Surviving sensory issues

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Hi everyone,

I’m finding surprisingly little information by adults and for adults on this subject. Does anyone have favorite websites I could check? Or personal tricks and techniques? Like, I wear earplugs practically everywhere I need to shop, because my greatest sensory issue is noise. I have a friend who’s so sensitive to chemicals that in the summertime she wears a respiratory when she bikes or even walks outside, because she can’t endure the fertilizers on people’s lawns, or even passing by crowds of people slathered in sunscreen. Her life is tough.

Any help or ides would be very much appreciated.

I'm also most hyper-sensitive to sound. Smell, sight and touch I'm also oversensitive to as well but much less than sound. I own six pair of what you see below in various colors and configurations (e.g. a few models have speakers for stereo most are just hearing protectors. I keep two pair at work at my desk when I need to focus and filter out all background noises, one pair in the vehicle and the others at home. I wear them around the house when my family is loud, working outside, etc.



When I'm out in public I wear foam earplugs. Not all the time, but often. When I'm stressed, my hearing sensitivity seems to be greatly elevated.

I'm afraid I can't be any more help, but I very much like my over the ear hearing protectors.

I have sensitive hearing too

But reluctant to wear headphones because that could block out noise that I need to hear

Such as cars


It appears that there is no metHod of blocking out the wrong noise without also blocking out the right noise

I walk outside everyday and always wear foam earplugs for that. Since I walk on sidewalks mostly and can still look to cross the streets, I have no issues. This is FAR superior than not wearing earplugs and having some extremely loud motorcycle or diesel truck step on the gas just when they pass me just shredding my hearing and my nerves. The human world is a very loud place.....

Magda

Foam earplugs trigger sensory overload

And they easily fall out

This is making it harder to find a job

Coupled with six out of ten Personality Disorders

And getting made redundant a lot of times

And not driving a car

And autism

And homophobia

Physically weak

And that I only know how to do minimum wage type jobs

That havea lot of competition




Last couple of years, did not even go to the Gay Pride Parade





The internship interview was near the Warriors Parade

The parade was loud and crowded

Pedestrian traffic jam

How do people deal with light, especially computers? I find I'm increasingly feeling muscle tightening/pain and nausea from this. Wonder if anyone has similar issues.

HighLlama, I have light sensitivity and also get bad headaches and eye pain from using a computer, reading text on paper, etc. After struggling for decades with this, someone suggested it could be due to Irlen Syndrome, so I had a go at some online self-tests which seemed to indicate that it could be at least part of the problem. I bought a selection of different coloured overlays to try out and after a few days worked out which one was the biggest help. I now use overlays for reading everything and also have one designed for use on a computer screen. I find it is a big help and has extended the amount of time I can spend on a computer. You can also download apps that do the same job. It might be worth giving it a try.

For everything else I wear my sunglasses (indoors and outside), especially in places with harsh lighting like shops.

You can find the Irlen tests at https://irlen.com/get-tested/
You can buy coloured overlays at online retailers that specialise in dyslexia aids and on Amazon too.