ADHD sensory overload is real. But when I made changes, I thrived.

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ADHD Chatter Podcast

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@maja-kehn9130 7 ай бұрын

Yes, sensory overload is my biggest problem. I even often have to wear earplugs at home.

@rogersamson7286 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely the same for me..openplan office sensory overload/personal living hell in a UK social housing office in UK..lucky to be able to walk away into an early retirement at 58..11 years ago. Heaven ever since.

@CraftHarlot 9 ай бұрын

Noise cancelling headphones save lives. Really, they do.

@tiffknox6158 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely!!!

@rraval6963 7 ай бұрын

I seriously couldn’t concentrate without mine. I discovered mine by total accident too! 😮

@clarewillison9379 8 ай бұрын

I used to stay late because I could only focus when everyone had left and I could “hear myself think”. In the days before email and texting that was sometimes a problem when I had to communicate with colleagues who kept normal hours.

@ladydread5838 Жыл бұрын

If only all businesses understood 😢. Sensory overload is the bane of my existence. Too much and instead of becoming paralyzed I enrage. It sets off my other disorder of berserker rage. Real thing, up till about a few months ago when I saw an article I thought I was the only one and was very confused about my existence 😅. Videos like these about ADHD and autism and some other disorders that can link with them have been a huge help for someone who has been researching this on her own through her own experiences. So thank you sir for helping those like me who have been doing everything in search of understanding so we can find a better way to function and help society to understand our legit struggles.

@ADHD_Chatter_Podcast Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this, and I’m glad it’s helping x

@johnrollason9188 Жыл бұрын

Same. Sometimes it's just wearing, i.e. when it's generalised / non-specific. However when it's a certain person or group...then the shirt rips, and they see me angry. Actually they don't, I've been so used to being bottled up that I can't let my mask slip, even once. Having no outlet just makes the anger worse. I am now, thankfully at age 55 starting to coalesce into something that I should have been when I was five (when my symptoms announced themselves to me). I'm a long way from "fixed" but I at least know that I'm broken and where I need to look. As the OP states, I cannot work in a non-conduceive environment. Give me solitude and watch me rock. 😉

@mkwpublishing4120 Жыл бұрын

I gradually worked out these issues along the way not knowing why, but retreated from busy work environments, need quiet for concentration and being overwhelmed and over stimulated has caused many an issue. Once you know, it really does help to take steps, and if you don't know you can't still take those steps it seems 👍

@4Mikes4Mindset4 11 ай бұрын

@@mkwpublishing4120beautifully put

@indigobunting2431 11 ай бұрын

You speak for me. But now the traffic noise, dogs and motors outside are worse...

@DeborahWalkerXOXO Жыл бұрын

The way he had a flashback just thinking about it... I felt for him

@bobbiemc7875 Жыл бұрын

In school, during "free classes" the teacher would let us do whatever work we wanted and would play music from someone's ipod and i would sit and do absolutely nothing because i just could not concentrate, i need total silence and zero distractions and then I'll start getting into it and work straight through until its finished, this is how i got through school, leave my coursework until last minute, sit in silence and hyper focus through the rest, i don't have a diagnosis at 29 but im pretty sure i have it, on a wait list to be seen for it but they've stopped taking on new nhs patients where i live, the joys!

@dissipatedfog Жыл бұрын

I can block out most sensory inputs, but a completely quiet environment stresses me out. I work in an office with 3-5 of us and it’s so quiet I can hear people breathing 20 feet away from me. And with my dislike of being perceived I’m stressed about making the smallest noise.

@stephenlamley541 7 ай бұрын

I know what you mean. Silence has a sound to me. I got used to it. I lived in town like most people 22 years ago now moved to the country couldn't sleep for ages i love the quiet now you couldn't pay me to live in town. My parents is better still Devon UK the back of beyond.

