Is it normal that i'm super sensitive to sound

like i can't stand it when my roommate types on the keyboard or makes clicking noises on her mouse. or people who turn their pages loudly. i have to like study in absolute silence, or i'll be distracted. and it's not just other ppl, i try my best to do things with minimum sound, like opening a plastic wrapper or even peeing you know? seriously, is it by any chance normal?

Is It Normal?
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  • thats how i am the worse sound i hear all the time is arguing and arguments in the house

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  • I'm the same, I can hear the clock ticking from a mile away, and the sound of a television off is so blaring to me when others can't even hear it. It sometimes makes me wish that I had a hearing aid so I could just mute everything around me.

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  • My daughter is like you. Even when my husband and I are whispering in another room at the other end of the house, she will yell "I can still hear you!". And tell us what we were saying. Me clipping toenails in the privacy of my room with the door closed and she gets all twisted over the sound. She looked it up once on the Internet and found there is a name for this but I forget what she called it.

    I dont think it's normal, but many people have it. Good luck!

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  • my aunt had this when she was little then she found out she had A.D.D

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  • Maybe you suffer from Hyperacusis.
    it's probably something you could speak to a doctor about.

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  • I know how you feel!

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  • I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE SHOUT!!! IT DRIVES ME MAD!!!!

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  • ugh I'm totally like you. and when I try to explain to people why I wantthem to be quiet, they're like "oh yay! let's piss her off more!" and will whistle in my ear or something. people suck. :P good luck to you!

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  • cities madd noisey!!!! >.<

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  • There's quite a few like you. Don't live in the city, you'll hate it

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