Sensory overload help

catsarefluffy
catsarefluffy Community Member Posts: 19 Connected
in Autism and neurodiversity

Hello, is there treatment or a service I can use to get help with sensory overload?

Everything smells too strong, lights too bright, tastes too strong, too loud.

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,509 Online Community Team

    Hi @catsarefluffy, I haven't heard of any particular treatments or services for this unfortunately. But some people find they can reduce the overwhelm a little if they get to know what affects them and work on coping strategies to reduce the feelings before they get too overloaded. I'm sure some of our members might have some tips for that. I found this page too in case that's useful to you:

    Sensory Overwhelm: 10 Effective Techniques That Really Help

    Do you use any aids to help you cope at the moment? For example, noise cancelling headphones can be good for sounds, or for playing low level calming music or white noise. You can also get little earplugs that don't completely cancel out all sounds but reduce the general noise to a better level. Sunglasses or tinted glasses can be used for light both inside and outside. There's a few different bits and pieces that might help ☺️

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 5,879 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Occupational therapists who specialise in sensory integration may be able to @catsarefluffy. Here is some information on how occupational therapy can help sensory processing difficulties😊.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,334 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1151465#Comment_1151465

    I don't like the sound of this at all! It's not possible to become de-sensitised through exposure or training!

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