I have that problem to sometime. Especially loud sounds. Or someone coming up behind me without me hearing them. I jump and sometimes it sets off an attack!!1

oh yes.... and movement to fast gets me everytime.

yes then some days I can not stand silence, those days silence feels heavy like a ton of bricks hanging above me, then I walk all day with an mp3 player plugged in my ears blasting out loud music.

I can't handle noise of any kind, barking dogs get to me real bad, loud rock music, slamming doors, tv to loud. All these sounds and more nearly drive me up the wall.

I ask to have the music turned down in almost every restaraunt I go to and have always been treated kindly. Sometimes I leave even before asking because I sense too much noise and too many people. It frustrates my husband, but it's that or not go anywhere. Just leaving the house is hard enough. Just tell people you have hypersensitive hearing and they usually are helpful. Hope this helps!

I had to get a new frige bcs ours was too loud. I kept turning it off and spoiling food. Sometimes I have to unplug the aquarium filter because it's too loud. I'm working at not staying in the safety a solitude of my room, at least it's a step.

At least a few times a week I have to find a quiet place to sit. Sometimes i'm at home and it just means turning off the tv or computer...anything to give me silence. Sometimes I have to walk away from my desk because people are talking around me and I can't handle the noise. It's a very weird feeling to have this happen. I am hoping there is some kind of cure for this.

Yes!! I can't handle it. I love silence. It calms me down.
And there are days when I can't handle anything that is going on around me. Some sounds just put me to tears.

Practically every minute of every day. Certain sounds of shoes, big trucks, pipes hitting one another.....the list goes on. SOmeone came up behind me wearing a pair of shoes that triggered me and I laid him out...I didnt mean to....it was reflex.

I relate to scooby22.
sounds bother me just about every minute.
I sleep with earplugs.
Part is because of the man upstairs that makes so much noise 24 hours a day.
Part is because just hearing his footsteps walking above me or around me...his opening and shutting doors, etc...just freaks me out.
Sometimes I put on music to sooth me or to drown him and other outside noises out. Of course they are days the soft music is way too much for me.
Driving in traffic..very triggering. Movements are too quick and surround me. Too many people, too many cars. Don't like to be around lots of people.
Grocery stores push me over the edge. Too much noise, too many people, kids crying, overhead announcements. I start to twitch.
I think I am always hypervigilant. Does not ease up at all.

i am hearing noises at night that are keeping me awake it sounds like gun fire going off. i was in a battle in june and july in vietnam. i have problems with sleep and hearing sounds. i have night mares when i sleep and i also grind my teeth when sleeping.

If you read my profile you will MORE than understand why I am suffering from PTSD and why I have so many triggers.

My biggest weakness is triggers and flashbacks.
As a medical assistant, I took a job working at a childrens hospital, not long after the accident.. It was the first time I had been to a major trauma center where they had a hei-pad.

As I was walking up for my interview-- I listened to the sounds of helicopters landing overhead, and stood in silence as tears rolled down my cheeks. It broke my heart, because I knew there was someone up there, who was really hurt.

I have the same reactions still * a year later* when I drive past bad accidents, becasue I start to think about the person in the car-- and who they were. I know that had to be someone's Father, Husband, Son, Grandpaw, Bestfriend. And wonder whos going to deliever the news to the family.

It has lessened with time-- in the beggining it was so bad, if I even drove past a dark colored mercedes, I would start to cry histericly, and go into complete flashbacks.

My best advice for over=ridding these triggers, is when you know they are coming up, or about to occur, to occupy our mind with something else.

I despise loud, noisy people. Sometimes I have to get away from the freaks and weirdos and go for a long walk, four or more hours at a time, after dark when no one is around anywhere because they're all at home watching their idiot boxes (televisions) or doing other inane activities. Sometimes I go for walks in the desert or through industrial parks. I walk until my feet hurt because the pain helps me to forget the nightmares in my mind. I walk and walk and walk. My shoulders ache. Eventually everything starts to hurt. Pain can be useful in this way.

you know the slightest sound wakes me up as well, specially if it is a new sound. I tried to sleep with earplugs but that made me fall into complete pannicks waking up all the time worried that something (somebody) was about to do something horrible and I would not be able to hear "it" coming. Catch 22 I guess.

i grind my teeth when i sleep so i had to buy a nightguard for my teeth. it's terrible sound keep me awake. when i do sleep night mares and grinding my teeth.