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sensory overload

  1. JoyChaos

    beginning to understand

    that moment you start to realize that you are not feeling anxious when you get dizzy in large crowds, rush hour at work, bright lights overhead, but in fact feeling sensory overload. I'm picking it up more. right now it still takes me a while to go "OH! the lights are too much, Oh! the sounds...
    • JoyChaos
    • Blog entry
    • 1 min read
    • sensory overload sensory processing disorder undiagnosed
    • Category: General
  2. onlything

    How does a sensory overload feel like

    Hi there. Just found this and seem rather accurate. Posted just for information.
  3. A

    Sensory and Social Overload at a Wedding Reception

    Yesterday evening I attended a wedding reception. Though it was nice to see the bride and groom celebrating, and there were many attendees there whom I like and enjoy conversing it....it still drove home the fact that I'm not the greatest person for others to converse with. Well, I think I did...
    • Ambi
    • Blog entry
    • 3 min read
    • sensory overload social overload social situations wedding receptions
    • Category: General
  4. onlything

    Sensory overload first-aid kit

    Hi there Community, So, yesterday and during the whole night I got a really bad case of not-so-complete shutdown. I'm sure many of you know the feeling. I thought that maybe we could create a topic where we would post our impressions of our sensory overload moments, as well as ways in which we...
  5. CyborgSpaceKitten

    Issues With Cutting Fingernails

    So I have this issue that I was hoping someone else in here has some experience with and maybe someone can offer me some advice; I can't STAND cutting my fingernails. It's not the act of cutting them that bothers me, it's how my fingers/nails feel after that is the issue. I have serious...
  6. Coupe

    Seaplane rides and sensory issues

    My stepdad suggested that we all go for a seaplane ride this afternoon, and we all thought it would be fun - I did, too...we haven't been on one since we first started vacationing at this house my grandparents have in upstate New York about 12 or 13 years ago. When we got on the seaplane, I was...
  7. Dirtdigger

    Videoing an actual meltdown.....

    Has anyone been able to video an actual meltdown (not a reenactment)? I have some really severe meltdowns and one was this morning when I was fixing my breakfast and things started going bad for me. But, I never know when they are going to happen or how severe and they for the most part...
  8. Libecht

    How do you deal with overwhelming noises?

    Being overly sensitive is one of Aspie's problems. I'm especially sensitive to sound, more specifically, the sound made by loudly-talking people. A few shouts or screams are fine since they last very shortly. But when in a club, cafeteria, etc., people often talk very loudly for a long period...
  9. Dirtdigger

    Autism and Sensory issues

    I know many of us who are on the Autism Spectrum have sensory issues. In my case the most severe is my hearing though all of my senses are affected. So I'm wondering which noises, fabrics, smells, tastes, views are you able to handle OK and which ones you just can't deal with? Since noise...
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