Those recent posts have got me to thinking... Am I a Terrible Aspie, traitor, etc., for wanting things like sensory overload to just stop and go away and wanting to "fix" that (not my entire self, not my personality, just that one goddamn thing)? (I mean, I get that people could be a bit more helpful, but I can't exactly tell my family to completely stop speaking when I've got a bad day, and when I was a kid even the sound of a pen on paper kept me from thinking straight...)
Nope, nope, nope! Nobody is a terrible person for wanting a difficult thing to stop! Promise. Trust me, I have the same thing. Age sixteen and in the throes of serious depression I stopped brushing my teeth for a while because I just didn’t have the mental strength to face the brushing sound and sensation. Never sank that far again, but I still wish I didn’t have the massive issues with food texture that I do.
I don’t think sensory overload issues can be made to go away entirely, but practice will make them easier to cope with. I’m sure there’s help out there from people who know more about it than me. Just remember, you’re entitled to be upset by things, and that doesn’t make you bad.