Nailed it. Short video on sensory overload, worth watching.
Sanctus wrote:
Speaking about autism simulations, what do you think about this?
It's fascinating for me how quiet the world apparently is for NTs (first half of the video).
It's fascinating for me how quiet the world apparently is for NTs (first half of the video).
This video is good too, quite close to what I experience when walking down the street. I laughed when the distraction part came up - is this not normal?
I've only realised in the past few months that I experience the world so differently. Being sensitive is good and bad. HD vision? Good! Quiet office? WTF are you talking about?!
btbnnyr wrote:
The other issue with this video is that the sounds are ackshuly not that bad compared to the overwhelming horror of the many noises all together in one big disgusting jumble. Someone mentioned earlier that their eggsperience is much moar jumbled. That is so for me too. Compared to what I hear, I would rather hear the not so bad stuff in the video. The sounds in the video are too clear and good. They are just loud, that's the main problem. In reality, the problem is worse than loudness and lots of noises for me. It is all the noises at the same time in the big disgusting jumble that shuts down my brain. The video really doesn't get across the jumble.
This is my experiance me as well.
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shyengineer wrote:
Sanctus wrote:
Speaking about autism simulations, what do you think about this?
It's fascinating for me how quiet the world apparently is for NTs (first half of the video).
It's fascinating for me how quiet the world apparently is for NTs (first half of the video).
Yes, that video was posted before and as I remember it had a lot of positive responses then, too. I certainly found it very interesting.
shyengineer wrote:
I laughed when the distraction part came up - is this not normal?
No, it's really not. Sorry. Most people (myself included) do not notice every drain and cigarette butt on the ground. Now, I can of course notice that stuff if I'm looking for it, but that would be a conscious choice.
FMX wrote:
No, it's really not. Sorry. Most people (myself included) do not notice every drain and cigarette butt on the ground. Now, I can of course notice that stuff if I'm looking for it, but that would be a conscious choice.
Interesting... does anyone have any good information on sensory overload and what causes it? I've had a bit of a search but I can't find anything concrete.
League_Girl wrote:
I think everyone can hear all those sounds (except for florescent lights unless they have good hearing too) but they don't get overwhelmed by them because their minds can handle it all. So can I. I am not that sensitive. I may not always hear all those sounds because other sounds drone out those little ones like feet tapping or drinks pouring or fans going. Can autistic people can hear all those sounds even if there were other noises that are louder than those other sounds that are quieter?
I can. Although some noises that are loud enough to drown out others, the others are still there. They may not register consciously until the louder noises are either reduced or stop, but my subconscious registers all of them. I'm sure everyone with normal hearing can hear them all, but is't not the hearing of them that counts. It's the ability to filter through all of them, even if some of them aren't consciously obvious, and focus only on those that really matter at the moment. So much can be going on it's like trying to find that "needle in a haystack" among all the other noises around us. There's can be so much noise, and even other sensory crap going on, that a normal person can filter through by ignoring most of them, that I sometimes can't no matter how hard I try.
At home, and because I'm the adult in the house, I can control most of the sensory input. Out in a city, I can't. At home I just shut things off, make the kids take whatever noisy toys they're using into another room, and limit the amount of crap I have to filter. Out in the world, I can't do that, so the only option I have when it gets overwhelming is to remove myself from the environment. This kind of thing is definitely one of the primary reasons so many of us choose to isolate ourselves.
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btbnnyr wrote:
The other issue with this video is that the sounds are ackshuly not that bad compared to the overwhelming horror of the many noises all together in one big disgusting jumble. Someone mentioned earlier that their eggsperience is much moar jumbled. That is so for me too. Compared to what I hear, I would rather hear the not so bad stuff in the video. The sounds in the video are too clear and good. They are just loud, that's the main problem. In reality, the problem is worse than loudness and lots of noises for me. It is all the noises at the same time in the big disgusting jumble that shuts down my brain. The video really doesn't get across the jumble.
Yeah..... they do get more jumbly in real life.
daydreamer84 wrote:
btbnnyr wrote:
The other issue with this video is that the sounds are ackshuly not that bad compared to the overwhelming horror of the many noises all together in one big disgusting jumble. Someone mentioned earlier that their eggsperience is much moar jumbled. That is so for me too. Compared to what I hear, I would rather hear the not so bad stuff in the video. The sounds in the video are too clear and good. They are just loud, that's the main problem. In reality, the problem is worse than loudness and lots of noises for me. It is all the noises at the same time in the big disgusting jumble that shuts down my brain. The video really doesn't get across the jumble.
Yeah..... they do get more jumbly in real life.
I didn't notice it wasn't jumbly because it was jumbly for me when I watched it. It is really mild overload that its showing though, not a bad one.
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