Me too. Mine is from combat. I generally have to be super medicated to get through tonight.

Sorry Thor. I started taking extra meds this morning and about 1 1/2 hours ago. I feel pretty sedated. May be if I do laundry and turn the tv up it will help.

I have no good explanation for not liking them, but not everything needs an excuse. Ditto for the critters who usually join me in my hidey holes for the 4th.

Buttttttaaaa. . . This year finds me hoping for that touch of the old normal. I think the fireworks have been CFC (closed for corona) this year.

Hi Secouya,
If you have headphones put those on and put some nice relaxing music on. That will help block out the noise. Put ear plugs in your ears. Turning up the T.V. will help drown out the noise. Hopefully it won't go on to long the fireworks. Good luck. Italianmomma

Hope I am not posting this too late, but I agree with Italianmomma. Put on headphones and listen to music. Make sure all of your windows are closed. They should be over in 20 minutes.

Fireworks have been shut down in my County, so all I will hear tonight will be the illegal ones... and that's a scary thought in and of itself!

I know it's past time this year. What we do is put the music on low, and do something at the table to distract our selves.

Hope you are doing better now.

Thank you all. I have noise canceling ear buds in. I feel really out of it right now with anxiety meds.

These illegal fireworks here have been going on for hours! Ugh. I do have one window open though. The illegal ones usually go on around here until midnight. And there was already a small brush fire not too far from me.

I wonder if cancelling all the legal fireworks shows here was the best idea. Just brings out more illegal ones.

Secouya,
I TOTALLY understand! I was prior military and a combat Vet! The sound of fireworks, especially VERY LOUD ones makes me feel quite jittery and I start to have flashbacks. I have found headphones, earplugs, music, and watching movies/TV to ease anxiety. I try to watch funny things in order to laugh and stay indoors. I always remind myself that "this too shall pass," and it does. I hope that the suggestions help and that you are feeling much better today! I hope and pray that you will fully recover from all of the horrible trauma which you have endured!

I have no past trauma about them...but I can't stand loud noises--neither can my cats...so I turn on the ac--(the noisy, in the window kind) and close all the windows and I shut all the outer doors--and we can still sort of hear them--because it is my neighbor's shooting them off like crazy---so we sit and twitch in the living room--while my one really sensitive cat hides under the bed...poor boy!