Hi everyone.

I have some traits of behavior who have been hints of a possible ADHD according to my therapist, but my treatment for that is taking some time because I'm dealing with some dramatic consequences of OCD first... It is slowly improving, thankfully.

In more specific terms, I wanted to hear some diagnosed people's experiences about auditory hipersensitivity. One of my most evident traits related to ADHD is that I'm easily distracted by environmental sounds (not so much by images). Whenever I'm talking/listening to someone and something or someone else makes some kind of noise, I instantly get distracted. I can't help ignore it. Considering that, whenever I'm forced to hear music I don't like for some time... It is pure torture. I'm not talking about music made to hurt someone's ears, but simply a matter of personal taste. Since I can't ignore it, it is extremely annoying and stressful.

Listening to music feels like someone is trying to talk to me, but instead of just talking at a reasonable distance, it is talking really close into my ear... And if I don't like that "voice"... It is rather annoying.

I decided to reflect better on this scenarios after an almost traumatizing event. I went to a festival these days with my gf, and I really disliked the second group that was on stage at this festival... I had nowhere to go because, well, the place was flooded, so I had to stay on the spot and endure this band. While people around me were having fun... I just got crazy. I couldnt keep attention at anything, I was constantly adjusting my body and feeling itchy due to the rising anxiety, and I was overwhelmed with so much stress I felt like I would explode. I tried to stay still, but that was driving me insane. The music itself was extremely loud and had a quick rythym, so it was way too stressful. I went on walking at the first chance I had, and I could only keep myself calm finally by walking around nonstop, going far away from the music. I couldn't even talk to my gf properly because I was completely overwhelmed after a brief period. By the end of the concert, I actually got phisically sick by this experience. My hands were cold, and I was feeling a lot of headache.

After that alarming experience happened, I started to question myself if I should talk to my therapist (we didn't talk after the event) about ADHD related issues with more priority. At the same time, I wanted to read about other people's experience with this kind of issue.

Thank you for reading!