Re: Fear of ongoing sounds

[Guest guest]

I too suffer from the anxiety of the anticipation of the sounds and once the sound happens I cannot get it out of my mind. I ruminate on it and play it over and over in my head, waiting for it to happen again. This causes me to be in a full on rage on a regular basis. An example is at work, the woman I work with does these hiccup things all the time and it is such a trigger for me.. I anticipate it on my way to work and then once I hear it, I cannot stop thinking of when it will happen again. The anxiety this causes is horrendous. There is a guy who sits on the other side of me who snaps all the time as he walks up and down the hall and drums on his desk constantly. I wind up looking at this guy with such disgust, I cant bear it. The rage and anxiety this causes is over the charts unbearable. And, this is everyday that I deal with this at work. So I understand that the anxiety around the anticipation is just as awful as the sound itself.

Yesterday I was looking out the window with binoculars (not for the first time) to figure out where the motor sound was coming from. My husband called about that time and I filled him in on the discovery: someone had a camaro a few houses down, and it was running! I announced it like I had spotted a home invasion happening. As usual I was the only one finding this appalling. When I hear an invading sound, I subconsciously worry it's going to be lifelong. Like once it starts it's going to be a constant, everyday, all-the-time noise. Thismakes me wonder how much I'm suffering from the noise itself, compared to anxiety about ongoing sound. Does anyone experience this?

[Guest guest]

So I guess it's an intolerance, sensitivity, and fear of sounds. Wow. I hadn't

thought about the repetitiveness aspect, but I think I understand how that could

tie in to the fear. Can you tell me more about that?

The lady hiccuping and the guy snapping and drumming--these things would drive

me crazy and they just seem rude on top of it all. In another discussion we were

talking about the manners aspect of this, which I think ties in to feeling

violated. What do you think?

[Guest guest]

I seem to get some satisfaction out of knowing where the sound is coming from

too. Don't know why that is...

I've noticed that for some people, they have to make noises etc to get

attention. That's just how they are.

And for the anticipation... just shoot me now! I live in an apartment and the

people (hardly ever home and fairly quiet) just moved out. Ye Gads! A day

doesn't go by that I'm not terrified of who is moving in next. Loud talkers?

Loud music? Loud car? Kids running in the apartment? Young people who have cars

coming in and out at all hours of the day and night? Oh Calgon, take me away...

but where? This is the quietest place I've lived in a very long time. I don't

want anything to come that will spoil that... And I'm so worried it will.

And the beat goes on...

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> So I guess it's an intolerance, sensitivity, and fear of sounds. Wow. I hadn't

thought about the repetitiveness aspect, but I think I understand how that could

tie in to the fear. Can you tell me more about that?

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> The lady hiccuping and the guy snapping and drumming--these things would drive

me crazy and they just seem rude on top of it all. In another discussion we were

talking about the manners aspect of this, which I think ties in to feeling

violated. What do you think?

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