#SensoryOverload

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[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

The less people I have in my life the better I feel.

[neuropsychiatristdrzainiahmed]

Understanding ADHD Symptoms: More Than Just Hyperactivity

Many people assume that Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is simply about being hyperactive, easily distracted, or struggling to sit still in a classroom. However, ADHD is a complex neurodevelopmental condition that affects various aspects of daily life.

What ADHD Actually Is:

ADHD goes far beyond just being restless or inattentive. It impacts emotional regulation, cognitive functioning, and social interactions. Some key symptoms include:

Emotional Dysregulation: Individuals with ADHD often experience intense emotions and may struggle to manage frustration, anxiety, or excitement.

Executive Functioning Struggles: Difficulties in organizing tasks, prioritizing responsibilities, and managing time effectively.

Impulsivity: Acting without thinking, interrupting conversations, or making hasty decisions without considering the consequences.

Sensory Overload: Overreacting to stimuli like bright lights, loud noises, or textures, leading to discomfort or distress.

Difficulty with Transitions: Struggling to shift focus from one activity to another, making changes in routine challenging.

Challenges with Focus (Including Hyperfocus): While distraction is common, some individuals hyperfocus on specific tasks to the extent that they lose track of time.

Sleep Problems: Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or maintaining a consistent sleep schedule.

Relationship Challenges: Difficulties in maintaining friendships or professional relationships due to impulsive behavior or emotional dysregulation.

Seeking Help for ADHD

Understanding ADHD can help individuals and families find effective strategies for managing symptoms. If you or a loved one is experiencing challenges related to ADHD, professional consultation can provide guidance and support.

Dr. Zaini Ahmed, MBBS, MD (Psychiatry), specializes in neuropsychiatric conditions, including ADHD. She is available for consultations at Sukoon Heart and Mind Care, Sainik Market, Main Road, Ranchi, Jharkhand: 834001 from Monday to Saturday, 12 PM to 3 PM. To schedule an appointment, contact 6200784486.

Recognizing ADHD as a multidimensional condition is essential for offering the right support and treatment. Awareness and early intervention can significantly improve the quality of life for individuals with ADHD and their families.

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[autism-unfiltered]

Sensory Overload: Navigating the World of Intense Sensations 🌟

Sensory overload can be overwhelming for individuals on the autism spectrum. Today, let's discuss strategies for managing and coping with intense sensory experiences.

Share your tips and tricks for creating sensory-friendly environments, finding calming activities, and advocating for accommodations. Together, we can support one another in navigating the sensory landscape and finding balance.

Remember, you're not alone in this journey. Let's empower each other and create a more sensory-inclusive world!

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What is Sensory OverLoad

[imawolempressions]

🎙️ Crazytown Chronicles: “They Wouldn’t Lie to Us?”

By The Empress | TheEmpressPress.blog

“While regular broadcasting has been interrupted… let me reintroduce you to the facts.”

Some say, “They wouldn’t lie to us.”

To that I say:

Yeah. They would. And they did.

See, I keep telling y’all—I was on the President’s List every semester in Business school. Top of the class. Honor roll. Dean’s List. You name it.

And guess what the most valuable lesson I learned was?

Fake it till you make it.

Let that marinate.

🧠 The Autistic Mystic Mind: A Natural Lie Detector

Neurodivergent minds—especially autistic ones—are hardwired for pattern recognition. We spot inconsistencies, read between the lines, and feel the dissonance before others even notice the disconnect.

Psychologically, this isn’t magic—it’s science.

✳️ FACT:

Autistic individuals have been shown to exhibit increased systemizing abilities, meaning we analyze the rules, logic, and structure of environments. (Baron-Cohen, S., 2002: “The extreme male brain theory of autism”)

This often allows us to see institutional contradictions that neurotypicals ignore because they’re conditioned to prioritize social harmony over factual accuracy.

So when I say I “connect the dots,” understand that it’s not a feeling—it’s a calculation.

💸 Lies Are Lucrative: The Business of Deception

From education to medicine to religion (don’t worry, we’ll save those sermons for a rainy day), deception is not a bug in the system—it’s the system’s entire business model.

Let’s start with education.

⚖️ LAW: Every child is entitled under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) to a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).

Yet schools:

Mislabel kids to redirect funding

Over-pathologize Black and Brown children for being “too active” or “non-compliant”

Under-identify ADHD and autism in girls

Prioritize order over understanding

All while pushing behavior plans that are nothing more than compliance contracts designed to make life easier for staff—not students.

📚 Legal Reference: 20 U.S. Code § 1412 – State Eligibility; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Now why would they lie?

Because truth doesn't pay—but dysfunction does. IEP meetings filled with jargon. Overworked teachers with no trauma training. Parents gaslit into silence. And children… silenced altogether.

🤥 Neurotypicals Will Gaslight the Galaxy Before Admitting They Were Wrong

I’ve always said:

“You can’t tell a neurodivergent brain nothin’ if it doesn’t make sense.”

We’re allergic to illogic. We reject contradiction. And if the math ain’t mathin’? We don’t go along to get along.

But for those who say “they wouldn’t lie”… let me ask this:

Why did medical journals suppress research on Black pain tolerance for decades?

Why were autistic women and girls excluded from research until the late 1990s?

Why are schools still using discipline models designed in the Jim Crow era?

