bbs.marketHow does it feel like to have a Sensory y Overload?The video below is a simulation to let neuro typicals (normal people whose brains are normally wired) have a tiny glimpse of what it feels like to be sensory overloaded.It feeling you get viewing and listening to it is mild because it uses one or two sources of stimulation at a time only.Try to picture yourself in the situation below:You are standing barefoot on sharp stones.Around you are several substances with strong smell like poo, paint, rotten eggs and rats that have been dead for 3 days already.There are 10 spot lamps shining on you and 10 strobe lamps flashing on and off.There are 10 loud speakers blaring out different sounds at full volumeYou are forced to drink a very bitter drinkYou are being bombarded with stimulation from all your 5 senses of touch, smell, sight, sound and taste at the same time.Your brain is being overloaded with the stimulation from your senses.That is what being sensory overloaded feels like.It is painful for those on the autism spectrum or have Sensory Processing Disorder when we have a sensory overload.It can get so painful that we cannot control ourselves.The child you think is a spoiled brat throwing a tantrum by screaming, crying , arms and legs thumping the floor and refusing to get up from the floor may very well be having a sensory overload or a meltdown. The term meltdown is taken from the disaster that occurs when all the safety systems of a nuclear fail to prevent a meltdown that releases so much radioactive material into the environment that vast areas are uninhabitable for years if not decades
