Does anyone feel better in a dark lit place?

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When I'm in a public bright lit place like a grocery store I have more anxiety/panic attacks than when I'm in somewhere with low/dark light like Dave n Busters or a dark restaurant, I'm pretty fine for the most part.

When I'm in a bright lit store the bright lights and amount of people is too much for my brain to handle, I have to look down a lot for my brain to handle it or else something weird happens to it and I get panicky.

I'm not officially diagnosed with any autism yet but lately I've been doing some research about the subject and I'm pretty sure I have Aspergers or something. I'm 22.

Yes. Sometimes I don't mind bright lights either but I usually feel better in a darker place or outside when it's getting dark

Yes, I'm exactly the same. I feel much better when it gets dark. My eyes and brain are leased stressed and I can look further, hard to explain. No I'm not a vampire lol.

I find darkness calming and peaceful. After sunset I turn on a little nightlight so I'm not completely blundering in the dark, but that's all I need.

In public areas, I want to fade into the background. I like it darker because its hard for people to see specific features and also reduces the intensity of eye contact.
In private areas, I like things well-lit. I have a bunch of lights on in my house in the evening even if I'm in another room.

It's pretty common with people on the spectrum, I say. I like a nice shade myself.

A&E had a series called 'Buy-ology,' in which customers were being manipulated through their senses.

Normal, everyday products are always advertised, placed in certain positions and elevations, to keep people moving.

The flow of traffic around and through marketplaces would be an inefficient waste of time and physical resources, except for that NT people thrive in threshold or liminal headspace, forever riding the fence.

That panic attack feeling is their motivation or thrill in life. The lights and music could be annoying for a purpose.

Interesting, feels better having reassurance you can relate to other people in this aspect. I thought about getting some glasses with a dark tent built into them pretty sure those would help me out a lot.

People dim the lights, or light candles, etc. Use sheer curtains or sit in restaurant booths. Privacy fences and seclusion in nature. They create quiet, when they want to relax. There are probably all different tolerances, but I think what you are describing is normal.

I like dimly lit, atmospheric places. I do wear sunglasses quite frequently - whenever I'm driving, and also quite a bit at home when I want to focus better. So, glasses may be a good idea for you if it helps.

One of my favourite places to walk through is a bat enclosure. Darkness, almost pitch black, with the gentle fluttering of bat wings and the soft movement of air. Any sort of 'cave' like environment is beautifully calming, but if not then just a room with low light!

My son and I are both small/dark/quiet/soft seekers... which is pretty common, though a good friend of his is a bright/loud/fast seeker...

Yea its normal to a degree but there's more to it than that, its quite hard to explain. I get a sensation in my head if I try to concentrate on something far away in a bright lit place for example. I constantly need to look down at my feet because making eye contact with people in a bright lit area hurts my brain in a kind of way, again hard to explain. Its much more tolerable to do these things in a dark lit place.

If I understand, correctly, you don't like to make eye contact, or look in the direction of bright fixtures.

I wear prescription glasses and I had them put on a slight gradient so that they're nowhere near as dark as sunglasses but they take the edge off of the bright lights. It's helped me considerably.

Yea, Pretty much.



That's what I'll have to get eventually, I think they would help tremendously. I thought about being one of those people that wore sunglasses inside stores but didn't want to be seen as someone I'm not if you know what I mean lol.

I find that I am sometimes locking eyes, or over enunciating, and it comes across as being terse.

I am making myself do the normal things. It is forced.

Even when I have a goofy, facial expression, I am still on the tall side, so intimidate people.