AUTISTIC Sensory Overload - How It Impacts My Life As An Autistic Person

In this video I answer more of your questions on my sensory challenges. Plus I share how I reacted to my son being diagnosed as #Autistic.
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[@jasongledhill6596]

I've been diagnosed autistic but listoning to your content has taught me so much about myself and that I'm not just odd I'm autisic

[@rkgomes3875]

The conversation you had with the camera from 0:00 to 1:14 is literally ME at least once a day. It’s SO irritating because it doesn’t MAKE SENSE!!! And people literally look at me like I’m the weird one. 😂

[@FustFPV]

Im listening to you talk about having 5 subscribers..... Huge congrats on changing that 5 subs to 5 thousand, plus another 150 thousand on top of that :P

[@HispanicHarpie]

Was having huge issues with my misophonia sensory issues and felt bad but finding this video made me feel understood. So happy to see how much your channel has grown because I was so shocked to hear you say 5 subscribers. Look at ya now! Thank you so much for your videos. Helps me understand my daily struggles and feel seen

[@suanach]

Oh wow, I've been subscribed to your channel for over a year (maybe ... two?) and just found this video. You've sure come a long way; congratulations! Thanks for the explanation of noise sensitivity. I found out I'm autistic almost exactly three years ago at age 58, and your channel is one of my favorites. I was searching for something to explain my noise sensitivity to a(n ex-?)friend who thinks I'm just a "complainer" and looking for ways to insult her/hate everything she does, so I'm going to send this to her (starting around 9 minutes in because, as a neurotypical, she has no patience). Funny, speaking of noticing things that _other_ people do that drive you crazy yet it doesn't bother _you_ ... the _background music_ on this video is driving me crazy/making it hard for me to hear what you're saying! Thanks for ditching it! BTW, in the video description, I tried clicking on your "Understanding Autism" playlist & got an error saying that playlist doesn't exist. You may want to update that.) THANKS for all you do and just getting better & better all the time!🙂

[@MelancoliaI]

Dude I hear your struggle in every word you say. I'm from the US, so I can't relate to kangroo-related issues. But I can definitely relate to how an instance of sensory overload knocks me into a corner and keeps me there. ANY stimulus can send your brain down a path "oh this thing is related to that thing, and then that thing, and oh yeah the other thing" and AGAIN AND AGAIN AND ON AND ON. Some random thing I see, hear or otherwise encounter causes A TRAIN OF OBSESSIVE AND UNCONTROLLABLE THOUGHT that just drags me onto its roller-coaster and I'm just trying to stay calm and...thanks. Thank you for being relatable.(EDIT: I'm gonna say RELATE again because I use the same word over and over when I rant)

[@rkgomes3875]

I stumbled upon your channel yesterday via TikTok, actually. I have subscribed here, TikTok, FB, and IG. I love your channel so far. I am 41 and diagnosed last month! I feel so LIBERATED. For ONCE in my life I feel like it’s going to be OK. I have spent ALL. THIS. TIME. Masking, and wondering why I react the way I do, and why I don’t fit in.

[@orionkelly]

Welcome!

[@CoolDudeClem]

I know all about this. For me it's noise. I can remember 3 times when I would literally scream at my neighbors for making noise. One time they were taking the garden wall down, noise was invading MY space, it was too much at me, so I yelled at them. Another neighbor of mine (who thankfully is gone now) would play party music really loud, I couldn't tune it out, I screamed at him. Yet another neighbor got a chainsaw and started using it just about every day, to me it's just more noise I can't tolerate, so I screamed at him. I feel so trapped as I just can move my house to somewhere quiet.

[@katherinegore9548]

I am curious about how autistic people go about building successful relationships with their spouses, children, and friends. Conversely, how do neurotypical people build successful relationships with their autistic spouses, family members, and friends?

[@samanthabeaty4578]

You're well over 5,000 subscribers now, including me! Well done. :)

[@orionkelly]

Thanks so much Sam. I’m grateful for your support.

[@jim_jam_dseries]

Regarding the kangaroo situation, I had the exact same conversation with my father who was in local government. They are now required to allow deceased animals to decompose on the roadside, rather than removing the animals and taking them elsewhere. My autistic brain still thinks this is ridiculous....😒

[@Desiloveu]

@@jim_jam_dseries So disrespectful, too.

[@mathieugagnon7989]

Can I say, this is an EPIC SHIRT.

[@amandamandamands]

It took me until I was in my mid 20s before I could swallow tablets, before that even the water in my mouth wouldn't go down if there was a tablet in my mouth. Ok with it these days but if I don't need to take any for a while I do have some problems the first couple of times

[@PumpkinSpicePretzels]

I had a dream last night that I was abandoned on a road trip by the three other people I was with. I realized this had something to do with my past, and that "the way I am" had to do with it. For some reason, differences or behavior that I feel are minor or insignificant are considered by neurotypicals to be worth abandoning a human over.

[@terriem3922]

I didn't even think hey, they could have removed the kangaroo until you said it. Then I started laughing.

[@adolfohernandez5970]

Keep up the work, my dude. 💪😎

[@terriem3922]

Hide the tablets in chocolate pudding or apple sauce. Might work. I take several deep breaths before I take the tablet in case it gets stuck, I can cough it out.

[@yasmeenamzk]

And now you have 80k subscribers 🎉

[@norrit4ever]

Lol I thought you were going to say the bubbles. I have never liked carbonated drinks because of the bubbles in my mouth. And lol chewing tomatoes yuck. It's not taste, it's the texture!

