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Sensory/Crowd Issues Post-COVID

Luftmentsch

Does anyone feel like their capacity to cope with crowds or sensory overload has got worse since the COVID lockdowns? I seem to struggle with things like shopping centres and synagogue attendance much more than in the past. I was diagnosed in 2021 and I can’t work out if I’m just more aware of my sensory/peopling triggers now I have a diagnosis or if I’m actually struggling more now I’ve seen what it's like to spend months living in quiet with only my parents for company. Certainly my social anxiety has got worse since lockdown.

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  • Yes, and no. I think it has slightly changed the parameters of which sense overloads first, like I am still very sensitive to smells but it's taken some damage after actually catching covid so now it isn't the most sensitive.
    When the virus caused secondary infections that got into my inner ear and sinuses it left me with what the GP thinks is tinnitus but it comes and goes in reaction to "sharp" noises, and sometimes contributes to the background noise that can become audiably overwhelming.

    Also I got so used to the quiet of lockdowns which was actually kind of nice so now we have "gone back to normal" (haha) I keep thinking was it always this loud before? The lockdowns also did something odd to my short term to long term memory so it's also hard to tell more exactly if it was like this or not for me before covid/lockdowns in general tbh.

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  • Yes, and no. I think it has slightly changed the parameters of which sense overloads first, like I am still very sensitive to smells but it's taken some damage after actually catching covid so now it isn't the most sensitive.
    When the virus caused secondary infections that got into my inner ear and sinuses it left me with what the GP thinks is tinnitus but it comes and goes in reaction to "sharp" noises, and sometimes contributes to the background noise that can become audiably overwhelming.

    Also I got so used to the quiet of lockdowns which was actually kind of nice so now we have "gone back to normal" (haha) I keep thinking was it always this loud before? The lockdowns also did something odd to my short term to long term memory so it's also hard to tell more exactly if it was like this or not for me before covid/lockdowns in general tbh.

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