Its a real thing guys... Anyone buying or renting property near busy roads and intersections should've been fully aware of what they were signing up for but drivers don't need to make their life worse.
https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-...-health-062718
"In 2011, for example, scientists studying people living near seven major European airports found that a
10-decibel increase in aircraft noise was associated with a 28 percent increase in anxiety medication use. Another study found that people
living in areas with more road traffic noise were 25 percent more likely than those living in quieter neighborhoods to have symptoms of depression. Similarly, people exposed to noise pollution were found to be significantly more likely to have heart problems like atrial fibrillation compared to those unaffected by noise."
"...When someone experiences a stressful noise, the amygdala, an area of the brain that contributes to emotional processing, sends a distress signal to the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus immediately signals the adrenal glands to pump adrenaline into the bloodstream — an evolutionary measure to react rapidly in life-threatening situations.
Adrenaline and another stress hormone called cortisol bring on physiological changes, including a spike in heart rate and blood pressure. “Your body reacts so fast; you often can’t tell these changes happened,” Münzel says.
But chronic exposure to noise keeps this stress response activated continuously. Eventually, it starts to wear the body down, causing mental and physical health problems...."