Loud People

[Sue]

I find that I become very anxious around loud people. Some people are just hyper and the sound of their voice goes right through me. There always seems to be that one person who wants to be noticed. I feel the anxiety building when I am around them and I have to get away from them before I go into a full anxiety attack. If I know somebody like that is going to be around I avoid going places where they are. Does anybody else experience that?

 

[bangtanboys]

I feel myself uncomfortable around loud people, but I wouldn't attribute it to anxiety. I think it's just that we are used to behaving a certain way in public, and when someone isn't following etiquette, it's unsettling. I also associate rowdiness and loudness with anger and volatility, so sometimes when I'm around loud people I do get a little scared for my safety.

 

[amy88]

I do find that loud people make me anxious/nervous too...I think maybe because being loud and drawing attention to myself seems like the last thing I would want to do - so I guess I just don't really understand loud people!


Plus in a lot of cases, people being loud are people being inconsiderate of others - so that bothers me too.

 

[Alex]

I struggle with load people who those who can't stop talking and either nag or don't stop to breathe. Once I was in a van in a work situation and I had to tell someone to stop talking as they were driving me crazy. I felt bad, but I was trapped int he van and knew I had another half an hour before we got back to the hotel and I had put up with the loud ranting for 20 minutes already.


I think they were more shocked that I said what I did, but she had pushed me too far. I try to avoid these situations now with my iPod or a book.

 

[rootle]

No this doesn't bother me in the sense that it doesn't make me anxious. It can however irritate me immensely at times, I wish I could just make those people go away. However, I know that I can be pretty loud at times. I want to point out that people who are being really loud most of the time probably aren't doing it for attention or with the intent to anger you but are just simply feeling energetic, if you are really bothered by it, try communicating to them that you aren't in the same mood.

 

[John Snort]

Loud people annoy me but I've been around too many of them so they don't make me anxious but loud noises do make me anxious. This is the reason why I hardly ever go to parties where they'll be playing loud music. Trying to shout so you can hold a conversation with person next to you isn't something I like doing.

 

[fuzyon]

I hate loud people too, I'm not necessarily triggered by them but they do make me upset and raise my anxiety levels. It especially pisses me off when a person thinks shouting to get his/her point across is reasonable, people like that are just obnoxious though. I think this is one of the reasons I don't go to clubs, I hate being around loud people for hours and hours.

 

[Jemina]

I don't like being around loud people either. They make me really go into my shell and not want to talk at all. I end up wanting to run away as fast as possible and I'm always looking for an escape route around them. I also tend to avoid those people, even going way out of my way sometimes to avoid where I know they might be. I think I also associate the loudness with being obnoxious, angry and volatile too, so that may account for some of my preferring to avoid them.

 

[NormaD]

I don't really experience anxiety, it's more like an intense irritation. I know just how those kind of people can affect you and your attitude. I'm personally a very quiet person. I'm not shy as such, but I'm definitely not loud or an attention seeker. I just like to do things in a calm, cool way. Such a person would certainly make me extremely uncomfortable.

 

[Corzhens]

In public utility vehicles here, I occasionally experience riding with those kind of noisy people who talk like they are in their own homes. One time there were those 2 ladies who were dressed elegantly. I was in a public utility van and they sat at the back row behind me. I was lulling myself to sleep since the traffic was unbearable in that afternoon and I was tired from work. But then those 2 women were telling stories about their boyfriends and it was really obvious that they were bragging. One boyfriend's car was a jaguar and the other boyfriend is a doctor. I would have asked them why they don't ask their boyfriends to give them a ride. And then there was this young man who looked like a geek. He raised his voice to reprimand the 2 loud-talking women. They guy seemed to be focused on his tablet, maybe doing some work. And it was obvious that he was sick for his voice was quivering when he talked. Fortunately, the 2 loudmouth stopped talking.

 

[lexinonomous]

I experience a loud person on a day to day basis and it never fails to freak me out. A classmate of mine tends to get extremely loud when she's excited. She amplifies her voice so that the entire school can hear her. As much as I love her, it drives me insane. I find myself getting sweaty palms and feeling incredibly anxious when she does this. It never fails. A few of the other girls in my class will sometimes join in and make it even worse. It's gotten to the point where I'm not sure if I should mention it to the teacher or not. No one likes to be the person to ruin the fun, but I can't concentrate with loud people around me.

