Anyone here feels they are over sensitive to noise? Radio in Uber’s, loud people laughing, side convos during meetings, unexpected loud noises of any kind that drain your focus and energy?

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Yes. Right now I can hear some shrill woman all the on the way other side of the airport lounge 🙉🙉🙉

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Americans tend to be louder in public as a whole than a lot of other people. I never had this issue living in Germany, for instance.

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I dislike noise in general but it only feel draining when I’m hung over (like today)

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Yes! Just read a book on introverts. Typically introverts will be sensitive to their environments.

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Deloitte2 - I read that a few years ago and it’s quite accurate although I wish some of our extroverted colleagues would read it too! 😃

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YES.

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Yes. Also more of an issue for me when I am tired or hung over.

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Yes, noise sensitivity is part of post traumatic stress and many other disorders. I would not be surprised we are tuned into noise. I guess if we were out and about/around noise more, we wouldn’t hear it as much.

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I am so noise sensitive. Chewing gum, crunching ice, (god forbid) rock music.... all drive me bonkers

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PwC1 - funny thing. I have those same noise sensitivities except ... I LOVE rock, metal, death metal, black metal.....funny what bothers us (or not)

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