I dont know if there are any indians here. But diwali is coming up and i m so scared. I have had this since childhood and i m on the older side of 20s now. I cant manage it. I get so anxious and jumpy. I m tired of suffering every year. I dont know if i can manage it this year. I just want to cry and just run somewhere safe. Any tips or help from people with similar issue? Please help
I currently have Covid (likely Omicron) and am experiencing severe sensitivity to light and sound. Wondering if this is something commonly experienced and whether it dissappates over time. Thx.
I know it is common among autistic to be afraid of loud sounds, i have phonophobia, mine is in the level that i don't fear loud music or loud continuous sounds at all but i hate explosions, fireworks, and any sudden loud sound that i cannot predict. I have suffered a lot in new years celebrations because bombs where common were i lived but thankfully i moved to a city where bombs and fireworks are very rare. Even then i hate being jumpscared every time someone decides to explode a bomb.
If any of you has overcome phonophobia please explain how you did it.
i find this is only selective for me so it’s either a phobia or a trauma response. or a phobia developed through trauma that i lack memory of. either way, i find myself extremely startled by specific loud sounds, and i can’t handle it so much that they often cause me to feel emotional and want to break down. this is particularly prominent when someone shouts around me - not even directly at me - or even seems angry (again, not particularly at me). extremely loud music also scares me, and when it’s unexpected, i get very scared and anxious and i have left rooms or covered my ears on these multiple occasions just so i can reduce the growing anxiety that fuels me to burst into tears. i’m so confused as to why i feel this way and i have absolutely no idea what could be the cause of this, but it often concerns me when i is experience it. any opinions?
I've always been super anxious around loud noises, and as I've gotten older it only got worse. Today we were at a theme park and fireworks went off. I completely shut down, and my family went to go watch while I paced, and I dont think any of them noticed my anxiety. I lost track of them and immediately started crying and wandering around all while it was loud and bright everywhere. Even though they stopped not to long ago, I was still hyperventilating and sobbing. Family members noticed, but only shrugged it off as me being overdramatic and tired, to a point they were annoyed at me. I dont know what to do and I'm tired of them not realizing how much it scares me when these things like this happen. If it helps, my biggest trigger is popping/booming sounds like fireworks.
Edit: my mom actually talked and apologized for not noticing me, and were working to stay away from loud situations
I'm quite confused on the difference even after reading through a few articles. Can someone please explain the difference to me? How I interpret currently is one acts upon it with anger while the other with fear but i'm not certain that's correct.
Edit: I read all the comments and I appreciate all the time put into yalls answers :)
I am an 17 year old male and I ABSOLUTELY fear firecrackers. When someone bursts a loud cracker I start anticipating the next one fearing it will shake me up like the previous one of its kind. I start shaking in fear , my heart starts pounding and my body begins to sweat uncontrollably. The next one shakes me up too even though I "anticipate" it. And the shame it brings when you get shool up like a fool and everyone laughs at you. I DON'T GO TO FAMILY FUNCTIONS WHERE THERE ARE CHANCES OF FIRECRACKERS BEING USED. And it doesnt stop here. I AM AFRAID OF BALLOONS. YES! SINCE I WAS A KID! I CANT STAND NEAR A KID PLAYING WITH A BALLOON FEARING IT WOULD POP. Its unbearable now. Today is diwali. I just want to hide myself in a closet. I hate this. I need help.
So Phonophobia is the fear of loud noise and the anticipation of them. It does not necessarily have to be loud to everyone just them. For example mine is Apartment noises.
When I hear a noise I deem to be loud (which said noise is realistically only medium-ish or quite in volume) I usually get anxious; with the severity of the anxiety being dependent on several differing factors.
Namely, the length of the sound is pretty important. Sudden noises usually startle me (quite badly most of the time), but don't cause the same degree of anxiety that longer, continuous noises do.
The volume of the noise is also a factor, but not all loud noises bother me. If a noise is particularly annoying (most jets/airplanes) or painful (most high-pitched sirens) I don't typically get anxious from them. Although I can in the right circumstances (like if an airplane is flying much closer to the ground than normal and I'm outside at the time).
