Do you know if this is related to Hyperacusis?

I researched Hyperacusis, which is sensitivity to sounds. For a year or two now I have been really sensitive to a lot of noises such as chewing anything, sniffling, gulping, tapping feet or fingers and many, many more. When I hear these noises I cannot stand it and I have to plug my ears or something or I go absolutely crazy and sometimes cry. And I'm usually in class so I can't leave.

But another thing I am sensitive to is movement. Whenever I see someone chewing, tapping their feet or fingers, scratching their face, swinging their legs and a lot more things I go crazy, it's just like I am with the noises. I have to close my eyes, and when I'm at school doing my work or taking my test I cannot do that so I usually do not do very well on the test.

Is my eye sensitivity related to Hyperacusis? Could someone please help?

 

I am not at all familiar with Hyperacusis, but from what I read it doesn't necessarily directly relate to visual input. But, I'd imagine that the unpleasant sensations (from the Hyperacusis) has probably introduced a type of negative conditioning.

A behavior (the scratching) is followed by a stimulus (the sound). And since you're so sensitive to the sound, perhaps even the sight of the behavior reminds your body of the stimulus - breaking your concentration and driving you crazy. Just a theory!

There's a word for it, but I forgot. The most relevant example that I can think of: if eating hotdogs makes a particular person barf every time, then there is the potential that they'll get sick when they smell hotdogs, too.

 

It's an associative fixation disorder.
I hate eating noises too!

 

I really think it boils down to neurosis.

I'm the same way. I've gotten a pretty good handle on it in the past few years, mostly because I was so sick of being such a neurotic bitch. You can overcome it the same way you overcome other types of anxiety. Take that how you will.

 

My good friend who is also my office mate at work makes horrid eating noises. The only way I can deal and stay friends is to leave when he has lunch. I've had this eating noise disorder since I was a kid. Swirling a spoon around and around in a bowl getting the last micrometer makes me insane.lol

Looks like you don't deal well with 'fidgety' people behavior. You might find a root cause for that?

 

Snapping gum makes me want to choke someone out. I had a friend who did this and I always gave her a dollar to give me her gum so I could throw it away. Let's see--I used to sit in a restaraunt and read the paper and this one guy would come in and absent mindedly stir his coffee for minutes--clinky -clinky-clinky-clinky-clinky-clinky -clinky-clinky-clinky--on and on. I had to leave a few times. And ice cubes clinking around in a drink,too. And people chewing and making smacking noises when they eat. Makes me want to jerk their adams apple right out out of their throat. Other than those--I'm good.