When people think about people being sensitive to noise, they often think about veterans and post traumatic syndrome. It could be anyone who has a connection with loud noises and a bad experience. But I would say that I am sensitive to noises.
It isn’t that I want to hide when I hear loud noises. It is more that I just don’t want to hear them. I don’t like fireworks. They scare animals and people, and so they make me nervous. I guess I don’t really understand why people like them so much. It is also just the noise of things like parties.
I guess the problem is that I don’t like parties because people are having a good time. But it is still annoying. I like it really quiet. In my last house, the man was abusive. So when he played the music loudly I always thought it was to hide any abusive noise. Then I would wonder if he was hurting his wife. That was bad enough, but then I would hope he would not hurt his two dogs. I don’t think he ever did. But I would turn the television up high so as to not hear him.
I really don’t like a lot of noise, any noise. I know that it is hard to avoid noise. I live on a street with a lot of traffic. I do my best to block the sound. I focus on good sounds like birds. Then on a regular basis I can hear a train whistle. That is always soothing. I don’t know why but I think it has something about it that takes us back to simpler days.
Today, I try to keep the television off. I enjoy sitting in a quiet room. But if the neighbors are making noise. I will turn on the television and the volume is up loud to try to block out the noise. It doesn’t work too well, but it helps.