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overstimulation

  1. Passepartout

    Shutdowns, Overstimulation and Visual Vertigo

    For a few years now I have been experiencing daily shutdowns. Usually after going out walking, driving or shopping. There is just to much information outside in the world for my brain to process. The more I'm moving around and the more stimulation coming in (light, sounds, objects, people etc)...
  2. YancyyyComet9000

    How do I deal with overstimulation when my family don't understand?

    How do I deal with overstimulation I'd my family don't understand? Whenever I'm overstimulated I just have to act as normal. My family have picked up on how I don't like physical contact so they often try to hug me or touch my shoulders and on those days its just so much worse. My family...
  3. Reirei

    Did anyone else ever hate music? (I like it now)

    When I was a child, I hated music. I would fast-forward through songs during Disney movies. I think it may have been overstimulating to me. I have since learned to like and enjoy music. But I still don't think I fall into reasonable categories. I will obsessively listen to 1 song on repeat or...
  4. Write, Rinse, Repeat

    weight

    Sometimes, I'm so overwhelmed that I shut down. The words don't want to come, and everything feels overstimulating, and all I feel like I can do is space out. No thoughts really. Not much feelings either, or so it would seem to an outsider. Really though, it's like the volume is turned to a...
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    • Category: Aspergers & Autism
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