I don't think my sensory issues have worsened with age, but my willingness to endure them for the sake of appearances has definitely lessened. I suspect it is part of a general phenomenon, where people become less self-conscious, less inhibited and more assertive with advancing years. Pre-Covid, in heavy rain when people have thoughtlessly spaced themselves out in a bus queue under a shelter, so that others are out in the downpour unnecessarily, I have assertively asked/ordered them to close up. I cannot imagine my younger self possessing the temerity to do such a thing.
I don't think my sensory issues have worsened with age, but my willingness to endure them for the sake of appearances has definitely lessened. I suspect it is part of a general phenomenon, where people become less self-conscious, less inhibited and more assertive with advancing years. Pre-Covid, in heavy rain when people have thoughtlessly spaced themselves out in a bus queue under a shelter, so that others are out in the downpour unnecessarily, I have assertively asked/ordered them to close up. I cannot imagine my younger self possessing the temerity to do such a thing.
