I have issues with sensory overload also. I always have control of how light, bright or dark all rooms are in my apartment. I keep my bedroom dark and also cool with a fan on all the time, even when I'm not there. My cats seem to like it! I love it. I have a problem when it is too bright and also too noisy. I hear everyone who talks outside sometimes.

I am even very sensitive to how heavy my covers are when I am in bed. I always seem to be too cold also. So I have lots of extra covers and a heating pad, too.

Oh, covers on the windows, covers in bed, covers for the covers... Hey whatever we need to do to make ourselves comfortable is wonderful! We perhaps could not have control over this in our past but NOW we do, thank God!