Published on 12, July, 2020
This drives me crazy. I think I can hear noises that others don't and it drives me to distraction. For example, the hum of my boiler keeps me awake and sound of next door's bathroom fan. I obsess about these noises and they distract me from what I'm supposed to be doing. I sit around waiting for specfic things that I know are on a timer :( Does anyone else suffer this? What do you do?
I was interested by what you said about loud music. If I get stressed, and many worries churn round in my head, then I use loud music to drown out the noise in my head. Complex music played loudly helps me to think sometimes. Yet at other times, I need silence to think.
Background noise is an issue. If I am slightly bored with the conversation I am suposed to be involved in, then my ears start to tune in to others around, to see if they are more interesting. I end up hearing snippets from all around and can focus on none.