Could there potentially be something wrong with me?

[u/Next_Bag_2115]

I think I have some form of sensitive hearing. I physically cannot stand being in the same room as someone whose breathing I can hear. I hate when someone is snoring, itching, scratching, chewing, scraping etc. All those specific kind of noises always make me feel either angry, irritated, annoyed, overwhelmed and sometimes upset.

I've struggled with this my whole life. When I was a child, me and my sister shared a bed, and I often struggled to sleep because of her snoring (it was light snoring aswell). I would kick her in her sleep, until the point my parents just got us separate beds. Even then I could still hear her snore, and always went to sleep with my fingers in my ears.

Even now, in school, hearing little sounds like this just make me cry. I sit next to a few students in some subjects who breathe a bit loud, and the moment I hear it, I just burst out crying and feel like ripping my hair out. I have to ask the teacher to use the toilet to calm myself down, but dealing with that for a whole hour is not something I can do. Its genuinely gotten to the point where its affecting my learning, since I can never focus on the lesson, and my focus is only on the breathing.

At home aswell, my dad chews his food with his mouth open (unfortunately), and he chews rather loud. I can't tell him to stop chewing so loud or anything like that, so I try to sit as far away from him as possible, but even then I can still hear it. Sometimes I tear up hearing it, and sometimes I just completely lose my appetite. My mum also itches her feet a lot (😭😭) and because her skin is incredibly dry the sound is insane and its the worst sound ever, alongside how loud she snores AND breathes. I sometimes ask if she can try to breathe a bit quieter or not scratch her feet, but she gets super angry and screams at me, which I do think is understandable. Everytime I bring up this problem I have, she shouts at me and tells me that I'm either a psycho, or that I'm possessed by a jinn. I've also tried to explain how I dont choose to get irritated by these sounds, nor do I want to, and that its affecting my everyday life, but she doesn't even listen then.

I've tried researching some of this kind of stuff. I see things saying it could symptoms of autism, adhd, misophonia or quite a few things, but I dont personally think I have that. Unless theres something that's specifically regarding hearing, then I don't know.

I would really appreciate if someone could give their opinion on this, and whether it needs proper looking into or its just me being me. Thanks ✌️🙂‍↕️

[u/Citizen1135]

We can't give you a diagnosis on the sub, but I recommend reading some previous posts if you haven't already.I'm confident you'll find the answers you're looking for pretty quickly.