bummer

Yeah, I can still hear sounds outside, but it takes all the background noise away (traffic, building works, dogs barking). It's been an absolute godsend to me. My anxiety levels have dropped through the floor since I started wearing them. It was the sensitivity to noise that was playing havoc with my nervous system.  

Exactly the same for me, I can’t bare any repetitive noise. People fidgeting or chewing is horrendous too. For some reason pot is like the worst smell, do you find this too? 
I hope you find a good place to live!  

I still hear these at 32  and the asbo ones they have too, wonder if we will still hear them at 90!

Completely empathise as I feel the same.  A neighbour keeps playing music and I’m on the edge  so quickly. I think it is worse after a patch of it, and sounds like your not getting any respite. 

i dont mind high sensitivity to sound. it makes me more aware. couldnt go around with ear plugs in, it would feel like going around with eye patches on so you cant see lol i like to hear things, such as people coming up behind me and so on. but the loud noises that are obnoxious are usually man made and sudden and not natural, which is why its usually better to just not live in a city and live in more rural area and walk in countryside farm tracks. although as stated in another thread idiots on off road bikes often ruin that.

i can still hear cat alarms, not sure if im supposed to. google says only kids should hear them, unless they are a *** quality cat alarm that isnt working at the right frequency lol i can feel vibration of sound too, thunder, and my idiot dad randomly loud clapping for no reason, all creates a sound vibration wave. i tried to explain the thunder one to someone before and they didnt understand, kept thinking i meant it was earthquake when i didnt.

I find noise cancelling headphones worse than the noise, because of how uncomfortable they are. But maybe I just have a bad pair. I spent a lot on them though. Because of the ANC tech inside them they have to be heavy, and they hurt my ears and the top of my head. I can wear them for 30 minutes maximum usually. I also don't like the feeling of pressure or having my ears totally enclosed.

So it's a battle between which sense I want to have overwhelmed, touch or sound.

Noise is probably my Achilles' heel. I wear earplugs most of the time, and when I forget to put them in, I soon know about it. I'm hopeful of a referral to the Audiology Department soon for a pair of moulded earplugs. Do you not wear good earplugs (or noise cancelling headphones)? They do the trick for me, cutting out every unwanted sound.

Oh, I've seen cycle tracks, but not motorcycle tracks, and even cycle tracks are few and far between, apart from the few mountain bike trails I've come across.  I walk in all areas in my county and the ones surrounding me. It's obviously a localised to certain areas then. Glad it's not near me. 

Hi NAS73906,

I'm sorry to hear you're having a rough time.

You can find out more information about sensory differences here (https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/sensory-differences/sensory-differences/all-audiences#H2_1), which may be of help.

More so, if the feelings that you've expressed at the end of your post recur and/or intensify, please do remember that it's very important to talk about these with someone. Call your GP and make an urgent appointment. Your GP can make sure you get appropriate help and support.

 If it’s outside your GP hours call  111  to reach the NHS 111 service:   http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/Emergencyandurgentcareservices/Pages/NHS-111.aspx

The Samaritans also provide confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day on 116 123, or by email on jo@samaritans.org.

MIND have information pages on coping with self harm or suicidal feelings based on the experiences of people who’ve been through it that you may find helpful. 

If you are very close to doing something to hurt yourself - call 999 now or go to your nearest A&E department. There should be someone there to support you and make sure you get ongoing support.

You can find more information here: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/mental-health/suicide

Best wishes,

Kevin Mod

Pretty much every walking path I've been on except those in Scotland have bike tracks on them, and I nearly always see multiple people cycling or on dirt bikes when hiking. It's very very common. I'm surprised that you haven't seen it.

Of course, it depends how remote you go. On all of the woods, trails, and moorland in a 50 mile radius of where I live in the North West, it's pretty much impossible not to see bikes when out walking.

get good double glazing or triple glazing if you can afford it

barely see any police were we are. saw them during corona for sure, and funny thing is they even said they was on the lookout for some guys on bikes then lol so the only time they came out, corona, they realised our area has a off road bike problem. they havent kept up with it though, lockdowns are over and the police have f****d back off to town and dont care about our area no more.

How odd. I'm a walker too, I walk miles, and I've never met a bike off road, or seen any footpaths ruined by bikes. Dug up by horses, by cattle, and by farm equipment, yes. Bikes, no. The police, at least in my area, are very down on illegal greenlaning.

Hi , I experience the exact same thing. Every time I would hear a noise like an engine it would immediately cause anxiety. It has gotten better but I like wearing noise cancelling headphones around the house to try help :) hope your okay 

Yes paradoxically adding more noise can sometimes help. I mainly struggle with unpredictable and uncontrollable noises, which demand my attention and distract me.

I bought a white noise machine which helps with the neighbour noise, but recently I discovered I prefer putting YouTube on the TV with rain or sea sounds. There are 24 hour streams of these, and the consistent unobtrusive background noise covers up the annoying neighbour without bothering me.

Hi I also find noises such as chewing and my husband rubbing his feet together incredibly annoying - strangely the thing that helps is introducing the noise of the tv or radio to override the annoying noise.  

had a motorbike myself. im just against any people doing *** behaviour. just because i like motorbikes and had one myself doesnt give them a free pass to be a *** with them lol

i also like walking more i guess, and they dig up and ruin all the walking paths with bikes when there is enough road for them and barely any peaceful walk paths at all for walkers due to how urbanised the world is becoming.

i can't stand the sound of drilling and hammering makes my senses get overloaded and i get worked up

You're very prone to generalisations, aren't you? I've seen it in some of your other posts. To be clear, there are far more people injured by a car than there are by a motorbike. The accidents that involve a motorcycle are usually caused by someone else, not the motorcyclist themselves. The percentage of motorcyclists who alter their exhaust is very low (their argument is noise saves lives, because oblivious people in cars can hear them coming. I'm not on board with that logic), and if caught they WILL get a hefty fine (and eventually they do get caught. The police have a love/hate relationship with bikers and crack down on them if given the chance).