I almost completely lost it the other night because this woman kept coughing/clearing her throat constantly for over 20 mins before I was able to cover the sound. Like full on feelings of rage! And the other day I cried my eyes out because the satnav kept beeping and my parents wouldn't turn it off as they had no idea where to go. It's like each beep was boring into my skull!! It's ridiculous! Why is this happening to me???

I will check out ASMR, thanks.

I do use other senses as grounding/calming techniques too. Tough is a good one for me; either smooth or rough textures. I'm very sensitive to smells too though so I usually find they make it worse. And music can make it worse too, but sometimes it'll drown out the obnoxious noise and help me focus on an enjoyable sound, and I find singing along relaxing too. But it is very hard to cope with. Sometimes even the birds tweeting in the trees will set me off - the normal nice birds, not the evil crows/Ravens/magpies. It's just so strange to me as normally I find them tweeting relaxing

*Willow*