Oh, the background music is movies is so distracting I can't follow the dialogue. My husband channel surfing & hearing bits & pieces of things drives me up the wall. Trying to follow someone's conversation in a restaurant is so hard with all the other people talking at all the other tables. Sometimes I can lip read; other times I just give up trying to understand & process what they are saying & smile & nod--they could be telling me how their father just died & I smile & nod!

The other day I was on a plane (about a 3 1/2 hour trip) & it was like torture for me as the lady across the aisle was eating popcorn from a bag that made a crinkling sound every time she stuck her hand in & she ate popcorn during the whole flight, except when she went to the restroom & I so wanted to grab that bag & hide it. Major distraction--can't read, can't think, get really agitated.

That's why I don't have the TV or radio on when I'm at home. If I go to visit someone & they have a TV on, I can't concentrate on the conversation. I do have ADHD & take Concerta for that so I don't know if it is related to that or I'm also dxed as bipolar 1, but taking meds for that, too.

Loud talkers on their cell phones in public, music playing EVERYWHERE--at restaurants, stores, even in the restrooms at the grocery store. Let me pee in peace, at least!--Suzy