A Highly Sensitive Person's Confessions

  A Highly Sensitive Person’s Confessions:  Sounds and Social Anxiety Preface:  This is the sixth post, so if you missed the first ones… Short Version:  I’m “sensitive to life”.  The first post was on light sensitivity and I now wear rose-tinted glasses (FL-41 tint), the second, third, and fourth were on skin issues, the fifth was on cleaning.  Sounds Loud noises, noisy rooms, squealing children, constant noise, and so on can quickly and easily become irritating and overwhelming.  Solution?  Besides removing myself from the situation, ear plugs or ear funnels Ear plugs can block most of the noise but they also muffle voices, so I looked into another option and found ear funnels.  I invested in Flare Audio’s Calmer Night and they have proved helpful.  As my sensitivities are on high right now, I wear them 24/7.  I have not tried their day version, Calmer, but I am considering also investing in a pair. I still have to remove myself at...

Preface:  This is the fifth post, so if you missed the first ones… Short Version:  I’m “sensitive to life”.  The first post was on light sensitivity and I now wear rose-tinted glasses (FL-41 tint), the second was on skin issues related to sulfates and fragrances, the third was on soothing outbreaks and moisturizing, and the fourth on textures and protecting irritated skin.  Cleaning Added Fragrances, Sulfates, Man-made chemicals… all irritate my skin and the smells lead to headaches/migraines and breathing issues.  Solution?  Using all-natural, fragrance-free cleaners, when financially possible Soap - Hand, Dish, Floors Dr. Bonner’s Castile Soap is my one-stop solution for all things soap.  For hands and dishes, I cut it by half and use it with a foaming pump.  For floors, I put a wee squirt into the mop bucket.  When I first switched to sulfate-free, I used the fragrance-free one, but now, I usually use the one with orange oil.  Windows...