Is it normal to panic because of a sound

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I’m a very unemotional guy, I’m told I’m monotone and chill, but anytime I hear violent banging on a wooden door my brain goes haywire.

I’m 19 and in college, when I was a kid my dad was a violent drunk and would always slam his fists against my bedroom door because I would lock him out, I’d usually sit against the door so it would jolt my back.

I visited him in prison a few months ago, and there was a plastic panel with a wooden panel between us, he got pissed at me and punched the wooden panel really hard and I left.

Since then, anytime I hear loud banging on wood my brain goes in to panic mode and I wind up sobbing, puking, or hurting myself trying to get away from the noise. My heart beats like it’s going to explode and I get tunnel vision, I sweat but feel cold and the banging sounds abnormally loud, I’ve blacked out from it once.

My roommate came back drunk one day and was banging on our door, so I punched the window out and sliced up my arm, I just got out of stitches while I’m typing this.

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  • GeekyGold
    6 years ago

    Considering the stuff you went through when you were younger yes its normal. Maybe you have phonophobia, I'm not sure but you should go to a doctor about this.

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  • [Old Memory]
    6 years ago

    Yes. My birth dad also abused me. I'm 17 now but whenever my adoptive father gets mad and starts yelling at me I lose it. I usually end up running for my life and locking myself in my closet and hyperventilating and shaking.
    If it's 4th of July I have to wear head phone thingys to block noise. Otherwise I scream and curl up in the fetal position.

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  • geckopaws
    6 years ago

    I have complex ptsd and until I had emdr on me, fire truck sirens and drums used to make me run and hide and dissociate into a little child. Still when I hear loud noises I get a little panicked.

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  • RoseIsabella
    6 years ago

    I think you ought not to visit your loser dad in prison anymore. I personally think you have PTSD. I also think that you ought to avoid people who drink to excess.

    Check out the website for Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families.
    http://www.adultchildren.org/

    But seriously, do please consider cutting your father out of your life. Hasn't he hurt you enough?

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