Posted by europerep on September 19, 2013, at 14:46:13
In reply to Re: hypersensitive to noise » europerep, posted by alexandra_k on September 18, 2013, at 19:15:28
> thank you.
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> the library thing is hard. i suspect it is a case of the tragedy of the commons. one individual doesn't need to study better in order to do better since grades are assigned according to a distribution. the most viable strategy for some individuals could well be to interrupt the study of others.
>Haha, well, in that case you have a double obligation to solve the problem, not just for yourself, but for also for the net benefit that thwarting their strategy would bring to society.
It's funny though, for me it's exactly the opposite, I need noise in order to study. Of course by that I don't mean "real", sledgehammer-type noise, but the kind of background noise that you have in a university library. I need to always have a sense of what's happening around me, and noise is very helpful for that. I think it's in part a remnant of my former anxiety disorder that makes that I always need to be aware of everything, just in case a hungry lion, or a serial killer, is sneaking up on me.
More on topic though, I would personally be wary of medicalizing this issue and taking drugs for it. I mean, if it's only an issue when you have to really concentrate - as opposed to causing you difficulty and loss of quality of life across different activities and situations - I would at least try "physical" solutions first.
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