sensory issues

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I'm learning to deal w/ sensory issues-lights, sounds, etc. in a park setting. I'm finding once I relieve one another one pops up. For ex, lights were first (sunglasses) and vesitbular (heavy backpack), but now I'm so super sensitive to the sound. It seems the list is never ending and the senses will never not be overwhelmed. I feel so helpless.

Have you ever heard the saying that if someone is blind; there other senses like hearing are better than most people who are not blind Well I have a rare vision disorder that I was born with & am extremely nearsighted amongst having extreme light sensitivity & some color blindness & my hearing is better than average in some ways. I have a theory that the brain can only process so so much of senses at a time so the brain turns the volume on the senses down for most people; like the brain only focuses on the main details of the senses instead of things that are very faint & for away. So when a person is blind or visually impaired; their brain can spend time processing the fine details of the hearing. I think the the case of AS the brain may not of learned how to turn the senses down like it has for NTs so if you get rid of the overload from one sense like start wearing sunglasses; the brain notices the overload on the other senses more.
I'm not sure if this makes sense to anyone I understand this in my head but I cant explain it rite. Maybe I've seen to many eps of the Sentinel; a serious about a cop who has suerper heightened senses

Try using an MP3 player, or an iPod. Kind of worked for me. Even though I can still hear the noise around me, even with my headphones on, at least, its shut down a bit, and listening to music I like helps me keep myself in control.

a suggestion- if your mp3 player has an fm radio, turn it to interstation hiss [between the stations] and adjust the volume so that you can hear dangerous traffic but loud enough so that the white noise hiss can take some of the edge off of other unpleasant sounds in your environment.

I hadn't noticed, but it's true. (The thing about the heavy backpack). My parents are constantly nagging me about my backpack being so heavy, and I hadn't related it until now. XD

I have trouble w/ balance and position in space and the backpack has helped me a great deal w/ that. I feel grounded.

I have a hard time, in the summer, with the "good weather", because the sun makes me sick to my stomach, along with the heat.