Over the last six or seven years I have developed a severe anxiety reaction to loud sudden unexpected noises. I mean my body goes into cringe mode when I get startled. It's not that I'm a coward because I don't run it's just that my body instinctively cringes and my anxiety levels raise enormously. Does else have this problem since you gotten old. When I was younger it didn't bother me I would just look over to see what the problem was. Now That I'm Older my body seems to react very differently than it did when I was young in several ways. Not as bad in other areas is in these loud noises that just provoke a sudden jerk and my heart rate increases dramatically. I swear one of these days is going to give me a heart attack. The other day I was going down the highway and I was right beside an 18-wheeler when he had a blowout. I like to s*** myself on it when that went off.