[northzen]

I used to observe the increased sensetivity to noise during my epresssion periods. Observe the same problems also with bright light. What may actually help here is psychologist / psychiatrist and therapy or medication. I'm not a doctor and maybe your problem not related to yours, but I just wanted to share the direction which helped me to decrease sound sensetivity.

[mancerayder]

I definitely notice a correlation between sensitivity to noise and light (funny that you mentioned that too) and anxiety, but I'll add some irony here - also with insomnia.