What loud noises were you afraid of growing up?

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Were there any loud noises that you were afraid of when you were growing up as a kid? If so what?

I disliked lawn mowers, leaf blowers, popping balloons.

The toilet flushing. I'm ok now though.

Toilet flushing, ballon- or paperbag-popping, the sound of large vehicles - and in general, cars, that couldn´t start. Rifleshots. All in all, - roaring noises and banging sounds.

People yelling.

Pretty much the same now, though not really afraid, rather, wondering if the trouble will come my way.

Raised voices, transistor radios, dogs barking, harbour dredger, ticking alarm clocks............

Any loud, sudden noise like thunder or balloons popping. I also could not stand TV/monitor whine caused by energy arcing between circuits via dust in the air. That high-pitch drove me crazy.

Basically any loud noise or places with a lot of noises at the same time.
The ones i hate the most are car horns, the sound made by the motorcycle engine and the sound of machines working (like when i'm in front of a construction with those stupidly loud machines).
Oh, and some eletronic music can also drive me crazy.

Vacuum cleaner. People yelling. Sounds coming from house heaters when there was a heating season.

Balloons. I could never trust other kids with balloons and kept thinking they will pop. Thankfully I have seen NT children look anxious and cover their ears when a big balloon is near them, but I used to cry and scream when being around kids with balloons.

Dogs. I was always afraid of dogs because of the loud barking, and I still am now. But the difference is, when I was a child I would see any dog and cower in fear, thinking it will bark at any moment. Now I have learnt how to read the body language of a dog and so can tell if it's going to bark or not, so I don't feel afraid at all. Also I know what types of dogs generally bark and what don't, and also when. But I do get jumpy when enclosed in a room with a dog, not so much when it is laying down but when it suddenly goes alert like it has heard a noise we cannot hear, and might start barking at it.

The school bell. This made my school life hell. I hated the school bells, and I still do now, and I don't want to work in a school because of it. But I believe it was more than a sensory issue. It became a full-blown phobia. The bell didn't really hurt my ears as such, it just made me horribly jump and I just didn't like that feeling of shock. Even when I knew the bell was going to ring by keeping an eye on the time, I still would jump. I just lived in fear of the school bell, and nobody understood me. They just laughed, which made me feel embarrassed about telling anyone when I got to a teenager, so I had to just suffer in silence. I really wish I could relive school life without being afraid of the bell.

Noises in a bathroom. I'm still afraid of some of them.

Balloons popping
Fire alarms
Smoke alarms
Race cars
Monster trucks
Thunder
Getting yelled at


I have gotten used to all of them so I am not afraid of them anymore. I still don't like really loud noises but I am not afraid.

Popping balloons.
Smoke alarm going off.
Yelling.
The hissing sound busses make when they pull over for a stop.

Toilet flushing , especially public toilets (I'm ok now)

Hand dryers

Fire world

People screaming

People clapping

Most sudden unexpected sounds

Fire alarms

Certain fabrics rubbing togethers

Most loud and unexpected sounds

Thunder

Popping balloons

Thunder

Backfiring cars

Thunder

The same ones I'm still afraid of, for the most part. Thunder, motorcycles or loud cars, popping balloons, trains,