JamesM
New Member
Does anyone here have real difficulties filtering out external stimuli, mostly when trying to do other things.?
It's like I can't access part of my brain when there is a distraction. Or perhaps my brain stops processing what I'm doing because the other thing is consuming all the resources.
Some examples:
In school days, if other kids where mucking around in the back of the class there was no way I could understand the teacher, let alone engage in any schoolwork. Or if I was to talk to someone, any background noise I can not filter out, and so I'll all I hear from the other person is a mash up of sound, as if they were talking in some forum language.
At home, anything coming in from the environment (noise, glare, heat, movement, voices) will seriously impact my ability to do anything, from cooking and eating to watching TV or something on the computing.
Research led me to a Sensory Processing Disorder, which apparently also effects reading, writing and visuals, which I have always had a lot trouble with.
However, I'm also sensory seeking, and not getting sensory input I do need can also be just as disabling. This could including action moves, being vocal/making noises. Visual stims and so on.
It's like I can't access part of my brain when there is a distraction. Or perhaps my brain stops processing what I'm doing because the other thing is consuming all the resources.
Some examples:
In school days, if other kids where mucking around in the back of the class there was no way I could understand the teacher, let alone engage in any schoolwork. Or if I was to talk to someone, any background noise I can not filter out, and so I'll all I hear from the other person is a mash up of sound, as if they were talking in some forum language.
At home, anything coming in from the environment (noise, glare, heat, movement, voices) will seriously impact my ability to do anything, from cooking and eating to watching TV or something on the computing.
Research led me to a Sensory Processing Disorder, which apparently also effects reading, writing and visuals, which I have always had a lot trouble with.
However, I'm also sensory seeking, and not getting sensory input I do need can also be just as disabling. This could including action moves, being vocal/making noises. Visual stims and so on.
