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Noise issues causing serious issues

Thecornflake
over 7 years ago

Hi,

I'm 38 and following chatting to a friend recently diagnosed with high functioning autism and doing a lot of research I'm reasonably sure I have aspergers. I'm in two minds about actually seeking a diagnosis but that's probably another discussion altogether.

One big issue I've had for a number of years is bad reaction to noise caused by other people, although in specific circumstances. The usual thing is if I perceive it as someone being unreasonable (linking to the known issues with people 'not playing by the rules') so even if it's not very loud it can cause problems. This has led to quite violent reactions and sometimes I don't always remember the entire episode, I'm guessing it's effectively a meltdown but I experience extreme anger towards the source of the noise. A classic example would be neighbours playing loud music, even if it's a few doors down the road having a bbq at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon.

I'm due to be seeing a psychiatrist soon to have an assessment related to these specific issues (so not specifically for anything asd although I have mentioned I think I may be on the spectrum).

I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced similar issues and if so if they found a way to cope. I've had brief sessions of cbt over the phone before but it didn't help. It was all based around me being the issue not the people being noisy and the problem is because I believe it's the other people being unreasonable so it went agianst what I believe.

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  • over 7 years ago

    One of my sensory problems is related to noise.

    Headphones!

    Headphones; earphones, I cannot stress that enough. There are noise cancelling headphones on the market that work wonders, currently I just have regular Sony earphones & Skullcandy headphones. If I don't get my music fix every day, it will end up being a bad time for me & people around me (i.e. I turn into a moody lump). 

    For me; when I start to wear down or near overload, my ears can get so sensitive to sound; that even someone talking to me at a regular volume can be problematic. I struggle to describe it accurately, but I think the only way I can explain it is it's like when you hear something really high pitched, & your ears have that physical reaction to the noise, & it becomes incredibly uncomfortable. That is what it can get like; even if someone is just chatting to me.

    With meltdowns, even listening to music can be too much.

    If you have a negative reaction even to your neighbours playing music down the road, then keep some heaphones handy nearby, you don't even have to listen to music, just wear them to dull outside noises. Or there's always ear plugs.

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  • over 7 years ago

    One of my sensory problems is related to noise.

    Headphones!

    Headphones; earphones, I cannot stress that enough. There are noise cancelling headphones on the market that work wonders, currently I just have regular Sony earphones & Skullcandy headphones. If I don't get my music fix every day, it will end up being a bad time for me & people around me (i.e. I turn into a moody lump). 

    For me; when I start to wear down or near overload, my ears can get so sensitive to sound; that even someone talking to me at a regular volume can be problematic. I struggle to describe it accurately, but I think the only way I can explain it is it's like when you hear something really high pitched, & your ears have that physical reaction to the noise, & it becomes incredibly uncomfortable. That is what it can get like; even if someone is just chatting to me.

    With meltdowns, even listening to music can be too much.

    If you have a negative reaction even to your neighbours playing music down the road, then keep some heaphones handy nearby, you don't even have to listen to music, just wear them to dull outside noises. Or there's always ear plugs.

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