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Sensory issues getting worse with time

Andy C

I was only diagnosed in my 40s. Part of the reason is that I was struggling more and more with certain sounds. I never found it much of an issue when I was younger, have you found that your sensory problems have got more acute over time?

  • i thought my sensory problems have become alot worse as my mental health as got alot worse too, meaning the higher my anxiety the worse certain sounds become and make me rage so much more

  • Changed yes, not all for the worse, though. Those that have got worse ae much, much worse.  

  • I think that autism and basic human maturation are so inextricably linked that it's like trying to work out what's water and what's wetness. For me there is just this pervasive sense that me and people don't gel well. I want to belong but belonging brings pain. It feels as if finding comfort in the discomfort is our only hope. Ours is a paradoxical life.

  • Sensory glitches can flick of and on, too. Some that were significant in childhood aren't so bad now. Others are getting worse as I get older or have seemingly appeared out nowhere.

  • Some of them have for me. I find it harder to cope with noises like car doors being shut than I used to.