The other side of this coin is the fight mode, where someone is so desperate for the stimuli and all of the sensations to stop that they lash out and push, kick, scream– anything in order to make it all stop. To get away from this stimuli as fast as humanly possible. This is when the fight-or-flight response kicks in and everything in my mind and body are screaming at me to run. At this point, I lose the ability to think straight and my thoughts sound like they are overlapping and nonsensical. My heart races fast and my breathing quickens. It feels like my brain is being squeezed and all of my muscles tense up. It is like the intensity of the world has been turned to its highest setting and it feels like I have dozens of people in my personal space, all talking loudly at the same time with me floundering to understand what they are all saying. When I am in a crowd even if it is just in a shopping centre, it feels like the noise is so loud and imposing that it is all I can think about and feel. Their brain misinterprets the signals from the touch and causes the pain reaction. Some autistics that have hypersensitivity to touch can be caused physical pain when they are touched– no matter how lightly. It often causes the person experiencing it to not be able to take in any other input at that time or think of anything other than the stimuli that is overwhelming them. The reality of sensory sensitivity is that the sensory input is so greatly intensified that it can become all-encompassing and overwhelming in a short period of time unless the person is able to take measures to reduce the overwhelm or remove the offending sensory input. When someone says that they have a sensory sensitivity, it is a common misconception that they mean that their awareness is just more acute, more focused. I struggle with bright lights and noise, I hate swaying or spinning motion, I cannot cope in big crowds where there are a lot of competing noises, and my sense of smell is often overpowering.
I have always been deemed as ‘highly sensitive’ to pain and physical contact. The more I have learnt about Autism, the more I have recognised and understood myself and aspects of my instincts that I didn’t before. Our sensory sensitivities wield a great deal of power as they can push us to overwhelm and meltdown as well as bring us an abundance of joy on the other hand, there could be hyposensitivity in a sensory area such as having a very high pain tolerance or not being able to smell strong odours. Choosing a Good– or Bad– Therapist for Your Autistic Childįor those who don’t much about it, I’d like to explain to you sensory hypersensitivity, sensory overwhelm, and meltdowns from a first-person perspective.Directory of NeuroDivergent Graphic Designers & Illustrators.Directory of Specialists Diagnosing Autism (ASD) in Adults.Directory of NonSpeaker Pages, Blogs, & Media.AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication.
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