The last major factor is the distance between where I am and the source of the sound. For example, a running shower causes me fairly severe anxiety if I'm near or inside the restroom. However, if I'm several rooms away, I'm much less anxious about it.
I'm also decently scared of (and paranoid about) getting yelled at (I was yelled at a decent amount when I was younger), but I'm not sure how relevant that is.
Any sort of insight would be helpful. I'm mostly just not sure if my anxiety is actually severe enough for it to count as a phobia and, if it does, whether or not Phonophobia is the correct phobia to describe it.
I need answers. Now.
For as long as I can remember I have always been terrified of loud noises.
I can't pin point when it first started to be exact but I know it developed when I was younger. I had always been frightened by sudden loud noises or even noises I knew would occur.
It began with hearing cars swerve or roller coasters moving. But escalated to many different things becoming a trigger.
The first time I noticed it when I got older was when my sister or mom would sweep the carpet, my heart would begin racing as I would jump to the couch and cover my ears afraid that the noise alone would kill me if it got to me.
Because of this I was often teased by my Older sister who would purposely cause loud noises near me. The only way I found to escape the panic would be to play loud music in my headphones, I never knew why I wasn't scared of the music. But I'm happy I'm not.
But even when the noise would stop I would be shaking. When I mowed the lawn and swept I would often feel a rush of panic and I tried to get out of the situation so I didn't have to go through it all over again.
Just last night I was making a strawberry banana smoothie in the blender and before I even plugged the blender in I kept checking to make sure it was off. I wanted to try pushing myself to indure the noise for however long it took but I couldn't.
The rush of panic overwhelmed me and I felt like crying. It was as if my entire body was ready to give up the second it heard the blender.
I caved into my headphone usage and put them on. I hate how easily this can get to me but I've always thought I had sensitive ears. But I honestly think it's just me.
Another time I noticed an extreme situation was when I was told to start the engine of a car. I began to feel off, my hands were shaking and I didn't want to do it at all.
When I finally got it on after fumbling for a little I had tears in my eyes and my hand was violently shaking. It looked like I had indured something traumatic.
Fireworks, roller coasters, and cars swerving seem to be the only loud noises I can handle anymore.
Even the sound of someone hammering something sends shivers down my body and my hands begin to shake, this normally causes me to begin gasping for air.
As someone who is normally hands-on and as always wanted to be a welder I see where I could possibly be putting myself in a rough situation as if I get set off by anything I become breathless as I gasp for air, my hands began to shake.
I become more jumpy than usu
... keep reading on reddit ➡i have huge phonophobia, i already tried to use ear foam plugs but they do nothing for me, what
do you guys use daily to avoid loud sounds?
So for a while now I will wake up in the morning and get cold sweats, shake, heart goes crazy, I’m getting sick, and it’s only on school days or days I have work. Gone to the doctor about it and have only received medication that never solved my morning sickness. I’m 18 and male as well so definitely not pregnant. But I come to learn that the sound of alarms may be the cause. I stayed the night at a friends apartment and a few of my buddies came with. We all have fun, party, etc, go to bed. Wake up and one of my friend’s phone goes of time after time after time. He was just hitting the snooze and it would ring for what felt like right after he silenced it. Eventually I had to run out of the apartment and throw up. I’ve suffered from anxiety bad and have gone to counseling and still currently am trying counselors for it. I don’t know what I should do to wake up because I’m an adult and don’t want to ask someone to do it for me but I can’t afford to miss school because I’ve maxed my numbers of absences due to this anxiety issue
Does anyone else have an irrational fear of loud noises? The main noise that I deal with regularly that causes me extreme anxiety is dumping cans inside my recycling bin. The noises terrifies me even when I know it's coming, I'll sweat, jump, and suddenly have the feeling that there is something else outside with me as I usually dump these at night, but even when it isn't night I get the feeling that I'm about to be attacked.
