Hi everyone.......first of all I'm new here.
I'm just looking for a bit of advice. Two things are particularly causing me some anxiety and distress at the moment.
The first is that over the last few weeks I seem to have an increased sensitivity to noise. This is causing problems in my day to day life, particularly at work - the radio, people chatting, machinery, etc. Does anyone else experience this, and have any advice for me for coping strategies please?
The second is fatigue - at the moment it is full on, and all I want to do is sleep. Obviously I can't do this, as I work full time. Again, does anyone please have any suggestions?
Thank you. 🙂
Hi, no need to be anxious about being sensitive to noise. In fact that's what makes it worse. It's usually high levels of stress hormones that makes our hearing more sensitive. Our fight or flight mechanism wants us to be hypersensitive so we can seek and escape danger. Find some breathing exercises and muscle relaxation too, if you can. Do these for five minutes as many times during the day as possible. . You will notice a difference within a couple of week. The fatigue is linked, due to always being on hyper alert mode. Get some quality chill out time and hope you feel better soon.
Thank you Suzie. 🙂