Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello i'm new to the community. I'm 53 and am still waiting for my full assessment to determine whether i am, as i suspect on the spectrum. I also have a history of anxiety and severe depression stretching back as far as my late teens. I am struggling to process a lot of things at the moment but my biggest challange is noise. I wonder if anyone has any suggestions please.
As i'm getting older i'm finding that my tolerance for noise is getting lower, to the point it has me in panic mode, running for any safe space that is quiet. I have got some Sony noise cancelling headphone as well as some Loops but these don't always help me. Just this weekend the noise was intense from mowers, strimmers, hedge cutters, dogs barking, motorbikes and those awful back firing cars...that i became so upset i was wishing i wasn't here anymore.
How do you cope with noise...Any tips or recommendations would be very gratefully received.
Thank you
I often find that if I can't have quiet, audio input that I have full control over is the next best thing to try and 'cover up' whatever sound is bothering me. My preference is heavy metal though which I know is probably the last thing a lot of noise-sensitive autistic people want! White noise or other ambient sound can also be very helpful.
The Loud music, I enjoy, is Shoegaze or Post-Rock.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor is my definition of self-therapy. But their new stuff is boring.
GY!BE is some depressing kind of therapy! I love the first 3ish albums, but man that's bleak. Especially F#