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Old Aug 05, 2016, 03:57 AM
NoIdeaWhatToDo NoIdeaWhatToDo is offline
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100%! It can be any noise, really - background noise builds and builds until I realize that it's slowly making me crazy! Repetitive sounds are bad for me also...unless I'm making them, ha! My kids, especially my youngest, like to make noise simply for the sake of making noise. It drives me up the wall.

I've gotten much better since working on mindfulness with my T a few years back and identifying where I am in my stimulus meter - I can let my kids know now BEFORE I blow my top that I need the noises to stop or the volume of whatever they're doing/playing to go way down. I'll go into my room and give myself a time out sometimes just to get the quiet, because I know I'm seriously overstimulated by noise.

My husband teases me that I could wake in the night from the sound of dew forming...but seriously - that s**t is LOUD!
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bizi, OctobersBlackRose, Wild Coyote
Thanks for this!
bizi, Wild Coyote