BobOmbMonkey · 14 answers · 6mo

Do you have sensory issues?

I suppose so. I've never managed to get anything diagnosed because no doctor ever takes me seriously. I have been trying to convince some doctors that I haven't been able to walk more than 200 meters without being in pain for two months now, so any vague description of a possible sensory issue would never work. But I know I am easily overwhelmed in places that have too much unwanted stimuli/noise: I simply cannot go get groceries for example because I cannot handle supermarkets at all, and have to get them delivered to my house instead. The bright lights, all the ads I can't block, the muzak, someone screaming into a microphone about a thing being on sale for the next 5 minutes, children crying, all the while having to focus on reading a grocery list or remembering what you have to buy, finding the aisles, avoiding collisions with all the people that don't watch out for others at all, etc. I have no idea how the fuck anyone can pull this off, my brain just shuts down after a few minutes.

Retrospring uses Markdown for formatting

*italic text* for italic text

**bold text** for bold text

[link](https://example.com) for link