In the car, when the radio is on, my request to my husband is always the same, “Turn it down so I can hear it.”
It’s weird, everything seems so loud and yet I feel like I can’t hear.
What’s also weird is the way things like this can come and go. I went through a period of having to hold my ears as I pushed my cart around the grocery store because it was just too loud. When I was with my mother, she would say, “Would you stop that, it’s embarrassing me.” It really was distressing though. Then one day, as sudden as it came, it was gone. Thankfully it hasn’t returned.
Sometimes I have to hit mute or turn off the TV in order to read the posts on this site.
Actually, the husband and I are always playing the ole’ switch-e-roo game with the car radio volume. I say something to distract so I can sneak a hand up to turn it down. He says something to distract so he can sneak a hand up to turn it up. Anyone spying on us would surely classify us as a couple of bonafide eight year olds.
(Talk about overload…I have just asked my husband how to spell ‘surely’ and was convinced it was spelled ‘shirley.’ He said, “no, that’s just a joke from a woman’s name,” and I said, “huh?” Then he rolled is eyes. Oh, dear.)
see with me im very jumpy. when i was at mickey ds i had to wait at the drive thru for my food and when she arrived i darn near jump out of my skin. The people i work with and family say im too easy to scare. and they dont even try well most of the time. its like this all the time i get so angry at myself. why am i so skidish?
Remember when we talked about me playing rock band that one day and I totally broke out into a sweat.
We'll right now , Dan is playing it downstairs and I totally can't think straight. My heart is beating out of my chest and the bass booming through the house is driving me crazy
He's beating on the drum and it is going right through my body along with the bass sounds.
I think I can relate to what you are talking about here.
I used to be real good at multi-tasking before this all started. Could listen to my husband talking, whilst TV or music played in the background, kids shouting "MUM". But now I can't bear noise or too much going on at the same time. I want to cringe and wrap my head in my arms. It's much worse when a loud noise comes on out of the blue, I nearly jump out my skin and when this particular thing happens, I too feel almost as if I've had an electric shock.
Yup, me too! Loud noise and bright lights freak me out!! I can not handle having a conversation with my husband with TV going on, I can not focus and go nuts! I love music, and even though I normally can crank up my tunes I love....I've had to tone that down a bit. I recently went to a big 3 day music festival...and some of the crowds there freaked me out! Normally, I feel right at home at those music festivals.
Yes!!! The more people at my house, the crabbier I get. I just can't tolerate the noise level anymore. Glad to know we are not alone!!! I thought I was just nuts (as usual)