Those of you with sensory sensitivities, have they gotten more pronounced as you've gotten older?

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I feel like I experience sensory overwhelm more regularly in the last couple years. I've also been learning more about myself and exploring my potential neurodivergence, so maybe I'm just letting myself feel who I really am and unmasking as I get more confident. It could also be that as I've gotten busier and the world has felt less stable, my threshold for overload is lower. Or maybe I've gotten more sensitive with age? I'm really noticing it with noise in particular lately. Just curious if anybody else has noticed a pattern!

Posted Feb 11, 2026, 10:13 PM UTC

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