#sensoryoverload — Public Fediverse posts

Eye contact is an over-stimulation of the "sixth sense."

— An Autistic Person

Eye contact is an over-stimulation of the "sixth sense."

— An Autistic Person

Eye contact is an over-stimulation of the "sixth sense."

— An Autistic Person

Eye contact is an over-stimulation of the "sixth sense."

— An Autistic Person

Children with ADHD are 3x more likely to experience sensory overload than neurotypical peers.

It's not being dramatic.

It's a nervous system processing everything at once, at full intensity.

#ADHD #SensoryOverload #Neurodivergent

Children with ADHD are 3x more likely to experience sensory overload than neurotypical peers.

It's not being dramatic.

It's a nervous system processing everything at once, at full intensity.

#ADHD #SensoryOverload #Neurodivergent

Airports are sensory nightmares for my brain. I don't travel anywhere without my noise-canceling headphones and a good audiobook. Build a sensory bubble to survive the transit! 🎧 #SensoryOverload #TravelAnxiety #BipolarLife

Read more: https://open.substack.com/pub/speakingbipolar/p/the-sensory-bubble-that-makes-traveling?r=y4fp9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

If the grocery store leaves you exhausted, it’s not just in your head. Sensory overload is real. Wearing earplugs or headphones in public changed the game for my energy levels. 🎧 #SensoryOverload #BipolarHacks #MentalHealth

Read more: https://open.substack.com/pub/speakingbipolar/p/why-the-grocery-store-exhausts-you?r=y4fp9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

If the grocery store leaves you exhausted, it’s not just in your head. Sensory overload is real. Wearing earplugs or headphones in public changed the game for my energy levels. 🎧 #SensoryOverload #BipolarHacks #MentalHealth

Read more: https://open.substack.com/pub/speakingbipolar/p/why-the-grocery-store-exhausts-you?r=y4fp9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Sensory overload strikes ADHD and Autistic brains equally.

When the brain fails to filter input, a loud room or a scratchy tag stops being a minor annoyance. It morphs into physical pain. The experience drains your energy.

#SensoryOverload #AuDHD #ADHD #ASD

Sensory overload strikes ADHD and Autistic brains equally.

When the brain fails to filter input, a loud room or a scratchy tag stops being a minor annoyance. It morphs into physical pain. The experience drains your energy.

#SensoryOverload #AuDHD #ADHD #ASD

Some of us are able to keep swimming. Many are too tired from treading water. Some of us sink. By NeuroWild

#neurodiversity #neurodivergent #mentalexhaustion #sensoryoverload #masking #trauma #emotionaldysregulation #mentalhealth #ymhc

Some of us are able to keep swimming. Many are too tired from treading water. Some of us sink. By NeuroWild

#neurodiversity #neurodivergent #mentalexhaustion #sensoryoverload #masking #trauma #emotionaldysregulation #mentalhealth #ymhc

This is one of the best illustrations of sensory overload I've seen.

(As a warning - if you are sensitive to sound and visual overload, this video really might be too much for you.)

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2P4Ed6G3gw

#SensoryOverload
#Neurodiversity
#Autism
#ASD

This is one of the best illustrations of sensory overload I've seen.

(As a warning - if you are sensitive to sound and visual overload, this video really might be too much for you.)

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2P4Ed6G3gw

#SensoryOverload
#Neurodiversity
#Autism
#ASD

Sensory Overload Triggers

#adhd #adhdawareness #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #sensoryoverload #mentalhealth #studentmentalhealth #mentalwellness #braindifferences #ymhc

Sensory Overload Triggers

#adhd #adhdawareness #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #sensoryoverload #mentalhealth #studentmentalhealth #mentalwellness #braindifferences #ymhc

#ADHD #Neurodiversity #ExecutiveDysfunction #SensoryOverload #ADHDParenting #Neurodivergent #Meme #SpongeBobMemes #ActuallyADHD

“Helpful” gadgets or informational signs tend to drive me nuts.
The visual clutter of a “Dirty/Clean” stick-on sign for your dishwasher I find nigh unbearable on both a visual (it ruins the smooth polished surface of the appliance) & intellectual (if in doubt, open the door and Look!) basis. #sensoryoverload #rant

“Helpful” gadgets or informational signs tend to drive me nuts.
The visual clutter of a “Dirty/Clean” stick-on sign for your dishwasher I find nigh unbearable on both a visual (it ruins the smooth polished surface of the appliance) & intellectual (if in doubt, open the door and Look!) basis. #sensoryoverload #rant

I found out about my neurodivergence only a year ago. A massive reality check.

I'm realizing I have almost zero social skills - just manual protocols.
Email is my asynchronous heaven.
Pure data, no pressure.

But 1-1/group meetings... Sensory torture. Calculating facial expressions and body language feels like a manual social engineering project that drains my "inner battery".
While others "sync up", my brain overloads just to look functional.

This is why Mastodon is my safe space - I can be myself here. I'm like at home here.

Have you noticed anything similar?

You're not alone.
You're normal! It's just harder, and you pay a much higher price for it.

