Sensory Overload in One Sense Leading to Noise in Others

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I saw the Minecraft movie in 4DX last night, which is when the seats move like an amusement park ride, they sprayed water in wet scenes, had odors that went along with the movie, and it was all in 3D with the glasses. This was the first time I'd ever seen a movie like that, which was a cool experience. I realized that there are many scenes in movies that seem unnecessary to the story line when watching at home, but make sense that it is part of the full experience in the cinema.

To the main point, I also realized that if one of my senses are over-stimulated, I stop processing sensory info from all of the other senses; this is possibly not something most people experience. For example, when the seats were shaking, I didn't process any visual or conversational info at all. My eyes and ears were working just fine, but nothing registered in my brain as cohesive useful information. It reminds me of how in the video below, someone drop eating utensils at 2:54 and things become blurry for a moment.



My experience in the movie was kind of like that, but stronger/more noise. I just remembered while writing this that I've had this happen on roller coasters too! I will not make sense of what I am seeing. The information from the senses comes in, but it makes no sense. It's like I'm temporarily blind but can see at the same time.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar? Is there a name for it? Is there anyone else that is related to that or that would be helpful to know?

Yes.

And this is why I just deem it as countless subtle multitasking and internal mental rapid gears shifting through the conscious.

Like balancing countless plates within me. If I cannot, it's not as coherent.


As for movies... This is why it can take me multiple times to appreciate more of it.
Seeing missing details -- not one from hindsight, missed dialogues upon seeing subtitles, and so on... That's just the visuals and audios.

Sometimes I interpreted this as some form of lack of trust in the subconsicous.
Or that the subconscious is not reliable, and I have to consciously process things that most humans are not meant to think about let alone manually process.

I walk for at least an hour a day.
I feel every step, every friction, every texture, every angle, every energy distribution in each.
I wouldn't realize if I'm looking down to see my steps all the sudden.

For me to start hearing and seeing more, I zoom out. Sure, I'm seeing a lot and in multiple channels, but it's disjointed.

Like my conscious is darting in too many different places while, well, my body is sensing it all but not consciously.
No different than having too many screens with different parts or an entire different show at once.


I spent almost all my entire life dysregulated from within. I'm still not 100% myself. Mine seems to be tied to sleep quality.

I don't know if I genuinely have an acquired working memory issue, or an underlying unresolved hidden dysregulation that steals my internal processing space I've yet to hunt down.

Without the dysregulation, I can process basically everything and smoothly too.
And my working memory along with my short term memory becomes very reliable.

At the moment, I have less internal stressors.
Else I spent too much time over this undesirable state, maybe this is a habit I prefer to break out from...

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I think I get this, though I haven't put as much attention to it as you have.

I have noticed that every once in a while, everything suddenly impressively smooth. It's like I'm not thinking but feeling, and things just happen very well. During these moments, it's almost like I'm in another state of mind. For example, if I were playing music, I wouldn't be thinking about a scale or my fingers. I would almost be along for the ride while alI I focus on is expressing something. The music plays itself. It all kind of happens without effort.

However, most of the time it's like you wrote. I feel every single crack on the sidewalk. I know if my step was slightly more to the side that the previous one because of the change in balance. I notice the color/tone changes in the concrete of the sidewalk. The different sounds of each car and their tires as they drive up and away. I brace for the glare from each window that passes by. All these details hit, and perceiving each one takes up mental energy that is exhausting after a while. Interestingly, at the end, I wouldn't be able to give an authentic naturally created summary. I'd have to re-live the entire walk either in my head, out loud, or write it down to make a cohesive summary. Otherwise, it would be a bunch of unique interesting experiences from moment to moment.

Is this in the area of what you were expressing?