Dear Chesterboy~
Welcome, coming here may well assist you as others have talked about the same sort of thing, particularly at night.
I would imagine that if you have an anxiety condition that is making you more sensitive to a lack of peace then having that attended to may be the best long term solution. Do you mind if I ask if you are receiving any medical support for this? I believe there may be therapies that do help reduce such sensitivity.
In the shorter term I can remember a couple of suggestions other people have made. Firstly to create your own noise to counter it. Something soothing like the sounds of the sea shore, a forest or rain. By concentrating on them other noises can assume less importance.
Other than that earplugs can often help. though they have to be chosen with care, as some are designed to block out machinery but let human voices though.
Another idea that may be worth considering, making friends with the neighbors and joining in from time to time. If they are the right sort of people their voices could seem friendly rather than simply intrusive.
So what do you think?
Croix
