I try and talk to myself to ignore background noise when I’m performing a task.
How do you guys cope with this?
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I really can’t cope with ticking clocks when I am trying to concentrate. I just take the clock out the room if I’m in a room with one in it. The ticktock ing hammers in my head.
The worst is one of my siblings who is often really loud n screechy that really does not go down well with me. My only solution is to bring it up with her.
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I can’t deal with it. I freak out. That’s why I don’t like to leave my house. Sometimes I need to take an Ativan to be able to leave my house at all. It just gets so loud and I can’t think at all and the anxiety is overwhelming.
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Maybe that’s why whenever I go into a mall or any shopping area I pretty much shutdown.
Or it’s a guy thing😂
But yeah I get sensory overload a lot.
Headphones help. Or I sleep with a white noise machine.
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Thanks for posting this article I relate a lot. I always thought my sensitivity was from being on the autistic spectrum. But it makes sense that it would be from the sz. I typically avoid places that have too much stim. Like I can’t go in the supermarket. 
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If I’m too overloaded, I try to put in ear buds and listen to music that I find calming and relaxing. Most of the time I end up breaking down and crying, though. Happened to me at Disneyland. Almost had a total meltdown because of the crowds and noises and bright lights.
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I prefer to stay at home like a vampire with no sounds and low light.
With loud noises and big lights I kind of get in trance…
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Thanks for the input everyone, I’m in the same boat as everyone.
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