Sensitivity to a room's temperature

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Does anyone else have an extreme sensitivity to the temperature of a room? I can't eat in a restaurant if the air conditioner is turned up too cold. And I had to stop visiting relatives who keep their thermostats at 65 heat in the winter because I will be so cold I can't even think straight. I have a very small range of comfort, between 75 and 77 degrees F and because of this I mostly don't leave the house.

GACH!

Anything above the mid 70s (°F) makes me feel wrung out and lethargic.

I am comfortable in shorts and tee-shirt down to around 50°F.

75 F is best for me. I don’t like being cold.

Over the last two years I have gotten more sensitive to the cold

Many times it looks like I am the only one who is cold, in the room

I like a room to be between 20 and 22. Anything outside that is too cold or too warm. Anything above 24 is getting too hot. However I tend to wear the same thing all the time irrespective of what the weather is. So between April and October I wear a single layer, between times I wear two layers unless I am working (as it would be over 22).

What I can never understand is why some people insist on wearing (indoors!) a thick fleecy coat in November when it is exactly the same temperature as it was in May and then they were complaining they were hot and only wear a t-shirt.

My sensitivity is more to heat; if it's too hot I become physically ill. However, once I become chilled, I'm really chilled, and it takes forever for me to warm up (I've got multiple problems besides ASD, so it may be entirely unrelated; I haven't always been like this).
Our home is 60 F/16 C this time of year. Heating costs money; wearing sweaters is free (at least, much cheaper and already paid for). We might heat one room temporarily, like for massage or sex. My mate likes a radiant heater at her back for meditation; I prefer to wrap up in a blanket.
Whenever ambient is >60 F, we open all of the doors & windows. In summer we use several fans. We only run the A/C in extremis; for just a few hours on a few days out of the year.