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Summer is coming and the neighbours are getting loud

TheCatWoman

I love to garden, but the neighbours i the street over the hedge where several houses back on to our garden are getting ever louder, loud to the point where I don't want to be out there at weekends, after school and in school holidays, it feels to stressful with competing music from different houses, people shouting and talking and kids shouting and screaming. It's making me want to move house again, but thats not possible yet.

I've had noise cancelling earphones sugested to me, but have then been told that they cancel background noise but not speach, whats the point, thats what I don't want to hear? The other problem I have with headphones is that I have PTSD and if someone comes up behind me, I jump so bad I have a massive adreniline overload, followed by exhaustion and feeling upset, weepy and horrible for the rest of at least that day.

I dont' xpect anyone to be able to help, I just want to let off steam at feeling unable to use my garden on what has been one of the best days of the year so far weather wise.

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  • There are various designs of headphones & earphones, some of which might be more to your liking than others.  Of course, it is unreasonable in one sense that you should have to consider wearing anything like that at all.  It does seem that people are getting louder in general, or perhaps have less inhibitions than they once had. 

    Perhaps you could consider something you were able to use in your own garden, where nobody was likely to come up behind and startle you? 


  • in reply to overwhelmed & underwhelmed ( O & U )

    I have thought about getting some really loud speakers and playing something like O Fortuna really loudly, the thing is I don't want to listen to anything other than the natural sounds of birds etc.

    I suspect if there were quiet areas in towns and villages then noisy peolpe would turn up and be extra noisy, just like they do in "quiet" train carriages and get hostile and aggressive when reminded to keep the noise down.

    For me the smell of BBQ's makes me feel sick, between that and the noise I spend half of summer shut inside with doors and windows closed.

    I think the only real solution for me is to move to the back of beyond again, where apart from the RAF tearing the sky in two with their low flying jets, or Apache helicoptors coming over the horizon making me feel like I'm an extra in a remake of Apocalypse Now the only sounds are birds and sheep.

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  • in reply to overwhelmed & underwhelmed ( O & U )

    I have thought about getting some really loud speakers and playing something like O Fortuna really loudly, the thing is I don't want to listen to anything other than the natural sounds of birds etc.

    I suspect if there were quiet areas in towns and villages then noisy peolpe would turn up and be extra noisy, just like they do in "quiet" train carriages and get hostile and aggressive when reminded to keep the noise down.

    For me the smell of BBQ's makes me feel sick, between that and the noise I spend half of summer shut inside with doors and windows closed.

    I think the only real solution for me is to move to the back of beyond again, where apart from the RAF tearing the sky in two with their low flying jets, or Apache helicoptors coming over the horizon making me feel like I'm an extra in a remake of Apocalypse Now the only sounds are birds and sheep.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    It is sad that a lot of people don't think that their noise might be a problem for others. 

    Now you mention smells of barbecues, I find the smell of the lighter fluid most unbearable, that's before the smoke and even worse if I have washing out.