With many workers in and out of our house finishing the last bits and
pieces, touching up paintwork, fixing small faults, I find the constant noise
of them shouting at each other grates terribly on my nerves. Normally I cannot
tolerate loud music, but desperate to drown out the disturbing sounds of
workmen shouting, I put on Phil Collins - full volume - and it worked a treat.
Unable to hear the men at all, I could ignore the fact that there were workmen
everywhere. I am sure they must have thought this strange English woman who
shuffles around the house must be hard of hearing. Little did they know that I
was drowning out their voices. I'd rather listen to Phil Collins any day! I did
try to sing along, but my voice has little power left, and I must have sounded
like the cat that unfortunately entered our garden at his own peril and ended
up being "played with" by our over enthusiastic dog! I have also
found that listening to loud music, preferably with a good strong beat, (nothing
soft like a lullaby) works at night too. If I've trouble sleeping due to Parkinson's
and especially when I have unpleasant internal tremors, listening with
earphones to loud rock music, literally makes my brain concentrate on something
else, easing the symptoms considerably. My husband is delighted at this new
found solution as he loves listening to music played loud. I'm not sure that
the next door neighbours will be quite so pleased.
Take a look at my latest article on The Huffington Post. I wish you all a wonderful weekend.
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