[@marymyers4751]

I subscribed...I like your energy and yeh...you talk about kangaroos.

[@neryshart]

What a great video😊

[@TheMisterSvensson]

8:40 Yes! Eating/drinking sounds totally breaks the brain!🤯

[@janlul7002]

You have a very beautiful name lad. Orion that was brave enough to challenge the scorpion.

[@StephyPaige98]

Wow, 5 subs! Honestly I am more surprised that this video has 2.7k views, most channels only have a few hundred views if that on their first videos. Though considering it is a channel for Autistic people I guess it makes sense that others would go back and watch all the videos in order of uploads too 😅😂

[@Bowserkitty]

:D happy your at +77,000 subscribers now!!

[@robertkrzyminski5664]

@orionkelly I have the same thing with tablets. I recently found a hack for capsules though. Drink something to hydrate your mouth. Keep the capsule in your mouth for ~30 seconds until you can feel it gets a bit soft and ideally a bit slippery. That's when you can flush it down with a gulp and it's less likely to get stuck. With tablets, I just have to dissolve it with small amount of water, swallow that and then chase down with a drink. Hope that helps :)

[@kenmaingot]

I find their world highly disordered. I think it's unfortunate we "have to" adapt ourselves to such disorder. I look forward to the day, if it comes, when we don't have to. When there's a saner alternative. Thank you for this content.

[@PumpkinSpicePretzels]

I've hated listening to people eat in a quiet room for decades... and unfortunately this has affected my ability to work with others at times (like when they're snacking or eating lunch at their desk), or even be around certain people when they're eating at all.

[@mirin9851]

Not long after listening to this video first time around a few weeks ago, one of neighbours had a visitor on a motor bike and was giving rides up and down the street. Lasted about 20 mins but drove me crazy to the point I wanted to scream at them to cut out the frikkin noise. Part of my mind recognised that they were allowed to do this, but it didnt stop it making me frantic

[@amandamandamands]

I know this is really late but when travelling do you flag yourself as disabled at the time of booking. A lot of airports are part of the hidden disabilities program and will have a person assigned to you to help you from check-in to getting through security and to your gate. I only learned about it in the last year so haven't used it yet but it sounds like it would make an enormous difference for negotiating all of that stress.

[@orionkelly]

I haven’t until recently. But have found staff education is still low.

[@amandamandamands]

@@orionkelly Must say that doesn't surprise me, it was a big freak out the last time I flew that the airport had changed to self check in kiosks and then going over to put your baggage in instead of going up to a counter. Didn't know about the program then and had issues going through security and was going into meltdown. Discovered at that point that security doesn't know how to recognise a meltdown/someone having issues with anxiety.

[@SusanHayesMusic]

I have to swallow tablets along with something gloopy, I just can't do it with water, I have always struggled. I have to take a tablet with whole milk, or smoothie, or milkshake, or a yogurty drink.

[@anjachan]

I hate hearing others eating too LOL

[@stani.k]

Seeing this video and you're on 184k Subs!

[@visionvixxen]

Absolute worst is if you buy a building and you rent out to others and the staircase to that building is so not solid that shockingly you hear them go up and down the stairs like their elephants 1 million times in the morning and you’re trying to sleep because you work night shift And General you wanna see or hear your neighbors and hear everything because there should be laws against building this

[@jantaljaard835]

I like his shirt.

[@Sinead364]

That first question is really weird to me. Why would you not wait until the berruca had dissolved. That's the whole point of berruca. Dissolving it in water to make a nice drink without having to swallow a tablet. I think that really strange to drink it before it's dissolved 😂 but then that's probably my ASD brain living in a strange neuro typical world

[@neia7560]

The background music 😱

[@mooncove]

I'm very new to this channel (found out i was autistic a year & a half ago), after I've watched tons of other autistic KZbinrs, i can't believe it's taken YT so long to recommend me your channel. i can't stop watching it because whatever part of the spectrum you're on, i think i relate the most to your experiences. (Or is it your broadcasting persona that makes you so relatable? How much are you masking while you're making these videos??? Or is it both?) Anyway, i haven't commented yet because pretty much EVERYTHING you say, i'm like 'Uh-huh,' 'Yep!,' 'OMG, that's so me!' (In my goofy American accent, yup, uh-huh.😉) i usually watch videos and make long rambling posts, but I can't even comment on anything because there's just TOO much I agree with! (Except I don't have children. But I've gained so much appreciation for my mother raising an undiagnosed autistic daughter. I just wish I could tell her; she died two years ago this month, and she became that 'best friend' I did everything with & could talk with for hours--both by 'mutally agreed-upon interruption.' I feel so alone without her) Okay, speaking of the sound of people eating ... how about people CLIPPING THEIR FINGERNAILS (outside of a bathroom or someplace with a trash bin nearby)??? Drives me nuts. And the texture of bananas, brussels sprouts, CELERY ...🤢!!! i used to have the pill-swallowing problem, but I was almost an adult when my 'sainted' mother taught me to put the tablet as far back on my tongue as possible & take a big gulp of water so I wouldn't feel it going down. Good thing too because you're, what, 79? _89?_ Well, I just turned 60, & I have to take a LOT of pills!!!

[@Louiseclaire64]

The background noise cracking sound makes it difficult to focus on what you're saying😳

[@visionvixxen]

The background music is annoying