[StarBlue]

Been so sensitive to everything my entire life. I am looking for a place to live and this is proving impossible because of getting triggered by just about everything..Certain noises trigger panic attacks, certain acrid smells can send me over as well. People, crowds - what they do - their mannerisms, cell phones, cities - the whole nine yards sends me into a tailspin and it's I can do but to run for the hills and it's to the hills that I want to live. Away from people, society, things and sounds that are so trauma inducing. I have to stuff my ears with plugs, carry essential oils and wear sunglasses, take back roads and avoid everything that's potentially a trigger. Also self-medicating just to function.

Wasn't sure where to write this as it applies to so many conditions but the panic is the worst. This is early childhood stuff - prenatal even. Can't even begin to understand how to live in this world as I never really did belong anyway.

[Skeezyks]

Hello StarBlue: The Skeezyks lives in the middle of a large metropolitan area. I'm pretty-much as reclusive as it's possible for me to be given my circumstances. Given a choice, I'd probably seldom leave my home. The reality is, however, we have a dog that has to be walked daily. So I do that.

I wear hats with brims that I use to shield my eyes from people I pass on the sidewalks & I wear sunglasses. I don't listen to music while I'm walking though because I need to hear what's going on around me... such as oncoming cars that will run me down in the crosswalk if I'm not paying attention. At home I listen to chant set to music & other peaceful types of music.

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

Have similar problems over here. I struggle where I'm living because the numpty upstairs stomps about and bangs about which gets my anxiety up. Noises outside makes me anxious too. :\ You have to learn to cope. Find ways to cope. Plenty of resources online, and there's help out there. Good luck.

yes... ditto

1 of my phobias is insects- and more often than not, other outside sounds can be easily mistaken for them.

someone cutting the grass, for example, or someone humming to themselves- it really triggers me

something else i can't really stand is building noises- so cranes, banging, stuff like that. keep thinking that 1 day they are going to overdo it and it's going to crush the house

i'm also agoraphobic.

so croud noises naturally trigger that, or cars on the street

You suggested your current accomodation situation is entirely different from the last - which you apparently miss a great deal. Is it perhaps then that where you are now is a constant reminder of what you had before? What you have lost?

I went from an isolated cottage in the wilderness to the heart of a city. The sounds and noises are jarring to me and are a constant reminder of all that I have lost. They irritate me to no end to the point I ruminate over it.

[StarBlue]

I've been moving around a lot, being homeless basically - never my own home, always something else - someone else's place and had to put up with more stuff that wasn't mine than care to remember. It's been years since I've been going from place to place and am just so tired but have to move yet again due to this place being sold. Don't know where to go that won't drive me off a cliff, been trying to regroup during the time I've been at this current place, doing the best I could to get myself together because the place before this almost killed me. So now I have no idea how to even cope or even find the direction. Wherever I go, there I am.

Originally Posted by justafriend306

You suggested your current accomodation situation is entirely different from the last - which you apparently miss a great deal. Is it perhaps then that where you are now is a constant reminder of what you had before? What you have lost?

I went from an isolated cottage in the wilderness to the heart of a city. The sounds and noises are jarring to me and are a constant reminder of all that I have lost. They irritate me to no end to the point I ruminate over it.

[Fuzzybear]