Re: I'm not a freak

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Welcome! So glad you found us. Check out www.soundsensitivity.info as well. You are now among friends and supporters. :)Heidi Sent from my iPhone

I'm a 52 yo woman. I've suffered from depression since I was a toddler. I have been overly sensitive to sounds since I was at least 13. I started using foam earplugs at 26, because I could no longer sleep without them. It is not unusual for me to use them 24 hours a day - only removing them to talk to someone. One of my cats walks through the house crying at night. I can hear her through the bedroom door and my earplugs. My ears hurt when she cries as though someone is piercing them with an ice pick. I often scream at her. My husband thinks I am being unreasonable. I am also sensitive to the following: cell phone ring tones, people chewing, snoring, breathing, and whispering, basketball games (squeaky shoes), TV commercials, ticking clocks, fluorescent bulbs, clanking, buzzing, squeaking, Celtic, Reggae and East Indian music, children crying, bass music from my neighbors..both sides in the middle of the night. The list goes on and on. Every year is worse. I can't take much more. I thought I was the only one like me. I Googled my symptoms today and found this group. I'm not alone. I'm not a freak.

Thanks for accepting me. Here's hoping we can help each other out of the hell we endure.

[Guest guest]

Welcome! So glad you found us. Check out www.soundsensitivity.info as well. You are now among friends and supporters. :)Heidi Sent from my iPhone

I'm a 52 yo woman. I've suffered from depression since I was a toddler. I have been overly sensitive to sounds since I was at least 13. I started using foam earplugs at 26, because I could no longer sleep without them. It is not unusual for me to use them 24 hours a day - only removing them to talk to someone. One of my cats walks through the house crying at night. I can hear her through the bedroom door and my earplugs. My ears hurt when she cries as though someone is piercing them with an ice pick. I often scream at her. My husband thinks I am being unreasonable. I am also sensitive to the following: cell phone ring tones, people chewing, snoring, breathing, and whispering, basketball games (squeaky shoes), TV commercials, ticking clocks, fluorescent bulbs, clanking, buzzing, squeaking, Celtic, Reggae and East Indian music, children crying, bass music from my neighbors..both sides in the middle of the night. The list goes on and on. Every year is worse. I can't take much more. I thought I was the only one like me. I Googled my symptoms today and found this group. I'm not alone. I'm not a freak.

Thanks for accepting me. Here's hoping we can help each other out of the hell we endure.

[Guest guest]

Welcome! So glad you found us. Check out www.soundsensitivity.info as well. You are now among friends and supporters. :)Heidi Sent from my iPhone

I'm a 52 yo woman. I've suffered from depression since I was a toddler. I have been overly sensitive to sounds since I was at least 13. I started using foam earplugs at 26, because I could no longer sleep without them. It is not unusual for me to use them 24 hours a day - only removing them to talk to someone. One of my cats walks through the house crying at night. I can hear her through the bedroom door and my earplugs. My ears hurt when she cries as though someone is piercing them with an ice pick. I often scream at her. My husband thinks I am being unreasonable. I am also sensitive to the following: cell phone ring tones, people chewing, snoring, breathing, and whispering, basketball games (squeaky shoes), TV commercials, ticking clocks, fluorescent bulbs, clanking, buzzing, squeaking, Celtic, Reggae and East Indian music, children crying, bass music from my neighbors..both sides in the middle of the night. The list goes on and on. Every year is worse. I can't take much more. I thought I was the only one like me. I Googled my symptoms today and found this group. I'm not alone. I'm not a freak.

Thanks for accepting me. Here's hoping we can help each other out of the hell we endure.

[Guest guest]

Get rid of the cat, for heaven's sake!  Why would you wish MORE hardship upon yourself than you already have??  I don't believe in pet ownership at all anyway.  And when your own pet makes you boiling mad, what is the point??

 

I'm a 52 yo woman. I've suffered from depression since I was a toddler. I have been overly sensitive to sounds since I was at least 13. I started using foam earplugs at 26, because I could no longer sleep without them. It is not unusual for me to use them 24 hours a day - only removing them to talk to someone. One of my cats walks through the house crying at night. I can hear her through the bedroom door and my earplugs. My ears hurt when she cries as though someone is piercing them with an ice pick. I often scream at her. My husband thinks I am being unreasonable. I am also sensitive to the following: cell phone ring tones, people chewing, snoring, breathing, and whispering, basketball games (squeaky shoes), TV commercials, ticking clocks, fluorescent bulbs, clanking, buzzing, squeaking, Celtic, Reggae and East Indian music, children crying, bass music from my neighbors..both sides in the middle of the night. The list goes on and on. Every year is worse. I can't take much more. I thought I was the only one like me. I Googled my symptoms today and found this group. I'm not alone. I'm not a freak.

Thanks for accepting me. Here's hoping we can help each other out of the hell we endure.

[Guest guest]

wow, Yours souds so miserable! I feel for you. I am only 15 and mine has not gotten that severe but deffintly bad. My dad is finally realizing how bad it really makes me feel. And how if I here a 'trigger' noise like i read in some of the 4S pages. I go into a panick and I either leave the room angry or depressed and It sucks big time. I think we all can come up with something. My mom is buying me the pink noise thing it is expensive but it is said to really help you not point out the horrible noises we hear! you should look into also!

To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Wed, March 23, 2011 11:25:05 PMSubject: I'm not a freak

I'm a 52 yo woman. I've suffered from depression since I was a toddler. I have been overly sensitive to sounds since I was at least 13. I started using foam earplugs at 26, because I could no longer sleep without them. It is not unusual for me to use them 24 hours a day - only removing them to talk to someone. One of my cats walks through the house crying at night. I can hear her through the bedroom door and my earplugs. My ears hurt when she cries as though someone is piercing them with an ice pick. I often scream at her. My husband thinks I am being unreasonable. I am also sensitive to the following: cell phone ring tones, people chewing, snoring, breathing, and whispering, basketball games (squeaky shoes), TV commercials, ticking clocks, fluorescent bulbs, clanking, buzzing, squeaking, Celtic, Reggae and East Indian music, children crying, bass music from my neighbors..both sides in the middle of the night. The list goes on and on. Every year is

worse. I can't take much more. I thought I was the only one like me. I Googled my symptoms today and found this group. I'm not alone. I'm not a freak.Thanks for accepting me. Here's hoping we can help each other out of the hell we endure.

[Guest guest]

Thank you Heidi, I will check out the website!

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> > I'm a 52 yo woman. I've suffered from depression since I was a toddler. I

have been overly sensitive to sounds since I was at least 13. I started using

foam earplugs at 26, because I could no longer sleep without them. It is not

unusual for me to use them 24 hours a day - only removing them to talk to

someone. One of my cats walks through the house crying at night. I can hear her

through the bedroom door and my earplugs. My ears hurt when she cries as though

someone is piercing them with an ice pick. I often scream at her. My husband

thinks I am being unreasonable. I am also sensitive to the following: cell phone

ring tones, people chewing, snoring, breathing, and whispering, basketball games

(squeaky shoes), TV commercials, ticking clocks, fluorescent bulbs, clanking,

buzzing, squeaking, Celtic, Reggae and East Indian music, children crying, bass

music from my neighbors..both sides in the middle of the night. The list goes on

and on. Every year is worse. I can't take much more. I thought I was the only

one like me. I Googled my symptoms today and found this group. I'm not alone.

I'm not a freak.

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hell we endure.

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