Hi new people!!

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I can't stand eating with other people either. My husband is the worst but we eat separately and we are married 16 years already. I watch TV in the bedroom and he in the living room.

I agree about simply trying to avoid certain situations!! For sure!!

Now here at my job I wear noise canceling headphone which help a lot!!

But as soon as I get "rid" of one sound another sound will start bothering me.

A woman near me will hum along to her radio at a very high pitch, horrible.

I ask her to stop. Next day she will wear bangle bracelets that keep

hitting her desk!!! She must hate me. It seems now that whatever she

does gets on my nerves. I feel like I am allergic to her!!!

Her voice, everything!!!!!

You are not alone, except probably when you eat!!!! LOL

To: Soundsensitivity From: neilholmes@...Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:34:18 +1000Subject: RE: I'm new!!

Gday Ben

Welcome onboard. Your writing makes perfect sense to me, we are all here to support and help each other, and maybe one of us with hit the nail on the head and find a reason for it and how to overcome it.

But in the meantime, rest assured, you are at the right place and you are doing the right thing (being aware there is a problem and seeking out help).

Neil

-----Original Message-----From: Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ]On Behalf Of peaking_anxietySent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:19 PMTo: Soundsensitivity Subject: I'm new!!

Hello everybody, I'm new. Not just to this forum, but to thisproblem. I paused there, not sure whether to call it a problem, ButOH MY LIFE IT REALLY IS!!!!!!!!!I have spent about 5 years heavily affected by depression. Either nottaking meds and making a big mess of my life , or aking meds thatwerent working and kidding myself that they were and making a mess ofmy life or taking meds that work and getting on ok.I'm not there now. I was found to be dyslexic at the age of 20. i'm 26 now. there is alikelyhood that the anxiety issues i have, stem from that. there isevidence that supports this. i became aa christian around 18 mths ago. this happened like a bombgoing off and gave me an unshakable faith in god.11 months ago i fell in love for the second time in my life. 1st timewas jesus.1 1/2 mths ago i married the love of my life. 1 week ago, i started college as a mature student.recently, not sure when, i started to hear my wife eat.i was, like many brought up with the eating while your mouth is closedthing. my wife cant do that. her face, which is the most beautiful,is notthe same. my lips are huge and allow me to conduct all eatingoperations bar picking my teeth with my tongue without opening my mouth. i feel really angry when my wife eats. i dont understand why its soloud. she chews with her mouth open and moves food around her mouthwith her tongue. i want to say close your mouth all the time. i knowits not her fault. i know its not her problem, and my rationalthought is that she doesn't need to change a thing. when shes eatingthough my thought is, that she eeds to just eat with some manners andi get cross. I want to cry, i want to throw my plate off my lap andstorm to my shed at the end of the garden and smash everything. ifeel like because i have explained my problem, it doesnt even looklike shes trying to do anything about it. i spend my time watching herout of the corner of my eye to see if she really is chewing with hermouth open. worse, even when her mouth is closed its still so loud.i know this problem is mine because of its recent development. eitherthat or the honeymoon period is over and my wife has now relaxed andfeels she doesn't need to eat with the same delicacy.I have to point out, that nothing will change how much i love my wifeand i want to sort this out because she doesn't deserve this. i loveso much.i'm not sure why i have just written all this, perhaps just to beheard, perhaps to be understoodthanks for reading, sorry for waffling ben

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