Wow, you guys! blocking the sight of a sound that bothers me, I do that too! But I never realized it until I read this thread. I do it in restaurants when I'm trying to have a conversation. Though I have almost given up on restaurants. I can tolerate them with my earplugs in. But my husband is the only one I'm comfortable going with. We can still comunicate even when I'm wearing earplugs. He's real good about talking so I can see his mouth and leaning in to say words I can't read a little louder.

Something else I hate to touch - those micro-filiment rags - oh god! I can feel every single fibre stick to the cells in my fingertips. Makes my whole body shudder. Those rags feel like they're woven from cobwebs.

....cool....the sky outside my window is dense with pink clouds. The whole world just took on a pinkish glow. I'm going to go stand in my backyard. Later.

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I'm back, it didn't last very long. Now it's dark outside.

Regarding florescent or flickering light - it just wears me out. It's like someone pulled the stopper on my energy reservour and it all just drains out on the floor.

I wear a cap or a visor almost all the time now. Light from above gives me a headache. I always - all my life - needed to shade my eyes from the sun, but just recently I discovered shading my eyes from all light makes my energy last longer.

A couple of years ago I bought a BlueMax lamp because I got REALLY depressed in the wintertime, even though I live in Houston where the sun shines pretty well all the time. It helped a lot! I quit needing it so much for depression. But I use it now on my desk. My desk is next to a glass patio door, so I use sunlight during the day. But after the sun goes down, I use my BlueMax lamp. It doesn't suck my energy. It feels energy neutral. Actually, I think it may widen my window of optimal arousal.