shortstuff
11-12-08, 02:06
This is quite simply driving me crazy and triggers panic attaks in me. I can hear EVERYTHING including background noise at heightened levels. My brain seems to have lost the capability to filter out background sounds and if there is more than one person talking in any given space (no matter how quietly) it feels as though there are 50 people shouting in my ears!
I am sure people at work think I'm totally crazy as I usually end up walking down corridors with my fingers in my ears and have cotton wool in them most of the day.
Looking back, I think this was one of my first symptoms which came on gradually. I remember becoming more and more irritated with the noise from the TV and would end up with it muted. This progressed into the images annoying me and the TV being switched off completely. I ended up with a complete phobia of the TV to the point that I was room bound for a few months (having to live in one of the bedrooms which didn't have a TV) until common sense kicked in and I got rid of TV's in the house!
Has anyone got any good ways of coping with this?????
Nic
I am sure people at work think I'm totally crazy as I usually end up walking down corridors with my fingers in my ears and have cotton wool in them most of the day.
Looking back, I think this was one of my first symptoms which came on gradually. I remember becoming more and more irritated with the noise from the TV and would end up with it muted. This progressed into the images annoying me and the TV being switched off completely. I ended up with a complete phobia of the TV to the point that I was room bound for a few months (having to live in one of the bedrooms which didn't have a TV) until common sense kicked in and I got rid of TV's in the house!
Has anyone got any good ways of coping with this?????
Nic