#Neurodivergent #WorkLife #Mastodon #SensoryOverload #Accessibility #Autism #Neurodiversity #Email #Fediverse #Life #Work #Blog #Thoughts

I found out about my neurodivergence only a year ago. A massive reality check.

I'm realizing I have almost zero social skills - just manual protocols.
Email is my asynchronous heaven.
Pure data, no pressure.

But 1-1/group meetings... Sensory torture. Calculating facial expressions and body language feels like a manual social engineering project that drains my "inner battery".
While others "sync up", my brain overloads just to look functional.

This is why Mastodon is my safe space - I can be myself here. I'm like at home here.

Have you noticed anything similar?

You're not alone.
You're normal! It's just harder, and you pay a much higher price for it.

#Neurodivergent #WorkLife #Mastodon #SensoryOverload #Accessibility #Autism #Neurodiversity #Email #Fediverse #Life #Work #Blog #Thoughts

For an autistic brain, the world is never white noise. It’s a symphony of patterns, symmetries, and fractals.
What happens when we perceive the underlying structures of reality that others simply filter out? And what is the price of this sensory overload?
My latest article:
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/autistic-pattern-perception-between-the-true-structures-of-reality-and-sensory-overload-a4f544ba6525

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #PatternPerception #Autism #SensoryOverload

For an autistic brain, the world is never white noise. It’s a symphony of patterns, symmetries, and fractals.
What happens when we perceive the underlying structures of reality that others simply filter out? And what is the price of this sensory overload?
My latest article:
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/autistic-pattern-perception-between-the-true-structures-of-reality-and-sensory-overload-a4f544ba6525

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #PatternPerception #Autism #SensoryOverload

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https://www.alojapan.com/1424406/i-took-on-worlds-busiest-road-crossing-thats-now-a-mad-attraction-travel-news-travel/ I took on world’s busiest road crossing that’s now a mad attraction | Travel News | Travel #crossroads #news #SensoryOverload #ShibuyaCrossing #Tokyo #TokyoNews #TokyoTourism #tourism #WebcamExperience #東京 #東京都 On any normal day, crossing the road is more of an ordeal than an event. But not at the busiest road crossing in the world, where 3,000 people gather to straddle the bustling Shibuya district of Tokyo, every two minutes, 24

So, I had "fun" buying replacement locking mechanisms for two doors. I had to fight it out myself because the staff "don't think anyone'd be able to help". 🤦 I get to try and fit those tomorrow.

Because we were in town, wifey needed to do a few other jobs and we had to get fast food (it tasted great, but I've had ridiculous pain since due to gluten).

I've had to engage with people, and deal with too many sounds and smells. I'm glad I don't go there often.

#SensoryOverload

So, I had "fun" buying replacement locking mechanisms for two doors. I had to fight it out myself because the staff "don't think anyone'd be able to help". 🤦 I get to try and fit those tomorrow.

Because we were in town, wifey needed to do a few other jobs and we had to get fast food (it tasted great, but I've had ridiculous pain since due to gluten).

I've had to engage with people, and deal with too many sounds and smells. I'm glad I don't go there often.

#SensoryOverload

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Packwood, Vertumnus
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#ActuallyAutitstic #SensoryOverload #Music

Tackling Tactile Sensory Overload: My Experience #AutismAwareness #SensoryOverload… https://ift.tt/3X8bKvn

What else I do to minimise sensory inputs:

11. Sleeping with ear plugs, an eye mask, and sometimes white noise when I do not need to hear the alarm
12. White linens, white towels, white sheer curtains, grey blackout curtains,
13. No word art, text is distracting, forces the brain to read (but slogan T-shirts are OK because they're for the others to read)
14. Mostly black clothes, up to 2 accent colours, everything goes with everything
15. Same for the interior, mostly neutrals, at most 2 accent colours per room, accent colours of neighbouring rooms must not clash (most plants are considered neutral)
16. Too colourful books and other products are hidden / wrapped in beige paper
17. Mostly silence, not listening to anything
18. Wearing earplugs at concerts (my pain threshold is very low)
19. Decarbonating carbonated drinks at least a bit before drinking because they hurt my throat and Germans carbonate everything (shaking works, but whisk works better)
20. Holding my breath while walking past smokers (or meat counter in supermarkets)

#minimalism #sensoryOverload

What else I do to minimise sensory inputs:

11. Sleeping with ear plugs, an eye mask, and sometimes white noise when I do not need to hear the alarm
12. White linens, white towels, white sheer curtains, grey blackout curtains,
13. No word art, text is distracting, forces the brain to read (but slogan T-shirts are OK because they're for the others to read)
14. Mostly black clothes, up to 2 accent colours, everything goes with everything
15. Same for the interior, mostly neutrals, at most 2 accent colours per room, accent colours of neighbouring rooms must not clash (most plants are considered neutral)
16. Too colourful books and other products are hidden / wrapped in beige paper
17. Mostly silence, not listening to anything
18. Wearing earplugs at concerts (my pain threshold is very low)
19. Decarbonating carbonated drinks at least a bit before drinking because they hurt my throat and Germans carbonate everything (shaking works, but whisk works better)
20. Holding my breath while walking past smokers (or meat counter in supermarkets)

