I do this too. I get so mad the back of my head tingles. Where I work there is store music playing, intercom announcements and people playing Pandora on there phones (I have a fear the world is just gonna get noisier). I try to retreat or focus on something pleasant or just concentrate on work & tune everyone/everything out. But this seems to prompt comments 'why are you so quiet', 'I'm gonna break you' or 'it can't be that bad'. I used to keep it bottled up. Then I would break down crying- which is humiliating at work and the last thing I want to do when I'm mad. But now I'm more likely to snap & say something inappropriately mean...... then the dive toward guilt and depression when I am finally alone.

There is a film called The Secret Life of Words. The character in that movie is deaf and she turns her hearing aid off when she's at work.... I love that scene...I envy her there. She just wants to be left alone too.

Also, I'm disturbed & alarmed at the anger. I feel hate towards whatever is producing the noise. The intensity I feel is disproportionate to the noise but when I'm in it it feels like some kind of deliberate sensory torture.