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I think I'm getting sensory overwhelm more often

TheCatWoman

I don't know if its an age thing or what, but I'm becoming much more sensitive to noise over the last few months. I wonder if it's because the weather has been better and people are out and about more, but it's really getting to me.

The other thing I'm getting more sensitive too is smell, I walked past a fish and chop shop earlier and was almost sick at the smell of hot oil and vinegar that came out at me. The other day I had to leave a shop because somebody had really strong perfume or aftershave on, it made my breathe catch in my throat.

How do you cope? I can't wear headphones as it triggers my PTSD.

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  • There is this Science behind Human Frequency. Which could explain how people could receive a random electric shock. Happened me, a few times. Even happend Victor Meldrew, in a 'One Foot in the Grave' episode from 1991/92 where he was stuck in August Bank Holiday Traffic; on a Motorway. His used Honda gave him shocks.

    Yesterday, I volunteered for an hour, at the local ASDA, at a Charity-Donation table. Got overwhlemed, all evening, afterwards. And I didn't get up, today, until 1:45 pm. Though downing a four-pack of Tenzing Energy Drink, bought at that ASDA, didn't help matters.

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  • There is this Science behind Human Frequency. Which could explain how people could receive a random electric shock. Happened me, a few times. Even happend Victor Meldrew, in a 'One Foot in the Grave' episode from 1991/92 where he was stuck in August Bank Holiday Traffic; on a Motorway. His used Honda gave him shocks.

    Yesterday, I volunteered for an hour, at the local ASDA, at a Charity-Donation table. Got overwhlemed, all evening, afterwards. And I didn't get up, today, until 1:45 pm. Though downing a four-pack of Tenzing Energy Drink, bought at that ASDA, didn't help matters.

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  • in reply to Desmond1979

    I get random electric shocks, if I use an escalator I get an arc of sparks running from my little finger to my thumb, I get shocks from almost anything.

    I did have exceptionally good hearing when I was younger, I was told a couple of years ago that I have normal age related hearing loss, but as these things don't happen evenly across all frequencies I wonder if I can still hear ones most humans can't?

    I'm quite stressed so that might be a cause, but I do think the world is getting noisier. Why can I hear peoples phone conversations when they're in their cars, probably louder than they can.

    The smell incident is the first of it's type I've had for a long time, if strong smelly perfumes come into fashion again I will have to have another epi=pen, in case I get to the point where I can't breathe properly again and my skin become inflamed.

    Pietro, I can't use headphones as they trigger PTSD