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    • Sensory overload: Symptoms, causes, and treatment
      • Common symptoms include: inability to ignore loud sounds, strong smells, or other types of sensory input a sense of discomfort anxiety and fear extreme sensitivity to clothing or other textures feeling overwhelmed or agitated irritability loss of focus
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  2. Nov 19, 2021 · Some common symptoms include: difficulty focusing due to competing sensory input. extreme irritability. restlessness and discomfort. urge to cover your ears or shield your eyes from sensory...

  3. Jul 5, 2024 · Common symptoms include: inability to ignore loud sounds, strong smells, or other types of sensory input. a sense of discomfort. anxiety and fear. extreme sensitivity to clothing or other...

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  4. Jul 20, 2023 · Sensory overload is when your senses get overwhelmed and trigger physiological responses like anxiety, sweating and dizziness. Deep breathing exercises can help.

  5. Feb 15, 2022 · Sensory overload activates a fight, flight, or freeze response in which you try to escape triggers. This is when you see signs like meltdowns in children and irritability in adults.

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    • Difficulty Focusing. It can become stressful and overwhelming when someone is struggling to focus and give attention to a specific task in an environment with multiple sensory inputs, which may lead to sensory overload.
    • Surges in Extreme Irritability or Anger. A sensory input that triggers an individual is often something that they consider to be extremely unbearable such as bright lights, busy and crowded rooms, or intense scents.
    • Restless and Discomfort. If somebody is hypersensitive to specific sensory inputs, it can cause extreme discomfort and lead to sensory overload. For example, someone eating out at a restaurant may be overwhelmed by the different food smells, the clanging of dishes, loud music and loud diners.
    • Feeling hyperactive. It is common for those who are oversensitive to their surroundings to feel hyperactive. Suppose their brain is taking in sensory information that they are oversensitive to, it can be difficult for them to take their mind off of this sensory input and can lead to sensory overload and stimming.
  6. Jul 22, 2024 · Symptoms of sensory overload vary depending on the individual and the type of stimuli, but may include feeling overwhelmed, disoriented, irritable, and experiencing physical discomfort such as nausea or headaches.

  7. Jul 3, 2024 · When you experience sensory overload, you might feel anxious, overwhelmed, or even panicky. You may also have physical symptoms like sweating and a racing heart. People who are experiencing sensory overload may cover their ears or eyes to block out the stimulus.

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