Another that suffers badly with sensory overload. I always ALWAYS have music playing. Same few discs on repeat for ages. If I start to feel its too much I focus on the music. At work I have to have music in the ear that isn't focused on a customer. If not, the conversation around me overwhelm me. Crowds and the related babble make me feel dizzy and sick. It's not the volume as much as trying to decipher everything that is coming through to my brain and being overwhelmed. If I can One out and filter the babble I can cope. Concerts are fine once the music starts. But the babble before and after ruins me. I'm not good in crowded social situations either. My brain seems to have to follow every conversation and I start to feel blah from it all. So "intimate" is more my thing


I'm very light sensitive too. But not to the same degree. The crowds thing is definitely bad for me.