#minimalism #sensoryOverload

Sensory inputs are tiresome. (OK, maybe not for neurotypicals.) Here's what I do to minimise sensory inputs:

1. Noise cancelling headphones, sometimes over noise cancelling ear buds playing something I do not mind hearing at that moment
2. Ceiling lights always turned off (except when cleaning or searching for something in the room)
3. Everything in dark mode, browser plugins to put every website into dark mode, low screen brightness
4. Editing documents, spreadsheets etc. with dark background (and grey, not white text, low contrast as well), then changing the colours before sending it (but try sending the dark background document at least once to each person, they might prefer it)
5. White walls, almost no art, mirrors instead of art to soften the contrast between the parts next to the window and the parts away from the window
6. No TV, children, pets, or flatmates
7. Grocery shopping just before the closing time (midnight where I live)
8. Odour neutralisers that do not emit scent of their own (or very mild)
9. At home wearing clothes inside out
10. Transferring products into neutral looking packaging, removing the labels, or wrapping the packaging into beige postal paper

#minimalism #sensoryOverload

Sensory inputs are tiresome. (OK, maybe not for neurotypicals.) Here's what I do to minimise sensory inputs:

1. Noise cancelling headphones, sometimes over noise cancelling ear buds playing something I do not mind hearing at that moment
2. Ceiling lights always turned off (except when cleaning or searching for something in the room)
3. Everything in dark mode, browser plugins to put every website into dark mode, low screen brightness
4. Editing documents, spreadsheets etc. with dark background (and grey, not white text, low contrast as well), then changing the colours before sending it (but try sending the dark background document at least once to each person, they might prefer it)
5. White walls, almost no art, mirrors instead of art to soften the contrast between the parts next to the window and the parts away from the window
6. No TV, children, pets, or flatmates
7. Grocery shopping just before the closing time (midnight where I live)
8. Odour neutralisers that do not emit scent of their own (or very mild)
9. At home wearing clothes inside out
10. Transferring products into neutral looking packaging, removing the labels, or wrapping the packaging into beige postal paper

#minimalism #sensoryOverload

Sitting in pharmacy waiting for meds, and there’s 2 lots of conversations going on. It sounds like mangled garbage and is very uncomfortable for me, until 1 stops and then the other starts to make a bit of sense.

Just realised this has always been the case but never paid it much mind.

Anyone else? #sensoryoverload #actuallyautistic

Sitting in pharmacy waiting for meds, and there’s 2 lots of conversations going on. It sounds like mangled garbage and is very uncomfortable for me, until 1 stops and then the other starts to make a bit of sense.

Just realised this has always been the case but never paid it much mind.

Anyone else? #sensoryoverload #actuallyautistic

Experiencing Sensory Overload: A Real-Life Simulation #AutismAwareness #SensoryOverload… https://ift.tt/KgcNEw4

“Why do people act like they do at #Costco?”

You’re not imagining it—Costco really is its own little #socialexperiment in #humanbehavior. Put hundreds of people in a giant #warehouse with oversized carts, #freefood, and the illusion of “limited time savings,” and suddenly you’ve got a petri dish of #scarcity mindset and #sensoryoverload.

https://cavemancircus.com/2025/08/25/why-do-people-act-like-they-do-at-costco/

3 of 3:
c. Take breaks: When things feel like they’re getting too much, step away if you can. Even a few minutes in a quieter space can make a difference

d. Use your stims! Those little movements and fidgets can be a way your body is telling you it needs to regulate. Listen to it

Remember, taking care of our senses is a big part of taking care of our mental health. We all experience the world differently, and it’s okay to need different things to feel balanced.

What are some things that can sometimes feel like "too much" for you?

#SensoryOverload #WellBeing #SelfCare

OG post on Stimming (2 parts) https://tech.lgbt/@Crissy/115000977921424036

"Living With #Autism: #Sensory Stuff That BREAKS Me"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N35wF_UgL4c

#Sensoryoverload isn’t just “a little annoying"... For many #autistic people, it’s the thing that breaks us down the fastest.

@Addmen Same! I tied mine to my UV flashlight at #Blissfest and have a backup set of alpine partyplug pros in my "ear kit" if the loops aren't enough.

@alice

#SensoryOverload

So for me cold feet take on a whole new meaning of hell. Not for my imaginary partner, no, for me sensory overload hell. It may sound odd for feet to control so much, trust me, I agree it is utter #chaos. What do I find as a solution?
#mentalhealth #ASD #ADHD #sensoryoverload #horor #cold #meltdown

http://learnwhoiam.ca/2025/05/28/why-cold-feet-make-life-a-horror-show/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

So for me cold feet take on a whole new meaning of hell. Not for my imaginary partner, no, for me sensory overload hell. It may sound odd for feet to control so much, trust me, I agree it is utter #chaos. What do I find as a solution?
#mentalhealth #ASD #ADHD #sensoryoverload #horor #cold #meltdown

http://learnwhoiam.ca/2025/05/28/why-cold-feet-make-life-a-horror-show/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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