if he becomes anxious and rages because of the sound, that's something I doubt can be learned. My husband hates it when he hears someone crunch tortilla chips, but he doesn't get angry about it... he just doesn't like it. He thinks it's unpolite. I go postal and want to rip their head off! I really believe this is genetic because my mother, sister and niece have it too. I'm the worst of the bunch... go figure. I sure wish I knew what all of a sudden triggers this... it's so strange how quickly it shows up. > > Hello all. Its been a good while since I have posted, mostly I lurk and > read all of your posts which have been very enlightening... > I have sensitivity to most all the sounds everyone has described but > most especially clanking of dishes and utensils, mouth soft sounds and > gum cracking and some others. My oldest son also has sound sensitivy . > What happend recently might be of interest: my youngest son who is 16 > has not shown any of the signs of being sound sensitivy like me and my > oldest .... Until a couple of days ago. He now is saying he dosent > like it when people crunch food like cereal. I wonder if he has > learned it from us or maybe some type of physiological threshold or > trigger happened. I recall it was about his age that I and my oldest > had it show up. My two cents, etc. > > Dan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Dan, actually this is an area I would like to investigate further as it does seem to me that when a family member has 4S, everyone else in the family is clearly influenced by this in many different ways, including developing a heightened awareness of trigger sounds themselves even if they do NOT have a case of 4S. They have a case of Living With A Person with 4S. Dr. Marsha > > Hello all. Its been a good while since I have posted, mostly I lurk and > read all of your posts which have been very enlightening... > I have sensitivity to most all the sounds everyone has described but > most especially clanking of dishes and utensils, mouth soft sounds and > gum cracking and some others. My oldest son also has sound sensitivy . > What happend recently might be of interest: my youngest son who is 16 > has not shown any of the signs of being sound sensitivy like me and my > oldest .... Until a couple of days ago. He now is saying he dosent > like it when people crunch food like cereal. I wonder if he has > learned it from us or maybe some type of physiological threshold or > trigger happened. I recall it was about his age that I and my oldest > had it show up. My two cents, etc. > > Dan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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