Feeling of being buffeted

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All throughout my life I've noticed a tendency. I'm in a noisy, bright environment and I feel like I'm in a war zone; I keep slipping into my own thoughts, I feel very tired, and my ability to interact is diminished. I will then move to another location, like a dimly lit conference room and sit down. I will then feel a wave of relief, but also a fog, a fog that buffets me and keeps me safe. I may hear the ruckus in the distance, but it is so quiet I feel like I am in the back of a cave that leads far behind a waterfall, a protective space. I will then simply sit and do nothing but concentrate on the fog, the distance of the sounds, and the feeling of relief.

Does anyone else experience this?

I'm not exactly sure. My whole life I always was similar to that but I always attributed that to just wanting to be close to a few people or just away from the masses, but perhaps there is an underlying reason.

But in general yeah, I have always felt a wave of relief and comfort when I escape to a dim place. It lets me think about whats happening and to decide the best course of action.

I get bothered by noisy, bright environments as well, and when that happens, I'm unable to express myself. When I'm alone in a quiet room that doesn't have too much light, I can concentrate on my thoughts. Not only that, but the solitude feels almost magical to me. My imagination feels freed up, so I often come up with many ideas during that time.

Since I think I may be able to sense energy fields of objects, another thing I do is I reflect on how I don't feel any human presence in the room and I feel safe because of that.

Oh definitely! I love to hide away while there's something going on in another part of the environment. It's calming. I don't like noisy crowds at all and immediately move away from them.

Yes, I get that war zone feeling when I'm in noisy, crowded places, and I start to not be able to carry on a conversation, I'm so distracted. It happened recently when I was in the checkout line at the supermarket. It had already been a frantic experience for me because it was New years holiday crowds and the place was a zoo. Then I found myself in line in front of three teenage boys who were talking loudly and boisterously to each other. They seemed like good kids, it was just that they were chattering constantly and loudly. I found their conversation so distracting that when the cashier spoke to me I actually could not respond to her. My head was filled with these annoying boys and I couldn't get a thought expressed out of my mouth.

Same with a friend who has two lively kids under five. When I'm in her kitchen, and we're having a conversation....but the kids are playing and running, and my friend's RADIO is blaring -- I cannot think straight. I can't stand it. I just can't even order my thoughts together with all that going on.

When I finally get away I feel like I've escaped from some kind of torture. I need a lot of peace, quiet, and order just to feel stable and calm, and just to have a conversation.

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These sensory issues are quite common for people on the spectrum

http://www.autism.org.uk/sensory
http://www.autism.com/index.php/symptom ... y_overview

yeah sure, im always looking for some dark quiet place to escape to.
if i dont have that i put on a hat, dark glasses and ear buds with white noise.