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https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> I want to tell you about the #ActuallyAutistic sensory world. We each react different, some maybe not at all. But for me, while smell and light impact me, sound is by far the biggest issue for me. I& #39;ll tell you why.
Before I was diagnosed, I honestly thought I had hearing problems because I when I sat across the table from someone in a pub, restaurant, stadium or other noisy place, I couldn& #39;t hear anything that person was saying.
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But what was actually happening was that I HEARD EVERYTHING. I don& #39;t have the ability to tune out noise so my poor brain is always trying to process everything. 24/7. And in this human world there is a never-ending bombardment of noise.
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My hearing is really, really acute. I hear things nobody else does. And that& #39;s quite an amazing trait to have in nature! I hear all the birds, the rustle that tells me an animal is near, the splash of a beaver tail. But in the city...
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All the city noise, the airplanes, the traffic, lawnmowers, music, sirens, gunshot noise from the police shooting range that infiltrate my house on a cloudy day....I don& #39;t get used to them. Not ever. I always, always hear them.
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Living in the city is challenging, to say the least. I have a large collection of headphones. Noise cancelling headphones, noise cancelling earbuds, noise cancelling sleep buds, noise masking sleep buds, speakers playing nature sounds, etc.
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But the only time I truly feel peace, is far away from the human world. Something I& #39;ve not experienced once since the pandemic began. The last time I felt at peace was in Finland 2019 when I spent a few days wandering in forests without anyone around.
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