Noises triggering anxiety

I absolutely am sensitive to certain sounds as well, though I think I have misophonia. Some sounds just provoke incoherent rage.

I'm sure I do too, even though I never had an official label of it. Thanks for reviving this thread.

I can't stand loud noises of any kind, and I wear earplugs to bed every night. Or I wouldn't be able to sleep. I've got a white noise/sound machine in every room, and I use them a lot.

Recently, we had a power outage which meant no sound machines. Or fans (it was hot), music (it helps me cope with neighbors), etc. And I was able to hear my upstairs neighbor, every #$%^&*? bloody STEP. Old biddy! I have a battery powered sound machine, but it's not as powerful as ones that take power of course. Thank goodness it was only out about a half hour. It was unbearable, as I could hear all the unwanted sounds without MY sounds to help drown or muffle them out.

I hate jackhammers, leaf blowers, tree trimming saws (I think they are called chain saws), construction noise, revving car engines, etc. Also hate squeaks and rattles. Once my shopping cart was rattling around in my trunk. I had to pull over and reposition it so it won't rattle anymore. Drove me nuts while driving.

Yep, I have misophonia. The sound of people eating anything drives me NUTS and I get really irritable. It's for a lot of noises too like sniffling and coughing or rustling of paper. It was so bad when I was a teen I had to wear headphones to dinner or eat in a seperate room

Until I had a conversation with someone else about this, I had no idea that there was actually a name for it. I can't stand the sounds of eating, either, especially when the person scrapes the utensil with their teeth. Drives me crazy. I am also sensitive to high-pitched voices.

There is a guy in my office that, for whatever reason, likes to do things like whistle, clap his hands, drum on his desk with his hands or a pen, and snap his fingers. It's really distracting. Thanks to meds and having my desk moved, he's at less of a risk of being punched in the face.

To make apartment living somewhat bearable, I have several white-noise/nature sounds machines. I wear earplugs to bed every night.

I have music on all the time (except when watching TV or sleeping of course), even in the shower. I can't stand all the noises I hear daily: Esp. door slamming, the sound of HEELS, engines starting, people running, people slamming the dumpster lid, the sound of the shower above me, the leaf blowers, the garbage trucks, the gardeners hosing down the patio, etc. It all drives me batty.

I could on and on about all the sounds I hear. And of course nobody hears anything. Even when they tested the fire alarms, nobody heard them but me. They are ALARMS. "I didn't hear anything."

Childrens noise and baby crying drives me crazy. I can't stand it.

Me neither! I forgot to add that to my long list below.....

Can't stand kids screaming and running. And some people think it's OH SO CUTE!! My mom used to tell me to be quiet in public, but nobody does than anymore. They let them run wild, then wonder why they grow up to be so self-centered.

Oh, yes, babies/children's noise really gets to me, too. It seems like they have this habit of shrieking that sounds like it can cut through glass. The other day I was in a bookstore, and had to use the bathroom. There was a woman and her child in there, and the kid was making these "happy noises" at some ungodly volume. I think I broke the world record for peeing just so that I could get out of there. Whatever happened to "use your indoor voice"?

Indoor voice got me. Nobody has an indoor voice because everyone is freaking deaf! I talk with an indoor voice and nobody heres me. I greatly dislike loud talkers.