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Not liking the noise because of the sound or when anxious?

NAS84722

Hi, just wanting your thoughts. When noise gets too much, whether it’s too loud or you don’t like a certain sound or it’s a particular environment. Is it the noise or can it be because your anxious?. Can some people hear the same noise and it bother them some days and not others? Depending on how anxious you are?. 

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  • Yes absolutely it can be variable. 

    If anxiety is high to start with then the person is even more hypervigilant to noise. They will notice it more and likely find it more intolerable. Anxiety about the noise can also be a factor. If an autistic person is going into an environment where they have been exposed to intolerable noise before then they are much more likely to be anxious about going back into that same environment.

    The person may learn to internalise or mask their natural reaction to the noise in certain situations, not wanting to draw attention to themselves or perhaps to appear 'normal'. There is a limit to how much this can happen before building up to a meltdown. To the casual observer a person may appear fine one day and then react violently to the same sound the next day. It may be that is just the final trigger, releasing the build up of stress and emotions.

    If an autistic person is suffering from burnout that can decrease their tolerance to noise and specific sounds.

    If the person has achieved a state of hyper focus in a special interest they may not be quite as aware of the noise and therefore appear to tolerate it more.

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  • Yes absolutely it can be variable. 

    If anxiety is high to start with then the person is even more hypervigilant to noise. They will notice it more and likely find it more intolerable. Anxiety about the noise can also be a factor. If an autistic person is going into an environment where they have been exposed to intolerable noise before then they are much more likely to be anxious about going back into that same environment.

    The person may learn to internalise or mask their natural reaction to the noise in certain situations, not wanting to draw attention to themselves or perhaps to appear 'normal'. There is a limit to how much this can happen before building up to a meltdown. To the casual observer a person may appear fine one day and then react violently to the same sound the next day. It may be that is just the final trigger, releasing the build up of stress and emotions.

    If an autistic person is suffering from burnout that can decrease their tolerance to noise and specific sounds.

    If the person has achieved a state of hyper focus in a special interest they may not be quite as aware of the noise and therefore appear to tolerate it more.

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