Sensory system overload

[Punky143]

my hyper-active metabolism makes sensory overload an ongoing possibility. i am relieved to report i have hearing issues which keep sound sensitivity from being much of a problem, but sound-sensitive people are an on-going source of terror for me. i work quite hard to keep my mouth-breathing self socially distant from sound sensitive people. i shoot to spot sound-sensitive meanies long before they have a chance to be offended by who and what i am. i smell ya coming. i spot the cruel chisels in your face as soon as you come in the door. etc., etc. i often imagine i can read the insults you are preparing to spew at my mouth-breathing imperfection. you'll probably be offended if my imperfect ears can't catch every insult.

in my psychotherapy sessions we call this, "hyper-vigilance." it is one of my meanest ptsd symptoms. emphasis on, "mean." i get meaner than a rattlesnake at a rattlesnake round-up when i am hyper-vigilant and feeling the sensory overloads.

the previous posts have outlined quite a few of the tools i use to manage this symptom. i mostly wanted to let you know you are not alone. it's okay if you reject empathy from a mouth breather. i'm used to it.

I'm aware of mouth breathers but I account that they may not realize it and that has to be ok. I hope you know that I'm not perfect and I'm sure I do things other people think are annoying but I know it's my PTSD symptoms and I have to figure out how to manage them and not be irritated with other people. Thank you for your kind words.

 

[arfie]

I'm aware of mouth breathers but I account that they may not realize it and that has to be ok.

i'm fully aware, as are the fellow mouth breathers i have discussed it with. in our cases it is caused by respiratory distress. i hope you are more okay with it than i am. you are certainly less affected.

side note
now i find myself trying to recall the name of the netflix series where i first heard the term, "mouth breathers." no offense taken. slang will be slang.

 

[Lord Flavius]

i'm fully aware, as are the fellow mouth breathers i have discussed it with. in our cases it is caused by respiratory distress. i hope you are more okay with it than i am. you are certainly less affected.

side note
now i find myself trying to recall the name of the netflix series where i first heard the term, "mouth breathers." no offense taken. slang will be slang.

I've never heard of mouth breathers except when I've got a cold and my nose is blocked up.

 

[Punky143]

I've never heard of mouth breathers except when I've got a cold and my nose is blocked up.

Your lucky is all I can say

 

[JoyJoy]

Some days I feel like my senses are hyper sensitive. My ability to hear things is overwhelming and my ears feel different. At this point everything becomes annoying, even talking with people holding basic conversations. I hear the mouth breathers, the spoon scraping against a soup bowl, chewing with your mouth open, clicking a pen, clipping nails, lawnmowers etc.
I feel anything that touches our skin despite being told nothing is there. Well, it is and I feel and no one can tell me otherwise.
Special powers? Probably not. Sensory overload, yes but how do I make it stop.

I relate to everything you've shared and I would LOVE to know how to make It stop. It's to much to take in the daily basis for me. Amd it's interfering with my relationships. I feel like eventually this is gonna prevent me from human interaction...