Problems listening to music and loud noises?

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Does anyone else have problems listening to music or people talking? To me these things are like some sort of constant data stream that disrupts my thoughts. I just can’t take it when there are people at the gym that talk and leave no gaps in their conversation. I even got a panic attack because of that once.

Also, things sound extra loud now. People think they may be talking in a normal voice, but to me, it sounds like they are screaming. Because of this and the music and conversation problems, I need to wear ear plugs for most of the day. Anyone else have this problem too?

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I’m hypersensitive to sounds and light, but I can listen to quiet music.

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when in severe depression I can’t stand loud sounds.

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Thanks for your answers! I really hate wearing the ear plugs, but I couldn’t even go to the store otherwise. I wonder what is up with that. Why am I like this now, I mean… Is it a common thing for MI?

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i sometimes am hypersensitive to sounds. like i hear it all at once.
like in a library. like someone talking quietly, someone moving there fingers, maybe someone adjusting themselves in a chair, someone turning a page, someone tapping a pencil. etc… its gets super loud and i cant focus., but to someone else its nothing.

but i have no problem listening to loud music with headphones to drown out any other sound.

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Its the same with me. Sound is/can be very hard to deal with. Its all too loud. And everything is so bright. I get headaches and a lot of confusion out of it all. It becomes overwhelming and i just need silence and darkness. But the crap in my head never lets me have true silence, what with the music, sounds and voices i hear… At times i become numb to it though… I guess thats good

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Thanks for the responses. I cannot listen to any music except if it is soft and further away. I turn off the music in my game. My husband has his music on low, but some days I even have to ask him to turn it off. :frowning: I also hear everything at once like I can’t filter out sounds anymore. Everyone keeps telling me to tune it out but I can’t.

All sounds sound really loud to me - thus the ear plugs. Fortunately, most of the time, I only see things that others do not, so I get quiet in my head. Though those things that I see freak me out. With the meds it is better for that part at least.

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I waffle. Sometimes I can’t tolerate music. The next time I can’t make it loud enough

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I can hear everything. It was overwhelming at first but i think i got used to it.

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