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Ok, my fellow sensory-overload peeps, tell me how you survive the world.
I'm gonna give Loops earbuds a shot (feel free to recommend others. I haven't yet had a chance to see how well Loops work for me).
The main other thing I'm going to try is to very specifically identify the things in a given environment/situation that are causing discomfort. I know in general what kind of things cause me problems, but maybe I need to get into the details & see what's happening.
And maybe if I pay careful attention I can start to identify "safe" places & activities more clearly to be able to say "I can't go to that event but I could do this, this, or this."
I probably need to have a "No" list for the things that are exceptionally bad. I'll be tempted to make it longer than I probably should, but I would not hate having a few things identified where I can say "nope, that one's a hard boundary. I hope you have fun! Invite me next time you're going somewhere pleasant!"
I really hate how sensory discomfort affects my social life.
I think it's much worse than I even realize. I think there are a lot of times when I am absolutely miserable, but I haven't realized yet how uncomfortable I am, because I have trained myself to ignore it as much as possible.
Maybe if I stop forcing myself to ignore my own discomfort I can learn better how to relieve, or even better avoid it.
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