I’m super sensitive to noise. Does anyone else have the same problem? I have trouble tolerating sound, especially high-pitched noises, and the bass from my neighbour’s music system. My hearing is very acute too. These noises give me headaches sometimes. I get distracted easily by every little crash, bang and footstep.
I often wonder if it’s tied to the fact that the voices are my main hallucination. If I hear too much sound, it’s like my brain becomes overstimulated, and even my glasses start to feel annoying on my face, especially around the ears. It’s like a “fried” feeling.
I try to explain this to normal people, and they tell me I just need to “get used to it,” but I never do. It’s always the same hell. I need a bit of a bubble to live in. The worst is when public buses come to a squealing stop.
I think I might have have mild autism. I don’t know if I need to be tested for it. My doctor hasn’t offered to go that route. I’m already on Abilify (for schizophrenia). The drug is also used to treat autism.
I’m really sensitive to sound. It over stimulates me. I don’t like to open the windows because sound gets in. I sit here in the dead quiet most of the day. Special time to put soothing music on for just a little bit. White noise triggers. Fridge running bothers. Water cooler running bothers. Can’t stand tv running. I’m not autistic just don’t like sound, it triggers. Getting worse the older I get.
It was the older name for the higher functioning form of ASD. It’s considered poltically incorrect now, which ups the thrill level of using it for me. I love splodey heads on Twitter.
I was worse about this before I had hallucinations all the time. I’ve always been jumpy, and too many sounds would make me get confused, and cause a specific pain in my head.
Since having auditory hallucinations, I’ve gotta a lot better at tolerating sounds. Just had to learn and get used to processing a fck ton of different sounds at once. I think I’ve accepted I can’t escape them.
