Hello everyone. This will be my first installment to: “Why is this happening?”
I am 30 years old and for the entirety of my life I have never been afraid of noises. Or so I thought. I recently spoke with my mother. She told me, when I was young, that loud noises, like fireworks, would send me into a full panic and I would run away. For my adult life I have not been scared by anything.
From the time I was 13 until I was 28 I was living the “street life”. I sold and used drugs on a regular basis. I was around extremely loud noises, such as music and even gun shots from time to time. However, since the pandemic started i have developed extreme social anxiety, and apparently sensory disorder of some sort. When there is a noise, like something rubbing against something else, my entire body gets hot and I feel like running. If I don’t leave the immediate area, I will have a panic attack.
I really want to know what sort of things I can do to help myself? Do I go to the doctor? What do I say?
I am 30 years old and for the entirety of my life I have never been afraid of noises. Or so I thought. I recently spoke with my mother. She told me, when I was young, that loud noises, like fireworks, would send me into a full panic and I would run away. For my adult life I have not been scared by anything.
From the time I was 13 until I was 28 I was living the “street life”. I sold and used drugs on a regular basis. I was around extremely loud noises, such as music and even gun shots from time to time. However, since the pandemic started i have developed extreme social anxiety, and apparently sensory disorder of some sort. When there is a noise, like something rubbing against something else, my entire body gets hot and I feel like running. If I don’t leave the immediate area, I will have a panic attack.
I really want to know what sort of things I can do to help myself? Do I go to the doctor? What do I say?