Anyone have to sit in silence every so often because music and tv is too much stimulation?

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I just had that. Had to turn off my music - too much stimulation

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Yep. Music can be a trigger for me sometimes and I never know when it will happen until I hear something and get triggered.

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Luckily I am at home so I can turn off everything. If I was in a social situation I would just have to leave I think

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Yes sometimes I find noise from tv makes me anxious so I do sit in silence

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Yes. I dont own a tv and barely listen to music for this reason.

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I often sit in the dark, in silence

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Occasionally, when the tv is talking to just me, or I start thinking all song are written just about me.

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Yea I get this too.
I think it ls quite normal.
It can get too much. We need quiet time

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Yes I have sensitivity

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With everything going haywire, sometimes you just need to sit and regroup for a bit.

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Im slightly opposite - i have to have background noise all the time, even if its the noise of me file server from the fans in bed. Or i focus too much attention on what my brain is doing. Spotifty is usually playing most of the day, whilst im surfing here - or i got a tv program playing.

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I have to escape noises with the wrong shape or colours. I usually keep the music I like going because my tinnitus is equally distracting now. I do escape crowds and light when I feel a meltdown coming on.

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Yeah. It gets really hard at work because there is a lot of background noise in a restaurant and my job is to take orders. If I miss something that a customer says the voices spew nonsense in an attempt to fill in the gap. I only work 20 hours a week because that is what makes me happy. I’m going to have to apply for disability to retire but I would work until that day I die. I need something to show me I fit into this world even though the world will never understand how hard I try to be like them

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Yes! I do that in the car sometimes. I turn off the music so all I can hear is the wind on the car and the tires on the road. My thoughts sometimes quiet then briefly.

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Yeah, I have this problem frequently.

If there’s too much stimuli I get paranoid.

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I mute the adverts because I hate them so much. Pooping in my head with their ear worms! Damn capitalism.

Those few minutes of silence are beautiful.

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yeah happens all the time if i have had enough of something i think its time to take a break

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