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Sensory Overload
Do any of you suffer from sensory overload?
When I was really ill, I couldn't ride in a car and look out the windows. I'd either look down or close my eyes. Trying to make sense of the images flooding in would make me disoriented, dazed, and confused.
It's a lot better now, but sitting down to a meal with three other people in a restaurant wears me out from trying to make sense of what is going on and keep up with the conversation.
If I'm talking with someone face to face, like my wife, and there is a TV going in the background, it's not only distracting, it's disturbing.
I just spent an hour at my BIL's house, to visit, and his TV was up a bit loud, and I almost went crazy trying to have a conversation. Three or four times I had to ask what we were talking about. The stupid loud TV was making me want to run screaming from the house. Very unpleasant.
At this stage, I think it's more a case of difficulty in processing information than it is sensory overload, although it was bad enough at one point that the phrase is not an exageration.
I just can't handle unexpected input, and processing input from multiple sources at once is difficult. I don't watch much TV, because the input is always unexpected, and the commercials drive me crazy.
I listen to music, and at high volumn, but only songs I am familiar with. New stuff is unexpected input, and grates on me. If I'm talking and somebody interupts me, it's like a short ciruit happens and I freeze mentally for a split second and it throws me off badly. Almost like an electric shock.
I can drive and chew gum at the same time, but not if the radio is on and my wife is talking. Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
When I was really ill, I couldn't ride in a car and look out the windows. I'd either look down or close my eyes. Trying to make sense of the images flooding in would make me disoriented, dazed, and confused.
It's a lot better now, but sitting down to a meal with three other people in a restaurant wears me out from trying to make sense of what is going on and keep up with the conversation.
If I'm talking with someone face to face, like my wife, and there is a TV going in the background, it's not only distracting, it's disturbing.
I just spent an hour at my BIL's house, to visit, and his TV was up a bit loud, and I almost went crazy trying to have a conversation. Three or four times I had to ask what we were talking about. The stupid loud TV was making me want to run screaming from the house. Very unpleasant.
At this stage, I think it's more a case of difficulty in processing information than it is sensory overload, although it was bad enough at one point that the phrase is not an exageration.
I just can't handle unexpected input, and processing input from multiple sources at once is difficult. I don't watch much TV, because the input is always unexpected, and the commercials drive me crazy.
I listen to music, and at high volumn, but only songs I am familiar with. New stuff is unexpected input, and grates on me. If I'm talking and somebody interupts me, it's like a short ciruit happens and I freeze mentally for a split second and it throws me off badly. Almost like an electric shock.
I can drive and chew gum at the same time, but not if the radio is on and my wife is talking. Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
Yes, yes! Don't even expect me to go into a noisy restaurant or mall! It's like having a migraine headache without the pain.
I've gotten to where I have to have an MP3 player with me when it's noisy so I can focus on noise I can tolerate and not be overwhelmed by other noise.
I used to *love* crowds, a myriad of smells and sights, and having the TV or radio on all the time. Now I just want to be in a quite cave (or hiding in my back yard).
See - we're not crazy, we're just poor company. :-)
(stupid thyroids)
I've gotten to where I have to have an MP3 player with me when it's noisy so I can focus on noise I can tolerate and not be overwhelmed by other noise.
I used to *love* crowds, a myriad of smells and sights, and having the TV or radio on all the time. Now I just want to be in a quite cave (or hiding in my back yard).
See - we're not crazy, we're just poor company. :-)
(stupid thyroids)
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