I understand that they get them but what happens exactly to them?
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I’m on the spectrum. “Sensory overload” covers a whole bunch of stuff. Mostly, for me, it makes it very difficult to perceive things. Loud noise makes it hard to see. Bad acoustics make it worse. Waiting rooms with high ceilings make me agitated and nauseous. Clothing stores (or anywhere with too many soft surfaces) make it difficult to track where people are, what’s going on.
When I was a kid, the color red used to set me off. Put me in a red room, I would become increasingly agitated until I left.
Certain sounds trigger it hard. Country music has always been a trigger. Anything with too much twang or treble.
Don’t know if it’s related, but listening to idiots make small talk is the only other thing that can produce the same escalating anger and anxiety. Feels like I’m being attacked, kicks in my adrenaline hard. Like, chest pounds and I want nothing in the world more than to just start throwing punches. I don’t, but fuck. People need to pay attention to the folks around them. If you aren’t being concise, why are you talking? If someone asks you a question and you respond with a story, I hate you.
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