Having a rough one today

Sensory issues are getting worse.

Oh my god, every car that passes by is putting your ear agains the train tracks as it arrives.
Every rattling of keys, every click of the door, every object that falls feels like an ear-splitting scream.
I don't have lids for my ears like I do for my eyes. Every noise demands my attention and pulls me from whatever I'm doing or seeing or thinking. It's like my brain trying to work with pop-up ads.

I can move slower to minimise the taps and thuds and clicks and clanks of objects being put down, picked up and moved around, and speak at a lower volume, but I can't expect people not to talk, or doors not to creak, or the fridge not to hum, or dogs not to bark.

So, I bought earmuffs online. They arrive tomorrow. Maybe I'll get less uncomfortable earbuds so I can listen to music and stuff while not listening to anything else.

The good news

Now I know with 100% certainty that these issues directly correlate with stress.
The problem is that they also stress me out.

Hopefully the earmuffs help and I can make it through with relative ease.