#auditory sensitivities

[stal3bread]

I personally prefer headphones, though I have earplugs (Loop Engage and Quiet). I use the engage in situations where I still need to talk but it's still loud, but they are kind of annoying because they increase the volume of my voice in my head lol (still better than absolutely nothing though). I use the Quiets either under my headphones for extra noise reduction or instead of my headphones when I can't wear them for whatever reason. I have the Sony 1000-Xm4 headphones which I highly recommend, though they're really expensive so if you want to get them I recommend waiting for them to go on sale like I did.

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Auditory processing disorder and Hyperacusis is a pain

Autie-biographical Comics

[fmk-polls]

Ask box is open and I am taking poll suggestions

[capn-o-my-soul]

misophonia is such a bitch . like what do you mean the sound of someone chewing gum makes me have a mental breakdown and start crying and want to slam my head into wall over and over again until i can no longer hear

[ignatius-pennyfeather-ix]

i should get a medal for getting through every day even though there’s Textures but worst of all Sounds

[prettybbychim]

i read a fic recently and let me just say something

sensory tools do not need to be removed to “fully be present”

sensory tools do not mean you are not “living in the moment properly”

sensory tools make the moment tolerable so that you can live in the moment properly

i loved this fic otherwise, but this one comment left a rather sour taste in my mouth.

it was a violent slap to the face as someone sitting here day in and day out with their own headset on to dampen the noise of everyday life.

you can have alhaitham remove his headset. that’s not the issue.

this issue is making him out to be thoughtless and uncaring of others. an abnormality. that robot of a man blocking out the world because everything and everyone is needless and an annoyance.

this reflects right back on us.

alhaitham can fully enjoy an evening out with his friends with his headset. he does not need to take them off. know why? because if he did, it would all just be sound noise sound overwhelm pain get me out of here

again, i dare say, it makes the evening tolerable. so that he can be fully present, mentally and physically.

fuck right off with that ableist mindset

[dreamdropsystem]

having difficulty processing words.. it sucks

[venacoeurva]

I've sent a few comms out, I have a migraine, though, so I'll probably take the day off or stick to loose sketches for the next comm batch and take it easy.

[of-monsters-and-werewolves]

Neurodivergent folk, especially anybody with auditory sensitivity of some sort, did you ever have a song when you were younger that caused you distress or upset? Almost a fight or flight response or something akin to a panic attack?

I'm asking because there was one song when I was younger that would frequently play at school discos that would cause me to run out crying if it ever came on, and I still to this day have no fucking clue why, or even what it was that I hated about it. It wasn't consciously done, it just happened and it was only ever that one single song. It meant I often made sure I was stood next to an exit whenever I was at a school disco (the likelihood of hearing it elsewhere was very slim, it was the kind of weird novelty song you only ever heard at discos or kid's parties).

Just trying to figure out if it's potentially undiagnosed ADHD related or not.

[whispers-into-the-void]

noise is so noisy my brain just cannot

[stal3bread]

If I'm honest, I'm kind of desperate at this point. Basically, I get pretty fucking overstimulated at school pretty much every day, to the point where I frequently get headaches. It means I'm basically useless once I get home and I just generally feel like shit. If anyone else on the spectrum experiences this, please give me tips or just words of comfort that it's not just me who experiences this, because I'm surrounded by allistics who can just go to school and then come home and work and be fine.

[beautyinthediss0nance]

Sometimes my sensory issues make me feel like such an asshole..

Tonight, at work, this lady is sitting here sniffing away like someone spiked her cocaine with hot sauce.. and it is making me RAGE..

[cat-brrr]

[olskuvallanpoe]

those musical diners in nyc seem great in videos but just imagining actually being there is a sensory NIGHTMARE

[defectivegembrain]

when video game characters talk over each other I feel betrayed. you're supposed to be my artificial controlled little escape from the chaos of real interaction.

[thefragile-left]

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