Why do Black children make up 15% of the student population but 43% of suspensions?

📚 Source: U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, 2016 Civil Rights Data Collection

If truth were told, the entire system would collapse. So instead, they gaslight. They rebrand oppression as “support.” They call trauma “defiance.” They call survival “laziness.”

But I see it.

🏚️ The System Was Built for Their Comfort—Not Our Freedom

Let’s tell the truth: this whole setup was rigged from the beginning.

Education wasn’t built for the curious. It was built to create compliant workers.

Mental health wasn’t built for healing. It was built to manage and monitor.

“Support plans” weren’t made to understand your child. They were made to control them.

So yeah—they’d lie. Because if they told the truth, there’d be no profit in it. No diagnosis quotas. No special ed budgets manipulated. No rich pockets staying rich.

And they’d never admit it—because when the neurodivergent mind connects the dots, we expose what they need to stay hidden.

⚠️ The Neurodivergent Truth: Feelings Come Last. Facts Are Everything.

Autistic people don’t play about facts. We don’t bend reality to keep people comfortable. We say what we see.

And what I see is this:

A system built to fail us

Professionals protecting their paychecks, not our children

Whole institutions gaslighting parents into silence

And a society shocked when someone finally dares to call it what it is

So if it hurts to learn the truth… Maybe you should ask yourself why it was so easy to believe the lie.

👑 Final Word From The Empress of Pattern Recognition

They wouldn’t lie to us?

They lied. They gaslit. They branded it policy.

But here’s the thing: they never expected someone to come along and trace the whole map back to its origin. They never expected a neurodivergent mind to not only connect the dots—but to publish them.

But that’s exactly what I’m doing. And I’m just getting started.

🌀 Keep watching the sky. Keep questioning the system. Keep reading the truth. 📡 Only on TheEmpressPress.blog. For the misunderstood, mislabeled, and mighty—we see you. We got you. We are you.

[wherechaoswins]

I crave the way your body presses against mine, the way your breath hitches as I take you deeper

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Same, girl

[enjoyfreefall]

Sensory Overload: The 7 True Feelings of Skydiving

Skydiving is one of the most common boxes that people have on their bucket lists. It is a liberating and scary activity at the same time. Before people decide to take the risk of skydiving, they often wonder what skydiving feels like.

Read the article here: https://enjoyfreefall.com/sensory-overload-the-7-true-feelings-of-skydiving/

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Autism.

It's official. Level 1 Autism: "Requiring Support" w/ ADHD and Major Depressive Disorder.

This is my diagnosis.

I can't say that any of it surprises me, certainly validates me, but it definitely explains me and my experiences throughout my life; even just today.

See, today, I'm overstimulated because my live-in kid quit her job with my husband without telling me and now she's home all day yesterday and today. I didn't know and have been on heightened alert because I thought I was home alone. Once I adapted to realizing she was home, I started hearing "other" noises... only to learn that my husband's son is downstairs working despite me asking for it to wait until after 6pm tonight because I needed to work in quiet.

In an attempt to settle myself a bit before getting my diagnosis at 11am, I participated in an international zoom call with women from all over the world promoting peace and empathy regarding the conflict/war in Gaza. Many of the women living less than 1/2 a mile from the warzone. Overwhelmed with empathy, I got off the call just in time for my doctor's appt via zoom, that failed twice before I took the appointment as a phone call. I then tried processing all the information I'd received when I ended up on a call with my dear friend Paula in Panama. It was during this call that I finally realized my kid was still here... then realized someone is working downstairs.

I've applied for accommodations at Gonzaga, but now I'm panicking over it because I don't want to make excuses or do anything that jeopardizes my work on my PhD; even though I know this is silly, it still concerns me. Oh, and it's almost time for me to teach- two hours straight of student speeches that I'd rather not hear/grade because I'm over-stimulated and should probably just cancel class but won't.

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[autism-unfiltered]

Once upon a time, I had an enlightening experience that forever changed the way I view my autism and the world around me.

I was out with friends at a local festival. The music was loud, the crowd was intense, and the food aromas were overwhelming - a sensory nightmare for me. I spent the first couple of hours trying my hardest to fit in, suppress my discomfort, and just be "normal." I found myself spiraling, feeling trapped and isolated despite being surrounded by people.

Then, I remembered a small trinket I had in my pocket - a tiny fidget cube I brought with me. I started fiddling with it, focusing on the sensation of the buttons and switches. Suddenly, the world around me faded. It was like I found a personal bubble within the storm, a quiet space where I could breathe.

That moment was a revelation. I realized that trying to "fit in" and suppress my autistic traits was causing me more harm than good. I was placing an unnecessary burden on myself. Instead, embracing my neurodiversity and using tools and strategies that work for me was the way forward. The fidget cube, a small object some might consider a toy, was an essential tool that helped me navigate a sensory-overloading world.

This experience taught me an important lesson about being on the autism spectrum: there's no "one-size-fits-all" way to experience the world. We all have unique needs and coping strategies, and it's okay to use them. It's okay to be different because, in our differences, we find our strengths.

Remember, being authentically ourselves is not something to be ashamed of; it's something to celebrate.

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Do you find the noise of scraping bothersome? Have you ever wondered about the reason behind it? Let's explore the scientific reasoning behind this unique sensation.