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I don’t have a sensory overload in particular, but when I get too overwhelmed by the situation I’m in (mostly stems from social anxiety or my intrusive thoughts) my mind goes blank and world around me feels hostile. In that case, I just want everything to stop like the boy in the video (although not to that extent).
Add smells in your nose of sweat, deodorants, perfumes, detergents, fabric softeners, cleaning products, food, alcohol, bad breath, smelly clothes, hairspray & temperature changes within the shopping mall as well as sudden cold breezes of ventilation sytems on your skin - and you might get a f a i n t idea.
I have Autism and it's not really like this. Shopping centers do totally overload my senses - which is not surprising as we have more neural connections in the brain that neuro-typicals - after 2 hours I'm exhausted. But I never get a panic attack. But remember - it just feels like normal to us because this is how reality feels for us all the time!
This sucks. As an autistic this feels like an allistic perspective of autism that is overblown and seems to be more focused on generating pity for autistics-which we don’t want-than accurate portrayal of us.
That’s not what it’s like 😂 I mean it’s close the noticing everything at once yes I don’t have constant white noise but I’m guessing that’s dramatic effect it’s a feeling too like it is sensory overload it’s the anxiety though when it’s to much I don’t think you can simulate that.
the way i could just watch this and stay chill cause its what i experience anyway (not the visual stuff necessarily but the sounds etc are very accurate) For example, one time I was in London with my mom and we were on the tower bridge and I got so overstimulated by all the people and unfamiliar sights and sounds etc. that I hyperventilated and had a meltdown like the boy in this video. It also happened to me a few other times when i was in public, so I bought these noise cancelling headphones and Ive been a LOT less stressed especially in public
Kind of curious what non autistic version of same thing is? For contrast. Cos I want to assess if I'm making it up or not. I mean I feel like that is reality I just block out everything except bit in front to manage it. But could be in head. So contrast would be good so can compare which is closer to how seems to me.
No, it’s a disability. Saying that it’s a “special disability” is pretty stupid and not factual. How’s is a special ability? Don’t those normally make life easier? I don’t think autism does that.
It is saddens me to think that thier are people suffering like this, but I hope these are temporary since the latest advancements in ai, and vr I hope someday these techs can isolate the environment so they may no feel the discomfort
This is relatable to an extent. My ears aren’t as sensitive but decently close. I don’t get overstimulated often. The lighting basically looks the same (especially on bad sensory days).
