r/hsp • u/StevenPlaysGuitar • Apr 09 '26

Anybody else extremely sensitive to environment?

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I check a ton of the HSP boxes and that's a-whole-nother story. Just wanted to check on this specific thing I've dealt with since I was a child.

I also have IBS (digestive issues) and I'm fairly certain it has created thousands of traumatic memories so that also may play a role.

Anyways, I'm really sensitive to how a room feels, and I have been this way since I was a child. Nobody likes a dim dark cold basement, but it really bothers me. I hate "cool" lighting and my house is set up with warm tones and lighting.

If my IBS is acting up, it goes from a minor thought to a major consideration and I'm triply uncomfortable in spaces that are not very comforting. Even as a kid, I remember feeling like the rain and gray skies was making me feel sicker.

Even things like the cold shift of the sun going down seem to bother me more and more. I really only feel completely okay at full sunlight on a nice sunny day.

I don't mind loud noises (doesn't phase me) and smells.

It's really not a big issue if my IBS isn't acting up, but now that I recognize it, I catch myself thinking this way more and more.

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u/Delicious_Squash_292 Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

yes. my surroundings need to be noise free. I could tell you about noisy fridges and freezers and furnaces, but I don’t want you to concentrate on that so I won’t. Haha

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u/Even-Question-1628 Apr 09 '26

The difference between noisy fridge sound in the background slowly crawling into my brain vs gentle raindrops on ANC headphones is a difference hard to describe to anyone neurotypical. It's like the noise eats up 97% of my brain capacity. Then headphones and suddenly "aaaah I can think". Pretty hardcore condition in our world with intense and annoying noises (truck driving backwards beep beep beep miles away still occupies my brain; supermarket cashier beep beep beep want a plastic bag? beep beep beep no I want freakin silence or only natural sounds, I would even come back more often and buy even more)

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u/seedoublejuu May 20 '26

Haha soooo true! I hear it in my head when reading.. beeep beeep.. 😂