Different noises can effect anyone's nerves in different ways. When some one has a anxiety disorder or other mental illness like Bipolar disorder, noises most likely effect them more.
No matter how healthy I become, certain noises drive me up the wall and others almost make me feel crazy again. I used to work in a lab which had machines going all day. Even though it wasn't loud the grinding and humming made me feel like crawling up a wall.
Right now the 2010 winter Olympics are being held in the city where I live and I'm within 15min from about 1/2 of the events. There is excitement in the air, and I can hear live bands playing ever night as well as the fire works, bars, parties and people in the streets from the time it gets dark to about 4:00 in the morning. It's driving me crazy!
The only way I can deal with it is to keep my TV on loud when I go to sleep and spend the night at other people's houses every once and a while.
