Asd long term

I'm the same. When younger I don't recall having too much problem with noise, but now I absolutely detest it. It really stresses me. Which is odd because I'm at an age where my hearing has declined a little. My partner will flick through Facebook and a video will suddenly play, full blast, and it physical hurts. I've asked that auto play be turned off (that hasn't happened), and headphones worn (this sometimes happens) because I just can't cope with it. I've bought myself a pair of ear defenders. They're big and they look a bit daft, but I don't care! Blissful silence. Even slight noises can stress me at times, especially if they're insistent. I live in a ground floor flat in a lovely quiet village but the (newish) tenant above me plays music, and/or his TV, very loud at all times of the day and night. I don't sleep well, I never have, I think I'm naturally nocturnal, and I've sat in my living room more then once, in the wee small hours, literally in tears at the constant, though muffled, "dum, dum, dum, dum" of the baseline coming through the ceiling. When he's not in, he leaves something  banging, I don't know if it's a door or a cupboard, or what, but every 20 seconds or so, it goes bang. Again, it's not mega loud, it's just constant. I love where I live but I'm seriously thinking of moving. Might be out of the frying pan and into the fire though! I've always had problems 'distinguishing' sounds. If the TV is on and someone talks to me, I can't hear them or the TV! It's the same in any environment where there's extraneous noise; shops, public transport, whatever. People have always been annoyed with me at that. 

I'm the same. When younger I don't recall having too much problem with noise, but now I absolutely detest it. It really stresses me. Which is odd because I'm at an age where my hearing has declined a little. My partner will flick through Facebook and a video will suddenly play, full blast, and it physical hurts. I've asked that auto play be turned off (that hasn't happened), and headphones worn (this sometimes happens) because I just can't cope with it. I've bought myself a pair of ear defenders. They're big and they look a bit daft, but I don't care! Blissful silence. Even slight noises can stress me at times, especially if they're insistent. I live in a ground floor flat in a lovely quiet village but the (newish) tenant above me plays music, and/or his TV, very loud at all times of the day and night. I don't sleep well, I never have, I think I'm naturally nocturnal, and I've sat in my living room more then once, in the wee small hours, literally in tears at the constant, though muffled, "dum, dum, dum, dum" of the baseline coming through the ceiling. When he's not in, he leaves something  banging, I don't know if it's a door or a cupboard, or what, but every 20 seconds or so, it goes bang. Again, it's not mega loud, it's just constant. I love where I live but I'm seriously thinking of moving. Might be out of the frying pan and into the fire though! I've always had problems 'distinguishing' sounds. If the TV is on and someone talks to me, I can't hear them or the TV! It's the same in any environment where there's extraneous noise; shops, public transport, whatever. People have always been annoyed with me at that.