Hello all,
I am hoping someone can give me tips for noise anxiety. I have always enjoyed "quiet" but my fiance and I adopted a parrot about 10 months ago (great decision right?! ). I didn't really realize at the time how much anxiety this would cause me but my fiance loves this parrot and I am a believer in pets are forever so rehoming him isn't really an option. The problem is, sometimes he's extremely noisy!! It's the screeching that really gets me. It causes my anxiety to sky rocket. Some days are better or worse than others. Has anyone had any successful treatments for noise anxiety? I am not currently on any medications except lorazepam as needed. I was on Cipralex 10mg for almost a year but I honestly didn't feel any different on it so I stopped taking it. Sometimes when I'm very stressed I will go lie down in the bedroom (it's a bit quieter in there) and practice breathing techniques but it doesn't relieve it as much as I'd like it to. I'd really like to learn to live in harmony with our new pet. I have discussed it with my psychologist but she honestly didn't really give me any tips except to say that some people are just more sensitive to noise than others. Please help! TIA