When the room is too much

Your senses might not fade into the background. A light, a fridge, a tag in a shirt, and three voices can feel the same size.

Too much is not you being fussy. It is a body that has run out of room. You can cover your ears. You can leave. You can ask for the light to change.

Some days your body wants more: a squeeze, a push on a wall, a rock in a chair. Some days it wants less: no hugs, no spinning, no surprise. Both are allowed. You get to say which.