Sensory overload

[NBAC79]

Does anyone else have trouble with noise getting too much? I find if I'm amidst load noise for a while, (such as in crowd, at a party etc, anywhere there is lots of constant chatter) I get very overwhelmed and have to get out of it. I have also found it hard to sit in an audience surrounded by applause or have the car radio up too loud. Sometimes my own chewing sounds too loud and irritating! I also find lights annoying too. Anyone else?

[Mummybee]

Hi NBAC

Sometimes when im in a crowded place, I get the sudden urge to just get out of there. Not because of the people, but because if the full on environment!

I know just what you mean

Mummybee

[Chicken_Wings]

Hi NBAC,

sometimes noises are too much for me too. Before Christmas I was at a shopping centre and I had to leave because there was music and people talking and lights, I just had to get away.

depending on how I'm feeling the same happens when I'm with a group of people. Sometimes I'm with my boyfriends family and it's too much because lots of people are talking at the same time but nobody is really listening right and it's loud and there is a dog barking and the radio is going. It's too much.

i find it's worse when I'm tired as much brain isn't rested enough. 

[Perfectly Scattered]

My son and I have Sensory Processing Disorder with one big problem being Auditory Overload. I used to get headaches all of the time and Migraines occasionally from too much noise. I hate chaotic environments. It is horrible feeling overwhelmed by places others are clearly finding enjoyable. We actually saw an Occupational Therapist regarding this issue and other sensory issues and we did a program cslled the EASe Listening App- it is music designed to gradually decrease your sensitivity to sounds. It has changed my life- I no longer end every day completely exhausted with a headache, grumpy and tired. I am not trying to push you into trying it out- it is expensive. Just thought it might help.