If your nervous system is always ramped up, it doesn’t take a whole lot to push you a little bit too far.
If your nervous system is always ramped up, it doesn’t take a whole lot to push you a little bit too far.
Busy music on purpose to give the feeling in my skin and bones as the stimulation rises
The 5 Levels of Neurodivergent Overstimulation
The "Background Hum" (Irritability):
• The Vibe: You're fine, but you're not fine.
• The Trigger: A light is too bright, or there are two different sources of audio playing (e.g., the TV is on and someone is playing a TikTok out loud).
• The Symptom: You start getting "short" with people for no reason.
The "Statistically Impossible" noise (Focus Loss):
• The Vibe: Your brain stops processing
• The Trigger: Someone is tapping a pen or whispering while you're trying to read.
• The Symptom: You have to read the same sentence 10 times because the "noise" is taking up all the RAM in your brain.
"T-Rex Arms" & Stimming
(The Shutdown):
• The Vibe: You stop moving "normally."
• The Trigger: Too many people asking you questions at once.
• The Symptom: Your hands go into "raptor" position, you start rocking, or you go completely silent because speaking feels like it requires altogether too
much energy.
The "Texture Trauma" (Physical Discomfort):
• The Vibe: Your skin feels "too tight."
• The Trigger: You suddenly become aware of your waistband, your hair touching your neck, or your socks being slightly damp/twisted.
• The Symptom: You have to change your clothes immediately or you will lose your mind.
The "Total System Error" (The Meltdown/ Burnout):
• The Vibe: The world needs to end for 20 minutes.
• The Trigger: One final, tiny thing like dropping a fork or a door slamming.
The Symptom: You need a dark room, noise- canceling headphones, and zero human contact for the next 3 to 5 business days.
Sildes from @realtalkneurodiversity
#audhd #adhd #autisticwomen #stimming #shutdowm #neurodivergent
Busy music on purpose to give the feeling in my skin and bones as the stimulation rises
The 5 Levels of Neurodivergent Overstimulation
The "Background Hum" (Irritability):
• The Vibe: You're fine, but you're not fine.
• The Trigger: A light is too bright, or there are two different sources of audio playing (e.g., the TV is on and someone is playing a TikTok out loud).
• The Symptom: You start getting "short" with people for no reason.
The "Statistically Impossible" noise (Focus Loss):
• The Vibe: Your brain stops processing
• The Trigger: Someone is tapping a pen or whispering while you're trying to read.
• The Symptom: You have to read the same sentence 10 times because the "noise" is taking up all the RAM in your brain.
"T-Rex Arms" & Stimming
(The Shutdown):
• The Vibe: You stop moving "normally."
• The Trigger: Too many people asking you questions at once.
• The Symptom: Your hands go into "raptor" position, you start rocking, or you go completely silent because speaking feels like it requires altogether too
much energy.
The "Texture Trauma" (Physical Discomfort):
• The Vibe: Your skin feels "too tight."
• The Trigger: You suddenly become aware of your waistband, your hair touching your neck, or your socks being slightly damp/twisted.
• The Symptom: You have to change your clothes immediately or you will lose your mind.
The "Total System Error" (The Meltdown/ Burnout):
• The Vibe: The world needs to end for 20 minutes.
• The Trigger: One final, tiny thing like dropping a fork or a door slamming.
The Symptom: You need a dark room, noise- canceling headphones, and zero human contact for the next 3 to 5 business days.
Sildes from @realtalkneurodiversity
#audhd #adhd #autisticwomen #stimming #shutdowm #neurodivergent
Like many autistic people I am not a fan of icebreakers, introducing myself, but I love lists. So I made a list of things that are important to me. I recently discovered this as a powerful tool for self reflection, but it can also help building connections with other people.
So if many things on this list resonate with you, feel free to send me a dm or give me a follow. We might have a lot to share with each other. 🙂
I put a CW on the list and added it as a subtoot to this post, because it became a very long list.
Boosts are welcome.
Like many autistic people I am not a fan of icebreakers, introducing myself, but I love lists. So I made a list of things that are important to me. I recently discovered this as a powerful tool for self reflection, but it can also help building connections with other people.
So if many things on this list resonate with you, feel free to send me a dm or give me a follow. We might have a lot to share with each other. 🙂
I put a CW on the list and added it as a subtoot to this post, because it became a very long list.
Boosts are welcome.
Hey, I swapped accounts and forgot to take m'peoples with me! So, here we go again, I'm a middle-aged dad that's been diagnosed with a multitude of neuro/psych issues that they give me drugs for, and will occasionally talk about. However, I'm mostly here for Music, Raspberry Pi and Linux chat. I can, at times, be drawn Into telly talk. Born Scottish, Raised Cornish.
#Introduction #Reintroduction #Music #RaspberryPi #Linux #Debian #Hobbyist #Tinkering #Pottering #AuDHD #BPD #CPTSD #Kernow #UK
During my first session with my therapist she asked me what I manage, because I mentioned that I am a project manager. When I told her "Nothing, I am unemployed for several years now.", I could see my own shame about it being reflected in a shadow running over her face.
Today, a few months and sessions later, I told her that I have a new answer to this question now, that I manage my everyday life and my neurodivergence. She smiled and said, that this is exactly what I should do right now.
During my first session with my therapist she asked me what I manage, because I mentioned that I am a project manager. When I told her "Nothing, I am unemployed for several years now.", I could see my own shame about it being reflected in a shadow running over her face.
Today, a few months and sessions later, I told her that I have a new answer to this question now, that I manage my everyday life and my neurodivergence. She smiled and said, that this is exactly what I should do right now.
Hey, I swapped accounts and forgot to take m'peoples with me! So, here we go again, I'm a middle-aged dad that's been diagnosed with a multitude of neuro/psych issues that they give me drugs for, and will occasionally talk about. However, I'm mostly here for Music, Raspberry Pi and Linux chat. I can, at times, be drawn Into telly talk. Born Scottish, Raised Cornish.
#Introduction #Reintroduction #Music #RaspberryPi #Linux #Debian #Hobbyist #Tinkering #Pottering #AuDHD #BPD #CPTSD #Kernow #UK
After all the anti-anxiety work I’ve done, I’ve noticed myself, in the moment, being able to work through the anxiety. To be able to deal with it better, to be able to handle it, to be able to feel less like I’m being beaten about by the winds of change and chance and the whimsies of the universe.
After all the anti-anxiety work I’ve done, I’ve noticed myself, in the moment, being able to work through the anxiety. To be able to deal with it better, to be able to handle it, to be able to feel less like I’m being beaten about by the winds of change and chance and the whimsies of the universe.
You have decades of information stored in your body about what’s okay and what’s not.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Sensory #Interoception
You have decades of information stored in your body about what’s okay and what’s not.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Sensory #Interoception
