My experiences

[Guest guest]

I live in Australia and find it interesting

learning about other peoples experiences with sound sensitivity.

I feel that I am different to others in

some ways. I certainly don’t have the rage or ocd tendencies that

others have explained. I don’t even have the stress issues that

others mention, or certainly not to any huge extent.

However, there is DEFINITELY a physical

cause in some way to this as my mother had the same problem I have and about a

month ago I rang my only surviving sibling, my brother and asked him if he had

a problem and he said he did too.

My father liked to have the radio on and

listen to the news when we were all around the table eating dinner and my

mother would often say its too loud! Turn it down please. He was never really

agreeable to this. I never had any problem at the time (10 years old)

When I was married (until I was 45), I

always was the one who had the remote control for tv and would frantically turn

down the sound during advertisements, as they were always so loud and intrusive

and overwhelming and stopped me being able to think straight. It never occurred

to me that I was exactly like my mother. I realized I was similar but it wasn’t

a big thing in my life.

It was really when I began a new

relationship that I was informed how difficult I was (for wanting to turn ads

down! Something I still think I shouldn’t have to fight for!). The other

thing was I noticed – and disliked intensely - other sounds for the first

time. My partners son, who I love dearly (13 years old) will at times sniff

CONSTANTLY Aaaargh. I hate it. (EVERY 15 SECONDS, I think that shows something

that I can tell you how often) but that’s the only thing I really have an

issue with. Oh yes and he jiggles his leg too, as has been discussed by others.

However, I am very fortunate indeed that

this appears to be the extent of my hearing issues.

Interestingly, I have always had a hearing

problem with low tones but can hear very well high pitched ones. I always used

to say I was like Supergirl who could hear noises that dogs could hear but

humans couldn’t (but only if high pitched)

Actually now I come to think of it, I never

liked it when people had a radio not tuned in correctly and it whistled. . . .

.. .

Debra White