Does being hyposensitive cause sensory overload too?

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I am hyposensitive to varying degrees for smell, touch, sound, and vision. I am not hypersensitive to any senses. I can't say I ever experienced sensory overload, and I am not bothered by noises, bright lights, or anything like that. So is sensory overload only caused by being hypersensitive?

I have that same thought as I get overwhelmed only when too much going on and in some form of distress. I often wonder if I experience sensory deprivation the majority of the time... Unless I do experience a fluctuation of hypo and hypersensitivity under at least certain conditions. Like experiencing hypersensitivity with headaches.

I'm hyposensitive to touch and sound while hypersensitive? to visual colour and light stimulation...

Like PDT says, I think there can be "processing overload" as well as (or separate from) painfully sharp senses. I.e. "auditory processing disorder" is not due to hyper- or hypo- sensitive hearing.

When too much starts happening around me I start to get confused as to where I am what's going on, and sometimes how to find the door/exit to escape, and that tends to be distressing.