Are You Having Panic Attacks or Sensory Meltdowns?

[@emily_cjw]

When I was younger, I found that I spiral into a meltdown very often when my teachers give instructions one after another, or when people are talking when I'm trying to focus in class. The adults always thought I was throwing a tantrum and didn't want to do work, but it was so difficult to explain to them why I couldn't do all those things and process the whole situation. As I grew older, it only got worse, especially when life gets busy and I don't have the time to process things properly. Only recently when I talked to my therapist about it that I found out I'm hypersensitive the thing I'm experiencing is sensory overload. Thanks for sharing this information. Hopefully more people can learn about these things and learn how to cope, or at least be more mindful towards people around them.

[@lelasharp1144]

It was so hard explaining to my mom that what I am feeling isn’t anxiety and it was a physical feeling thing

[@nicolakelly8457]

This is useful information, thanks. Just to share, given this may be aimed at neurodivergent folks like myself, the fast music over the top of the fast talking felt very overstimulating and I wasn’t able to watch until the end. Might it be possible to post without the music?

[@servicedogskidboot]

Thank you for this video! I’ve been struggling with sensory overload for as long as I can remember! It’s terrible! Bright lights, too many things in a room/store, loud noises, touch, certain smells, vibration. If there is a fold in my pillow, I can’t sleep. Vibration in a vehicle drive me over the edge. I can’t handle busy stores. I am also an agoraphobic, so shopping can be hell. The only way I can do it again is together with my service dog. Just one little suggestion: as someone who really struggles with sensory overload, the music in the background was very distracting and I found it difficult to focus on what you were saying.

[@patriciarennea]

I have sensory issues. Noise is the worst for me. I like quiet, silence. I do not listen to music much, I like the TV off. I cannot filter sounds. I also have it with touch, scent and sight, but noise is the hardest for me. Scent only gets bad with perfumes because so many perfumes are multiple scents. I cannot go into WalMart because the lighting actually makes me feel panicked.

[@sisterimprov]

Oh you so so get me - WalMart is a NIGHTMARE for me, between the lighting and the size and the crowds. I totally understand wanting silence!I get tense with no noise, but I'm really picky about what noise I have. The "wrong" sound will set me off, and some music can basically make me physically sick. I'm so sorry you deal with this too! The scent one sounds AWFUL :( I'm not nearly as bad with that one; I want to hug you!

[@dinamitadinasauria2216]

The background music stresses me out 😅

[@sunnysunnies5434]

Idk what this is but i was just trying to make my bed and i couldn’t stop crying and everything felt wrong i was sweating and rushing to clean my whole room. It’s happened before but this was the onky time i completed the task to a slightly acceptable standard. I also just hatted how my hair felt on my head it was touching me and it was dry. Any advice anyone?