Ugh they are doing #firetesting in my condo today and the #alarms are driving me crazy! Not even taping down the silence buttons on the alarms in my unit stops the #noise.
#neurodivergent #autistic #NoiseSensitivity #sensoryhell #firealarm

I have become more aware recently that while loud or sudden noise is a significant problem for me which is easy to notice, low level continuous background noise also seems to be a problem.

(I need more "data points" to be sure it's this the problem, but I think so.)

The really annoying part of this is that I don't really notice it for a while (e.g. 1+ hour), but has been affecting me. Since I hadn't noticed it, I haven't tried to mitigate the issue. At the point I notice, the spoons have been used.

I use noise canceling headphones a lot of the time, but some sound still goes through so they help less for background noise, than with the louder noises - and I can't wear them all the time as that gets uncomfortable too.

#ActuallyAutistic #NoiseSensitivity #MyExperiences