What would it take to "sensory overload" a NT...

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...or anyone without any sensory integration problems, for that matter?

Is it even possible, barring light that instantly fries retinas, sound loud enough to instantly pop eardrums or violence? Are some people able to process an infinite amount of sensory input, provided it doesn't do bodily harm?

Has anyone here WITHOUT sensory integration problems gotten sensory overload from anything?

Well, I have no sensory integration issues, but I cannot stand it when too many people are talking at once and trying to talk over one another. Sometimes it will get so annoying that I will shout "TOO MANY VOICES!! !" and people will quiet down. It is kind of hard for me to separate voices from one another. This problem arises a lot in my dorm room, because the damn thing is pretty much designed to be an echo chamber, and my roommate is as loud as a police siren when he talks. I always have to remind him to use his inside voice.

From what ive been explained, most people have the ability to focus on all what they want, be it sound or visual, and throw the rest away, but us with problems we take everything in and try to process everything.

I got both problems with visuel and sound.

If more than 2 people are trying, i cant understand anything, because i dont know who is saying what, so everything gets mixed up. trying to sort conversation out from 6 different people are very confusing.

Play them some jazz music!javascript:emoticon(':twisted:')
A musical equivalent to multitudes of overlapping voices would be to take a regular pre-recorded song and mix in other completely unrelated tracks at sub-audible levels, and have them listen in a room that has constantly changing temperatures and lighting, randomly shifting colors and spraying freezing cold water on them, while on another set of speakers clips of dentist drills, jackhammers and jet engines are played at will

In theory, sensory overload for an NT would be when an NT is focused/interested on interacting with one person, and yet everyone else in the room keeps interrupting the NT.

Jim is an NT. He wants to talk to Mary. But Bill comes up and asks a question. Turning back to Mary, Sally comes up and wants to show Jim something, then she walks off. Trying to get back to Mary, Steve comes along and say, "Jimmy, hi-five!"

Meanwhile, Mary herself doesn't see bothered at all by these interruptions. It's as if she's in on it to. As if it's Get Jim day. When Jenny comes along and interrupts Jim, he yells at her, but more generally to everyone else, "CHRIST, why the hell are you people bothering me?!"

In other words, if an NT is denied the opportunity to fully flush out all that surrounds them, specifically because other people are the cause for the constant flux, the NT will experience the overload.

Their overloaded sense come not from music or lights, but from PEOPLE.

oh I know, a bad acid trip with a very obnoxious amount of visual and auditory stimulation....but that is not nice.

It doesn't take much. I often overload iMother by talking to her about one of my special interests.

It makes me tired, but no I wouldn't say I have every had sensory overload where I couldn't cope.

I don't think it's possible.

Do you see how they get on those roller coasters? How they watch those horror movies? How they go to those concerts where the music makes their ears bleed? How they watch those incredibly loud movies that are incredibly bright, too? How they wear such uncomfortable clothing? How they take drugs to get stimulated because they're bored?

I don't think you can do more than that, besides hurting someone, and that's not cool. It seems like NTs are wired to seek out stimulation.

Not that Aspies don't do the above, but NTs don't usually have a problem with any of that stuff.

Simple - talk about something intelligent. I'm such a snob.

No, to them, something intelligent is just boring.

I know! Take them to a museum and give them the history of EVERY art piece!! !

I have sensory issues, but they could be worse, and they are worsened by head aches. If you try to explain it to someone prone to head aches or migraine, remind them how much louder sounds get, how much stronger smells get and how much brighter lights get when they suffer their head aches, and they should be able to get it.