#stimulation overload

[lupicalled]

                      LOUD. TOO LOUD! children are setting off bottle-rockets in the plaza. razor’s hands immediately shoot up to cover his ears, a soft whine emanating deep in his throat. 

[highlysensitivemind]

The feeling that everything annoys you, drains you and is painful for you. I have it since a few months now. Every emotion is stabbing my heart. Every change in light hurts my eyes. Every little thing can create a massiv overstimulation. It feels like I can't let go of all the stimuli and yet I'm not restless nor panicking, it's just a matter of time. I'm afraid of that moment to be honest. I don't know, when the stimulation overload hits. I don't know how hard neither how long it will take. I just know, that it will, and I'm so not ready for it. I feel happy and sad, satisfied and unfulfilled at the same time.

This is how I feel in this pandemic. The whole world is in pain and I feel it. If feel the pressure, the pain, the fear, the hate...

[autisticlifehack]

I have super sensitive hearing and it's one of the big sensory triggers for me. I have to have earbud headphones and music on at full volume almost anytime I leave the house alone because everything is so loud but I can't stand total silence either. My parents want to get me noise cancelling headphones, but full over ear ones hurt and can't be connected to a phone for music. Any suggestions for things that won't either deafen me or be fully silent would be great please.

Good evening! I am going to post this one for suggestions from our community! Reblog and comment away! Thank you. ~Love, Mod Gwen

[artruby]

STIMULATION OVERLOAD, Tumblr x Superchief Gallery production at Juxtapoz Clubhouse, Photos by Tiffany Sage/BFA. 

[fashion]

STIMULATION OVERLOAD, Tumblr x Superchief Gallery production at Juxtapoz Clubhouse, Photos by Tiffany Sage/BFA. 

[synthxiser-xvii-blog]

OOC:

Hhhhhhh. Too many people at my house... too much stimuli.... also my ask box is open if you want to interact with Syntha.

[annalalaith]

Over Stimulation

So, I was recently scrolling through my Facebook page and saw that Autistic Genius had put up a new video. The subject being over stimulation. Now, for many who don’t know what it’s like it can be hard understand. At least I think it is hard for most people to understand. I don’t really know. What I can tell you, is that it sucks. It’s like having all the noise in an area crashing against each other in your brain, and you can hear EVERYTHING!!! And there is no way to get away from it. This is why most people see me with earphones on- I play music to even out the noise level. You will notice though, that I do take them off to speak with other people.  Anyway, I am writing this post so I can share with you guys this video which is amazing! It explains what is going on perfectly. I also want to share a recent experience I have had with over stimulation.

So, first things first, watch the video all the way through.

Secondly, I would like to tell you about a recent experience with this subject. It isn’t something that happens all the time for me, but it is something that happens often. I don’t have the all the filters to block out all the noise, but some days it is worse than others. I also, have a problem with smells, especially oranges in class. I love oranges, but come on guys, can’t you eat them outside of class those things are distracting! Anyway, this experience happened while I was hanging out with my buddy Lina. She’s awesome, by the way. I love her. Anyway, we had just gotten out of a movie, Zootopia, and decided to go to the Olive Garden for dinner. It was freaking busy! It was like the loudest place I have been in a long time. I mean I can go to the club, but I think the music kind of helped to even out the opposing noise.  Anyway, early on I noticed that I was getting over stimulated and it was getting to a point where overload was gonna happen. Of course there were like four parties with birthdays, which meant that the entire damn staff had to sing to them separately, all the while everyone was taking. So, I did the best thing I could, I covered my ears and put my head down. I’m 32, for those that don’t know, a full grown woman doing this looks odd, and our waiter noticed.  And as a good waiter, he asked if I was okay. Now, I had two options; tell him all about autism, and my life’s story, or just let him know that it was a sensory thing and it wasn’t their fault. I chose the latter, I didn’t feel that my diagnosis would have helped anything, and I kinda wanted him to go away. And you know what? Lina thanked me. She was glad I didn’t go into all of the reasons for my reaction. And my use of my hands, because I didn’t have earphones, helped me avoid a total breakdown, which would have been way more embarrassing.

Anyway, this is almost a daily thing for me. This is the reason I don’t go to casinos, and this is why I have trouble some days at work or school. I know it probably doesn’t make any sense to those not dealing with sensory issues, but I hope this helped to explain it.

[leembear]

Worst part of being me ... Those not entirely uncommon stimulation overloads when I have to go into a dark quiet room and just lie down for a few hours. The extremely high pitched noise is the absolute worst. It even feels annoying in/on my brain ...