What is a sensory overload for an autistic person? How does it affect them and their ability to function?

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I understand that they get them but what happens exactly to them?

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If I’m a room with a lot of people. If I listen to one of them talk I listen to all others at the same time. This becomes a massive workload for the brain and it makes me more agitated for every second.

Small irregular sounds or movements / flashing lights also always bring my attention to it. And every time I need to divert my attention to something insignificant it adds a small amount of stress to my current mood.

There are quite a lot of things that can be stressful. And eventually, it reaches a threshold were life sucks for the moment.
Lots of anxiety, can’t focus on anything and I’m easily aggrevated.

Being alone for a bit and listen to music usually helps me reset. But if it goes on for too long I basically need to take the full day off to reset my self.

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