OMG! It is so relieving to read that others have this same issue. I am VERY sensitive to others' tone of voice. Just before I broke up with my last boyfriend, it came up in discussion. I said, "you know, I think I'm afraid to talk to you about things because I really feed off the tone of your voice. If you sound the slightest bit annoyed, mad, etc, I just don't feel comfortable talking to you." << That is a whole different story though but the idea still stands. I notice it with anyone though. Even if I'm just observing a conversation between others around me. I feel uneasy FOR other people if I sense tension or animosity of any kind.

From the various things I've read about social anxiety, I've come across a number of ideas about how some people with social anxiety tend to over-analyze social situations. I wonder if this is part of it (the over-sensitivity to tone of voice). I don't know; I'm no mental health professional. I'm just thinking out loud...

And I, too, have had incidences where people will get angry at me on the road, where it will make me incredibly upset. I'm lucky if I can forget about it within the next few hours. Sometimes it leaves me defeated for the entire day. -Which I realize is kind of nuts, but this is just how crazy I've become as of recently.