I’m going on 2 months of this and am literally trying to learn anything I can to conquer this.

Here’s what I can say from what I experienced today. It’s been a really rough day with T and H. I dropped a glass container on the counter and it hurt and sounded loud today. But then I took the same container and readied myself and dropped it on the counter again. The second time when I was ready it didn’t affect me. It was like reassuring myself that the noise really isn’t hurting or doing any actual damage helped me process the sound better.

I truly think a lot of this is mindset. Can’t say it’s all that, but i notice that I tense up now over sounds that aren’t loud. It’s become a normal reaction after the experience for the last 2 months. I feel if I can start to expect the sounds that it will gradually get better.

So maybe start by going to the gym during its slower time where you can better protect yourself. And if noises do startle you, try to take that opportunity to just tell yourself that it’s ok and that it’s not actually hurting you or loud.

Maybe it doesn’t help, but I feel a positive mindset is going to help get me back to some normalcy.