May 22 2008
Quiet, Please
Finding Quiet Moments
Sometimes I feel like my world is overly noisy. It seems as though my children speak too quickly or too loudly. I constantly crave quiet.
I had come to the conclusion that this was a result of having a large family or that my children are gifted with heightened projection, and that may well be. However, a new study done at the University of Michigan, has revealed that patients with fibromyalgia are hypersensitive to noise. Check out this abstract link from the Journal of Pain for more information. This study should lead to more research on the link between fibromyalgia and the central nervous system.
Often when I’ve had too much stimulus, I sneak away to my bedroom and lock the door (leaving the older kids or my husband in charge for 15 minutes or so) and rest or read a book. Sometimes I’ll have a quiet conversation over the phone with a friend or do a few yoga poses. I might just search the internet or write something.
Fifteen to twenty minutes is about all I need and then I’m ready to face the world and handle whatever it presents. How do you quiet the noise in your life?
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You know, I have found the same thing! Sometimes, I just get so overwhelmed with noise that I just can’t stand it anymore. I thought it was the people I was hanging out with — they are just loud people, but I didn’t have this problem until I developed Fibro a few years ago.
I usually ask the people I am with to be a little quieter, especially if I am not home. Sometimes, I will try to go outside for a few minutes to get some peace for myself.
I either go to lay down, take a shower or oddly enough put on my MP3 player and headphones. The music isn’t noise to me.
I can’t and it’s a big issue with me. Despite the challenges I have, I feel that my craving for just 5 minutes of solitude in my day (and my failure to get it) is probably the one thing I get upset about being unable to control.
I linked to you today on my blog post, just wanted to give you a heads up!
Tina
http://chronicpain.today.com
Now that the weather is nice I love to sit on the porch for a few minutes in the early evening and enjoy the magnolias.