Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Am I the only one here who doesn't think we should be blaming the noises ! I've spent the last couple of years wondering what my parents did to me to make me like this. My childhood was pretty terrible and sitting at the dinner table was hellish. However, from reading the posts, especially Marsha's, I've come to realize that regardless of how terrible and offensive the noises are to us, they did not cause this syndrome. Everyone else is also subjected to terrible noises and they do not react this way. Most likely something in our brains is slightly different that is causing this syndrome. That makes this syndrome NOT our fault. But it also means the noises are not the cause of this syndrome. To people who are not noise sensitive, our complaints sound something like this: " I cannot tolerate looking at the color red. It makes me very angry. Please do not antagonize me by wearing red ever again. All red must be removed from the workplace. Red is really really really terrible. You won't believe how much my father wore red in front of me when I was a child ! " What we need in the short term is to figure out is how to deal with this syndrome. For example, for those people driven crazy by gum poppers or any other office noises: Your own office with a closing door and a no chewing gum at meetings policy. Or a job working from home. How to get that is the real issue. Research and hopefully public awareness so that we can obtain legal rights under the disabilities act. This is not my area of expertise ... if anyone knows anything a post would be nice. At home I've noticed that understanding and patience go a long way. We all have figured out that repeated exposure to the offending sounds makes the syndrome worse. I think that's why we fare better as adults. We can leave the room. And we get to pick our significant others and friends. So we pick people that are considerate even if they don't completely understand. I commend the parents of children with this syndrome who are actually trying to help their children. From the posts it seems like most of our parents, treated our problem as an intentional annoyance on our parts. And in the long term, a CURE would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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