When I go to bed which are continuous for several minutes but then become a sporadic thing. Thought it might be the radiator leaking but no, then thought it could be from above me. The thing is it wasn’t happening till a couple of weeks ago. Hard to know what is going on. Thought of sound sensitivity ie my mind is exaggerating noises in my head and know that regular noises as with a hammer or drill etc have made me uptight before.
Wonder for how many here noises are an issue and whether it’s a regular thing or connected to state of mind/well being. Are there times when you are more hypersensitive to these things than others?
Maybe try recording it to see if it’s just you or if other factors are involved. It’s a huge problem for me also. But houses tend to settle over time etc. It’s why you start to get random cracks in walls. Then as you said plumbing, heating plus wildlife. Can scare the living daylights out of some adults if living alone never mind children if left alone in the house. But mostly keep an eye out for your own symptoms. As well as an eye and ear to see if other factors are involved.
Lack of sleep can make me hyper-aware of any odd noises in my house. Most times I can discover the source of the sounds by writing down the time, location and description of the noise and what was happening at that time (such as a lot of wind outside, cars driving by, turned the water faucet on…) then Google a few of the keywords. Do some detective work and check out anything that seems plausible on the list.
The night time noises make me jump out of my skin if I’m alone. The little creeks and squeaks of a place settling will amp up my panic. As soon as my sis moved in, I could just tell myself, “It’s my sis bumping around in the night.”
Little noises are easier to take when I’m not alone. When I’m alone, I keep thinking people are breaking in.
That what I thought last night after getting up because of the bedroom noise. I was hearing noises sitting in the living room that either aren’t usually there or that normally my mind tunes out.
It seemed like a lot of them came from the area of the door .
When I start to get a little anxious… all of a sudden, it feels like I have sonic hearing. Every little click or tap magnifies.
I live on the ground floor and for some reason, I always think people are trying to get in through the windows… that’s where the noise comes from for me.