Re: What has helped you?

[Guest guest]

Hi Darlene,

Thank you You have really helped me. Yes, acceptance is a struggle. I have

suffered from OCD before too and acceptance is key to recovery there too, but

it's a battle sometimes. I had a bit of a slip-up with my OCD today and tried to

fight it, but then I remembered that acceptance is the only way to gain relief.

I think that applies to a lot of things in life. xxx

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> > I thought I'd start a new thread asking everyone to list something that has

been of help to them, in the hope that this will help someone else. Even if it's

something that has only helped marginally, it's a start, particularly as cures

are few. What has helped me is acceptance. When I hear a noise that makes me

jump or makes me anxious, I accept it and realise that no matter how angry or

anxious I become, the noise will always exist and anxiety is not a way to

eradicate it. Acceptance is hard but effective. Mindfulness is also very

helpful.

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[Guest guest]

Hi. I'm new to the group and was glad to receive some helpful suggestions. I'm the one that has a very violent reaction to hearing neighbor's bass. I have new neighbors, unfortunately young college-aged kids who are renting, even though this is an adult building and most of the residents are over 55 years old and own.

So, one time I knocked on their door at 11:30 at night because I heard the bass, and they did turn it off. That was about 3 weeks ago and I thought that was it because they have been quiet since.

However, early this evening I again heard the bass, and by the sound of it, they are having a small party, maybe watching football and had the bass on before the game started. My 2 sisters were with me when I heard the bass and they said it wasn't that bad and that I should just ignore it. I turned on the fan, which helped, but still it makes me so nervous that I really can't stand it. I didn't know what to do. I don't really want to knock on their door again, so I walked down the hall and went to the garbage shute and emptied some garbage and luckily ran into one of my neighbors who was also emptying his garbage. I asked him to please turn down the music, as it really bothers me, and he said, sure, no problem. They did turn it off, I think.

But I simply don't know what to do when this happens. I cannot ignore it and just relax. I talked to our condo manager and he said that as long as it is before 10:00 at night, there's nothing that he can do about it. Well, I disagree. I think a person should always be considerate of their neighbors.

I don't want to start wearing earplugs again all the time,either, as I become a slave to them.

They seem nice and did cooperate, but I don't want this to keep on happening to me.

Subject: Re: What has helped you?To: Soundsensitivity Date: Sunday, November 28, 2010, 5:15 AM

Hi Darlene,Thank you You have really helped me. Yes, acceptance is a struggle. I have suffered from OCD before too and acceptance is key to recovery there too, but it's a battle sometimes. I had a bit of a slip-up with my OCD today and tried to fight it, but then I remembered that acceptance is the only way to gain relief. I think that applies to a lot of things in life. xxx> >> > I thought I'd start a new thread asking everyone to list something that has been of help to them, in the hope that this will help someone else. Even if it's something that has only helped marginally, it's a start, particularly as cures are few. What has helped me is acceptance. When I hear a noise that makes me jump or makes me anxious, I accept it and realise that no matter how angry or anxious I become, the noise will always exist and anxiety is not a way to eradicate it. Acceptance is hard but effective. Mindfulness is also very

helpful.> >>

[Guest guest]

I have been working with an auidologist and an ENT recently. The ENT believes medication will help, as he has me on blood pressure medication to relive what he diagnosed as a connection to chronic migraines.

I can't say I'm seeing benefits with noise sensitivity, but it has reduced te headaches.

I have been taking Zoloft for many years. It makes a big difference for me in the anxiety side of things. It's cheap, too.

The audiologist recommends the in-ear generators, but the ENT doesn't agree. I'm not sure which way to head. I'd be interested in everyones perspective here.

Thanks

We need to stay positive. There's a blessing in disguise here somewhere!

To: soundsensitivity Sent: Thu, December 2, 2010 11:36:46 PMSubject: RE: What has helped you?

The white noise generators Doc offers helped a bit before they went ker-plooey. I'm definitely a lot more tolerant of loudness now.

= M-F.

> To: Soundsensitivity > Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:52:29 +0000> Subject: What has helped you?> > I thought I'd start a new thread asking everyone to list something that has been of help to them, in the hope that this will help someone else. Even if it's something that has only helped marginally, it's a start, particularly as cures are few. What has helped me is acceptance. When I hear a noise that makes me jump or makes me anxious, I accept it and realise that no matter how angry or anxious I become, the noise will always exist and anxiety is not a way to eradicate it. Acceptance is hard but effective. Mindfulness is also very helpful.