Dear Sammy,

Check your health.

Have you ever heard of morbid sensitivity?

Sometimes morbid sensitivity can be induced by trauma. I studied to be a pilot with this recently returned Vietnam Vet who had been a helicopter crewman and been shot down a few times. Once he had been sprayed with petroleum from the fuel tank, and then as the crashing helicopter caught afire, he jumped out to avoid being torched, only to break quite a few bones when he hit the elephant grass, but the burning copter was so close by that, even with more than a few compound fractures, he did an almost miraculous job of crawling away a good distance, but it must have been really painful. After that he became very light sensitive.

But just plain bad health can bring on morbid sensitities. Your lethargy is a clue. Most instances of Morbid Sensitivity occur in people suffering from hangovers. I've heard of husbands complaining about their wives, that they were chronically unhappy and complained of smells, the TV being too loud, blah blah blah.

It seems that happy and healthy people are quite satisfied with light intensities, sound levels, and the aromas of life. Sick, traumatized, and unhappy people aren't.