@Puppies-z9h Жыл бұрын

I was sent to a middle school that was trying something new... It comprised of two main buildings for the 2 year groups they were accepting at the time. Each building was open plan concept, the whole year of middle school students in it at once. No dividing walls within it, not even those rollable pin boards. And the main walls of the building itself were glass so along with all the absolute racket and movement and colour inside, there was all the visual stimuli from outside too. And all the staff were completely new to it so they hadn't yet figured out any strategies, if possible, of making it work. I don't know how anyone could focus but for people who are neurodivergent like me, it was living hell. Looking back on it, it's no wonder I had a major break down within a couple of months of being there. I was burnt out for months.

@sc8307 8 ай бұрын

I will never understand how I managed to work at a Best Buy for almost ten years; it is a mystery to me. Every 10 feet is another loud advertisement or demo. It was an absolute cacophony.

@garysmith70 9 ай бұрын

I've struggled for 50 years with this I wouldn't know where to start addressing it all

@Jellyfish146 Жыл бұрын

It's really nice when people understand about sensory overload, its like pulling teeth with my company. I have customers plugging their ears when it gets really busy and management does nothing

@sebeckley Жыл бұрын

I had to work in those loud environments for years and when I found a quiet office, they invariably redid as an open space to save money. Misery.

@andyrussell5177 Жыл бұрын

I'm a nurse and it's so difficult for me at work sometimes I will always stay late because I get more done when I can go off by myself and sit in a corner if there are people around me I am so distracted

@ana419 8 ай бұрын

Hard to believe with all we know today about psychology, that companies to not offer a variety and choice of work environments according to each worker's preference and workstyle.

@loisavci3382 Жыл бұрын

In middle school we had English teachers who would assign us a book to read over the weekend and give us the class hour on Friday to get started. I would stare at the book, occasionally turning a page, because there was no way I could read in such a noisy place. The silly part is that it took me years to realize the orher students were actually reading.

@CredentialedFM 7 ай бұрын

Wow. I remember now being unable to compete work in class and having massive piles of "homework" added to actual homework that took me all night.

@TamiC420 8 ай бұрын

As an adhd person who grew up in a household of 8 ppl as well as having crippling anxiety and depression i actually thrive better in chaos like this. I work in kitchens and its total mayhem. But the overload is so real, it happens very quickly for me yet when i dont have some sort of noise or goings on, sitting in silence or working in silence also drives me mad. So i either get angry n lash out at others around me due to the sensory overload or in the silence suffer silently n berate myself for one thing or another, or worry about x or cry about z. Its frustrating to say the least lol

@heatherk4734 Жыл бұрын

So hard to focus with all the background office noise and talking in the halls! But when I try to work with my door closed people think that I have an attitude. I’m just taking measures to take care of myself and be productive, but it’s not seen that way. No matter how much I explain it or even after putting a sign on my door “My door is merely closed for quiet and focus. Please knock and come in!” Coworkers will always read whatever they want into your behavior. They also won’t stop pounding their staplers if they are a pounder, with no clue how their aggressive stapling is affecting others. Office life is a weird dynamic.

@annarichter484 9 ай бұрын

I pretended to be allergic to perfume as women in my office didn't understand how the smell was causing me sensory overload.

@oscarcat1231 7 ай бұрын

Good one

@Ascending_Leo816 7 ай бұрын

Yes I completely indentify with this.

@noneofurbusiness5223 6 ай бұрын

Happens in my neighborhood, also. I leave vent on because ignorant "neighbors" think it's fun to have loud music & honk horn @ 2 am.

@HJW101CAB Жыл бұрын

Yes no distractions PLEASE

@mamasnacker 11 ай бұрын

I had this happen in a Walmart, Christmas time. I had a lady in front walking slowly and a person behind almost running into me and the loud speaker was broken but they kept trying to use it. I had to just stop and sit in the isle.. I am so happy I know now that it was sensory overload.

@tiffknox6158 9 ай бұрын

I had to take a deep breath just reading your description.

@KellyNsGrotto 7 ай бұрын

I feel this. People are so ignorant of how their environment can negatively impact brilliant people.

