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Originally Posted by PlatyParty
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I definitely am more sensitive to noise in general than others are. I cannot put myself in a concert type setting, no matter how much I like the idea. I think even the music at my church (which is much quieter than how I've been told concerts are) illicits these reactions in me. But I... don't think that I think the sounds are physically painful?
Someone I used to talk to mentioned the possibility of high functioning autism, but after a good deal of research online, I decided my experiences didn't quite match fundamental identifiers.
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There is a condition which is NOT in the DSM called Sensory Processing Disorder. Here is a
symptom checklist and
here is something I wrote about having similar symptoms. (I'm only self-diagnosed with it.)
It's (still!) not in the DSM because opponents are convinced everyone who seems to have SPD actually has some other condition that is already in the DSM (usually ADHD or ASD).
You could consider autism to be SPD + additional problems.
There is a non-diagnostic personal identity label called
Highly Sensitive Person. That term is supposed to be for when it's NOT a disorder or impairment; about 20% of the population is an HSP. (By analogy, HSP is to the hypersensitive half of SPD as being a little slow to warm up to new people is to crippling social phobia.)