Gum Cracker Update: Wish me luck!

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Tomorrow afternoon I go to HR with my manager. She filed a Harassment charge against my gum cracking co-worker (don't get excited... she did it as a "punishment" for me ... sure that I would get in deep trouble).I'm very nervous about this meeting. My week has not been good. Gum Cracker has refused to communicate with me since the HR thing was initiated. This includes information that I need to know to do my job. That and the fact that she has informed all of my team mates about what is going on has made my work place extremely tense. I have panic attacks on a daily basis... and dread work every day. I've been applying for other positions outside of my department and pray that I'll get one.If only I were "normal" I wouldn't have to deal with this crap. Anyway, didn't mean to bring you down, but I thanks for listening. I really appreciate

this group. I don't post alot, but it gives me alot of moral support.-TinaOh, too answer some questions that have been going round:I first noticed my problem when my children were crunching cereal about 30 years ago.. in my early 20s.I hate slurping, chewing, TMJ jaw noises, crunching ice/anything... especially with mouth open, and gum popping. I can't hear clocks ticking (thankfully)... I don't hear that range. I also don't hear dog whistles, but it gives me a groin jolt. I'm comforted by my husband's snoring now and can't sleep without it... good for me! Sometimes I put in my hearing aid only to take it out... too much stimulus.One question for you all? Do you think its the "sound" itself or the repetition that's so annoying. I can stand some thing for a little while, but the longer I listen the louder it gets. I have a co-worker who used to sit next to me, and whenever she would eat Melba toast

she would tell me to put on my ear phones... then she'd email me when she was done. It worked for us... and I thought that she was very thoughtful for considering my feelings. It was give and take and worked for us. --Your secrets are safe with me. I won't remember them tomorrow.