 

[ReadmeByAmy]

I am just a quiet person that is why when ever I encountered people who are noisy or who talks loud for reason that they want to be notice or heard or for any reason I will immediately get out of the place where they are. I will not make anxious of myself just only because of their behavior and I will just stay away from this kind of people. It is just that I always like quiet and peaceful surroundings.

 

[hades_leae]

I feel myself uncomfortable around loud people, but I wouldn't attribute it to anxiety. I think it's just that we are used to behaving a certain way in public, and when someone isn't following etiquette, it's unsettling. I also associate rowdiness and loudness with anger and volatility, so sometimes when I'm around loud people I do get a little scared for my safety.

Same here, I hate dealing with people who I know are about to get really loud, but I don't think it's my anxiety. It's just that they are annoying, I feel like I'm getting claustrophobic a little, plus I also feel like all eyes are coming right back to me which makes me panic a little.


I don't like when people behave like that, it's just childish. I make sure I get away when I know it's about to happen. I don't go places where it's generally loud all the time.

 

[Sue]

Thanks for all the comments. For me it is anxiety. I usually have to take an anti anxiety pill after an encounter because it really stirs me up and then I have a hard time relaxing. I am a very quiet person by nature and I like to keep to myself. I love the peace and quiet. I avoid going to places where there are a bunch of people, especially if they are drinking, because then they get to be really loud and they don't even know that they are. I found everybody's comments to be very interesting!

 

[kgord]

I don't like it when people are loud either. My roommate talks about twice the normal volume, and my ex husband also talked louder than he needed too, about half the time. I prefer when people talk loud enough to be heard, but not raising their voice at all. I guess I equate loud voices with yelling, and confrontation, and I don't like that. I don't raise my voice unless it is necessary. I don't know if it is anxiety related or not, I just like people to be soft spoken.

 

[Laneorexorcist]

I have experienced that before, but I'm not sure if it's really anxiety or I'm just annoyed by loud people in general, lol. But yes, sometimes you can feel their voice piercing your ears and sometimes it is really hard to listening to them, especially when some of them don't really have something good to say. But when that happens so try to think about something else of focusing on the little details of the situation, it's really distracting that way.

 

[DDNatureLover]

I live in an environment where the houses are close together, and even when the doors and windows are closed, it seems everything is amplified. I have Fibromyalgia, and recently learned that not only are the nerves always on alert, it seems the senses are, as well, so loud noises, odors and other such things really bother me. When I first moved here, it was fairly quiet during the week, and it got somewhat louder on the weekends. Now, it seems everyone has at least one loud barking dog that they refuse to put on a leash, and everyone congregates in the back yard of the house next door, as well as the house across the street, where they sit in the open garage, directly across from my driveway. The house next door on the other side now has tenants again, and the jury is still out on him. At first he was loud, then I thought he'd be o.k., but now he got a dog and seems to like to put the dog outside at night when he's got a booty call going on. I sometimes feel as if I'm living in a war zone, between the loud noises, drunks (not violent, just loud and obnoxious), motorcycles that are prevalent here, and the barking dogs.

 

[It'sJaz]

I hate loud people. Not the people themselves, but the fact that they're obnoxiously loud. It gives me a headache and I find it difficult to concentrate when they're talking very loudly in front of me. It's also frustrating because most of them aren't adding any real value to the conversation. They're just talking for the sake of talking. Usually I have to go to a quieter place before I can relax and focus.

 

[JGunterman]

I've experienced it, but I don't hate individual loud people too badly. If I'm in a room with several light people, especially if I've had a stressful day, it can cause some anxiety for me. Too much noise isn't too much of an issue for me, but it can definitely worsen things. I work with disabled kiddos, and they can get pretty loud. I think I've become accustomed to working with it so it doesn't affect my daily life nearly as badly.

 

[Panic57]

I'm not bothered by all loud people. Some of my best friends are loud and hyper and it's fine in certain situations like camping and at the beach. I figure all the noise will scare off the mountain lions, coyotes, and other dangerous animals. The problem is when we are in social situations like restaurants and clubs where they want the attentions, even bad attentions, that I get embarrassed for them and it makes me anxious. Then there are just aggressive and pushy people who are loud and brash and rude who make me want to run away from. Those people are the worse for me because they have so much negative energy coming off them.