There are some sounds like vacuum cleaners that are painful to me. Luckily, for the most part, I'm able to wear head phones and blast songs at my higher than usual volume to not hear them however... what if I can't? Are there any ways of calming yourself down? I know inside my head, I'm all relax it's just a sound you'll be ok, you don't want to look like a crazy person, but having to talk myself down and being like consciously doing it is exhausting. I also don't want to damage my ears by playing music too loudly... Any tips? Like the logical part of me is all don't be stupid you're going to be ok, but sometimes it's hard to keep that logical person in my head when I want to run away. >.< Then I'm all you're a grown adult stop being silly and yeah... As a teen, my dog didn't like them either and we'd cuddle under the covers with each other, so it was nice to have someone understand that feeling.