yes noises do indeed drive me bats/irritate me. its like horrible static background noise that i try to block out. lamentably i dont have the option of moving out. I'm 22 and im not working atm because of classes i stopped working when the fall term began and most of my family is in peru and i live in the US. And indeed i have tried to explain but they just keep doing what they do. il have to read up on hyper vigilance maybe i can find some tips. I also had a freak out last winter and so my father is worried about me and seriously he's spying on me like when im outside smoking i catch him staring out of the window and that keeps me on edge too >.>
Also they dont seem to get that arguments upset me alot like to the point where i get almost depressed and or angry for a really long time afterward. so yeah ur right its a space issue but i dont really have alot of options atm as far as moving out but thank you for your replies glad i got to talk to someone that understands ^_^