@kathywallis7246 Жыл бұрын

I had to leave my job for the same reason. I tried to adapt for them but they decided the change was just as bad. Wrong, but I didn't argue. Right now, my husband is supporting us until I get published. Writing is far better.

@neo7566 5 ай бұрын

I deal with it too. I have people constantly talking around me, to the point I have to constantly wear noise canceling headphones. I wish I could move into another room. You deal with what you got.

@karynd2368 20 күн бұрын

Now I realize why I was so distracted in the workforce. The only jobs. Enjoyed were the ones where I could switch tasks continuously. I had a hard time sitting in a chair doing same thing all day.

@barrypickford1443 8 ай бұрын

I’m a visual merchandiser and we set collections during opening hours a lot of the time. I’ve gotten myself to bordering on self harming when I’ve been out under pressure and so agitated by interruptions.

@greenbriar07 6 ай бұрын

My boss just turned our office floor into a pinball machine and game room as a present to the company. I blast the calming sounds of Heathrow airport through my earbuds to block the racket out. On Fridays it becomes a 3pm TGIF bar, and I have to arrive early or come back on Saturday to finish my work. :(

@lauralabib158 6 ай бұрын

That’s why I like this new concept instead of or additional to CVs, to prepare a “manual of me”.. Especially for people that have struggles we don’t see, which is more and more, and healing can start if we have honest and open conversations with empathy.. performance goes up and so on .. Contrary to popular belief that no conflict is needed for top performance, in fact medium levels of conflict lead to top performance according to research (low is people pleasing and high is toxic); I’m not saying go and make a scene, I am saying communicate clearly, openly your needs, expectations, discomforts but also while attuned to the same in those around you (we don’t want it a 100% me scenario) etc ❤ one behavior I notice among some people with ADHD is a me-centered behavior..

@stephenlamley541 7 ай бұрын

Never been able to stay in sny job.

@oscarcat1231 7 ай бұрын

Possibly different IQs and varied ADD symptoms etc

@fullofstars977 Жыл бұрын

I'm the opposite. I need the outside sounds to be able to focus on a task.

@lindsaytoussaint 11 ай бұрын

You might be similar in that it gives you a way of shutting off other “noise”. I go back and forth - I either need some stimuli or absolute quiet with maybe one sound or ambient noise.

@fullofstars977 11 ай бұрын

@@lindsaytoussaint I can't tolerate absolute silence. I have music or an audiobook on 24/7. Probably not very healthy, but I have to get through the day. 🤷‍♀️

@Lilian040210 7 ай бұрын

Same if there's too many people (3 including me) and a ton of noise my brain just leaves and I'm stuck in a stupor

@annekratz7659 Жыл бұрын

How could anyone work like that. But obviously there must be a lot of people. 😅

@nictnt8197 9 ай бұрын

Ear plugs are crazy helpful. I used to just use regular disposable ones all the time. But now, look into loops and flare calm I think it's called. 2 brands with great things.

@JoseMabok 8 ай бұрын

So relate. I remodeled an upscale bar in the middle of a casino in Central City. We were black curtained off from sight….but the sounds,, theses mfers had coin dropping sounds and NO COINS!

@_Ben4810 10 ай бұрын

Strange how someone with ADHD can sit all day at a glaring, flashing, constantly changing computer screen, but yet the slightest office environment noise triggers anxiety & only 5k FB followers....!?! That must have been an interesting performance vs health conversation with the CEO.....

@VaeyaKaebrielle 11 ай бұрын

So anyone have suggestions for what to do for work to be successful when you get sensory overload?...working from home seems the only way..but finding a company that will hire me just to do clerical work from home as proven difficult despite my experience. It's overwheling because I need a job, but I know I won't make it at just any old place just to make money..I know I'm not the only one that has this issue..but how do ppl do it/deal with this issue?

@VaeyaKaebrielle 11 ай бұрын

I have to wear earplugs just to make it in the grocery store, and that's to get sustininance. It's a necessity.