Is there an opposite to monoropism? To use your "take a walk" example, when I take a walk I end up mentally and emotionally exhausted, having been hyperaware of

Is there an opposite to monoropism? To use your "take a walk" example, when I take a walk I end up mentally and emotionally exhausted, having been hyperaware of too much data during my walk. Examples would be the sounds of traffic, snippets of conversation, the color of bricks of buildings, bird nest locations, the unnatural mix of smells. My walks happen in an urban environment, obviously, but you get the idea. I feel flooded. There is also something specific happening with the way my brain processes sound. When I go to dinner with my wife, for example, I can hear and can't help but focus on every conversation happening in the room, making it difficult to stay focused on my wife (she is blessedly understanding about this because she can see that I am in slight distress if I am not wearing my attenuating earplugs). I describe it to people as being akin to all sound in a given space "coming in at the same volume" which is not what is actually happening, but gets the idea across. This happens while still taking in too much visual info too, but sound definitely dominates me. I've approached two doctors about this, but they seem quite clueless. I was diagnosed with GAD about 14 years ago, and the last doc chalked it up to that and sent me to a psych who wanted me on an SSRI after only 20 minutes of speaking to me, a drug that has done very little to improve this condition in the past. I work in a field that requires earplugs (or good earbuds) basically all the time, so thankfully those help me cope. It's not debilitating, I can still function out in public in a limited-engagement capacity, but I have a plan ahead for hours, sometimes days of decompression because of this sensory overload.