I'm a 20 year old female and I guess I needed to vent cause of late I've been growing overly anxious whenever I would hear certain sounds such as tapping, clanking of metal, loud talking, or mostly yelling (and etc.) These sounds gets me irritated..like my heart will start racing and I would want to breakdown, cry/scream in the inside, and just want to make it stop. It feels even worse when I'm trying to do school work or anything else. There are times when there is group projects needed to be done and my classmates would rather put on loud music when working. I know to some these helps them focus but for me it makes my senses overwhelmed..and if I asked if they can turn it down a bit I'll mostly get ignored so I mostly now just try my best to keep it to myself and bottle it up. I feel angry with myself..and I can't stop hating myself for it either.

I have a history with depression and I've always wanted to seek professional help but I can't afford therapy. Even if I could I would have to travel to the city to seek for one (I live in a small provincial town). Mental illness is also still discriminated in my country so I can't talk to anyone about this cause they would label it as "crazy" and be frowned upon. Does anyone else feel this way? Is it normal? What do you do if this does happen to you?