Anyone sensitive to noise?

I got a huge problem right now with a bike passing really close by to my bedroom back and forth which local government is enabling, and I think I'm getting some ptsd-like symptoms, except for 'post', it's more of a revolving door at this point, but like every time I hear the faintest similar noise in a movie e.g. I pause to see if it's external, and at my most extreme rarely I mistake my cats' purring for it too for an instant, due to the bass quality... I feel like I'm in Dante's Inferno, honestly, with the local government here practically forcing me to be subject to mental torture, even a death threat, which everyone simply brushes away... always hyperalert when it's happening and getting worse outside of it too... I try to keep this almost delusional hope alive of relocating, but sometimes the bleak reality seems to indicate that all hopeless and there is only one end to it (I just simply can't live like this forever... just can't...)

  • 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!  

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • 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 Wave, 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). 

  • aye, although generally i find alot of people can be hurt by idiots on bikes too. round where i live theres small walking tracks at back of farms, only big enough to walk down yet you get idiots whizzing down there on dirt bikes at top speed not caring if there could be a person walking that theyd run into. some people shouldnt be allowed bikes at all.

    and alot are actually illegal... there is actually a sound limit they have to stick to and some take exhaust off to break it on purpose to be obnoxiously loud. thats illegal to do.

  • Someone could be seriously hurt. I don't think I would personally want the additional stress of being charged.

  • just put a load of oil on the road outside, that will stop the fecker lol

  • I have real issues around noise and smell. Struggled with everywhere I've lived my whole life. There is always someone making noise or smells which causes me distress. I also struggle being around people for long periods because the noises they make start to annoy me, even little things like chewing or my dad rubbing his feet against each other when watching TV. So I can't stay with other people for very long.

    I'm currently in a nightmare situation because a noisy neighbour moved in next door and he bought the house. So I am now looking to sell and buy another house and I guarantee you it will be a detached house on a quiet road as far away from other humans as possible. I can't really afford that, but luckily where I work have said I can work remotely forever so I am hoping to leave the area and everyone I know and moving to some tiny village or town.

    Seems extreme but I really hate noise so much.