Finding temporary solutions

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Hello all,

I've heard some talk in recent posts about " finding a temporary solution. " I am

in college,

thus I do not have the option of a private office. Besides earplugs and

listening to an ipod

during class anybody have tricks that help them cope with long periods in which

avoiding

noises is simply impossible? Anything at all, no matter how trivial!

Also, I hope maybe this will cheer some of you up. Yesterday was my first day

of spring

semester and I had four hours straight in which I could not avoid noises. My

stomach was

in knots thinking about being subjected to noisy classrooms. Somehow I managed

without any oubursts or glares! May I add a gum chewer was seated to my

immediate

right AND left.

Has anyone else noticed this pattern in their behavior: in crisis mode they can

get past the

aggrivation of noises? For example, before handing out my final exam my

professor

offered GUM to my ENTIRE CLASS! To be perfectly honest, at first I wanted to

cry, but I

realized getting an A on my exam was more important so my brain went into a type

of

" intense focus mode " and I didn't notice the noises (of literally everyone in

the room with

gum.) That experience still fascinates me. How did I manage to get an A while

subjected

to my worst nightmare; a room full of gum poping?

Could there be a treatment for 4s involving situations which trigger that

" switch " in the

brain which makes specific noises so unbearable? While it seems torturous, it

would be an

invaluable skill for us 4s'ers to have.

Sincerely,

Kathleen