This!! I adopted 2 modes going through public like that (I'm shortsighted).

Without glasses/contact lenses, for days where I don't really really need to see far things, which makes it much more bearable with my social anxiety and sensory load.

With glasss/contact lenses, when going to cinema or travelling somewhere I need to orient myself and find something. This is basically hell in my thoughts especially in places where people can't mind their own business in their mind lol

I walked around for years without glasses and still do for periods cause my ptsd/anxiety have less to 'nag/hook' on. in really bad times it felt like walking around with a hole to my brain and picking up every thought of others in the surrounding until I was home to unwind all that cognitive mess