When I play video games with my friends loud sudden noises that phase no one else I play with can scare me shitless, for example, the loud noise of throwing objects in 'Control' terrifies me, and throwing these objects is a core part of my skillset. When I have other people watching, the game scares me less, and when I have audio off, I am unphased by anything, I don't really know if this is a phobia or if I'm just super sensitive to sudden loud noises, although, I have trouble hearing on a regular basis and I'm only 17, I don't know. Any thoughts?
All my life i’ve hated balloons and fire works and would cover my ears because the loud sounds would hurt my ears and make me feel anxious my first bad experience was when i was 7 i was at a birthday party with my family and there were balloons popping all over the place because other children were running around with them and popping them and while i was sitting down i was having a silent anxiety attack with my hands over my ears causing my aunt to notice and take me outside for fresh air and i am now 17 and to this day i still cover my ears when fire works and balloons are around is there any way to overcome this?
Hey everyone. I'm a 21 year old guy who has Phonophobia, which is an irrational fear of loud noises. (This is different from Misophonia, which is an irrational hatred of certain noises, and Hyperacusis, which is an auditory condition where sounds are percived to be louder than they actually are. I probably have a form of this, but it's mild.)
I developed Phonophobia after getting chronic Tinnitus from a loud event in November of last year. While the Tinnitus has faded quite a bit and is now bearable, the fear of noise has only worsened over time.
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i've been looking for some tips based on my phobia, i hoped i could find a group related to my phobia
a forum, reddit, discord or anything, so i could find some tips related to my phobia. but just found 1-2 people with this phobia on the internet, explaining their fear
anyone knows of anything related to this phobia?
Phonophobia is a fear of loud noises such as fireworks and gun shots. I have had this phobia for a long time and it is really fucking annoying. Does anyone know how to get rid of it.
It gets in the way of my life as even a car backfiring make me have a panic attack.
It makes me feel like a fucking idiot in public. Advice would be appreciated.
Does anyone else panic when his or others phone’s rings ?
i'm having a hard time dealing with it i dont know what to do, because not even earplugs help
Does anyone else experience almost constant sensitivity to sound, even outside of migraine episodes?
EDIT: Beyond phonophobia, does anyone experience persistent distortion of hearing? (again, during and outside of migraine episodes)
i was wondering if anyone has this, i am looking for some tips to overcome it if possible
i am really suffering with it, cant deal with this anxiety,, what ear wearing do you guys use?
Q: What is phonophobia?
A: Phonophobia is the fear of loud and anxiety of loud sudden sounds.
e.g: Thunderstorms, fireworks, ballons, loud vehicles, etc...
Phonophobia = Fear of loud noises
My earbuds barely drown it out
So, since I was a kid, I know I've had a fear of alarms. Fire alarms at school made me feel like I was going to die immediately and would almost send me into a panic attack and they still do. Tornado sirens almost always send me into an immediate adrenaline fight-or-flight/ panic attack mode, worse than any other alarm. Last night I was up late and the carbon monoxide detector went off and I immediately went into a panic. Of course, I questioned if it was legit, but come to find out it was. In fact, we had very little ppm of CO in here but it was the neighbor who has deadly levels of it and it was seeping into our apartment from the walls. Luckily they made it out okay from being exposed to dangerous amounts for at least quite a bit of time. Despite there not being any danger in my apartment really, I am still panicking from this. I really think I have phonophobia (the fear of alarms/ loud noises I believe). Every time I think about last night and just all that happened my heart starts racing and I want to hide in a corner and cry. I feel like I'm being a baby about it haha. Does anyone else deal with phonophobia and have any tips for how you handle it? It would really be appreciated.
Where's my gang of being afraid of loud noises that aren't even scary
Hey everyone! I have an intense fear of sudden loud noises. I haven't been able to enjoy fireworks, ever. Does anyone have experience with ear protection that really muffles the sound of the explosion? Foam plugs haven't ever cut it for me.
anyone knows what can i use daily to avoid loud sounds? i have tried to use ear foam plugs but they do not block the sound enough
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