Neurodivergent Social Anxiety: Symptoms in Social Situations
Social interaction can require far more than talking. We may need to follow several voices, interpret facial expressions, decide when to speak, filter background noise,…
Author: Johan Lammers, MSc
I founded sensoryoverload.info after being diagnosed with AuDHD in my early forties. Through this platform, I share what I continue to learn, in the hope that it helps neurodivergent adults feel less alone, better understand themselves, and find approaches that fit their lives. I draw on my MSc in Psychology, years of hyperfocused neurodiversity research, and my own ongoing experience of living with AuDHD.
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What Helps Nervous System Regulation in Autism?
Autistic people are often told that they need to regulate their nervous system. The advice that follows may include breathing exercises, mindfulness, cold showers, vagus…
Dysregulated Nervous System: Signs & Causes
“Nervous system dysregulation” has become a popular explanation for an enormous range of experiences. Feeling anxious? Dysregulated nervous system. Feeling tired? Dysregulated nervous system. Procrastinating,…
Neurodivergent Reset: A Practical Reset Plan for Overload
Sometimes the nervous system reaches a point where continuing no longer works. The room feels too loud. Every decision becomes difficult. Words disappear. Small demands…
Autism and Cold Sensitivity: Temperature, Sensory Processing & Regulation
For some autistic people, cold is not merely uncomfortable. A chilly room may make it impossible to think, cold wind may feel physically painful, and…
Autism and Motivation: Why “Lack of Motivation” May Be Something Else
An autistic person may know that something needs to happen. They may care about the outcome, understand the consequences and genuinely intend to act. Yet…
High-Functioning Autism: What the Term Means and Why It Is Changing
Someone may speak fluently, live independently, complete higher education or maintain a demanding job—and still need considerable support. They may hold everything together in public…
Dating Someone With Autism and ADHD: Understanding a Neurodivergent Partner
Dating someone with both autism and ADHD can involve intensity, loyalty, creativity, directness and unusually deep connection. It can also involve apparent contradictions. Your partner…
Autism Obsessions: Intense Interests, Repetition & Hyperfocus
An autistic person may spend hours researching one subject, return to the same story repeatedly, collect detailed information or bring almost every conversation back to…
ADHD Inertia: Why It Can Be So Hard to Start or Switch Tasks
You know what you need to do. You may even want to do it. Yet the distance between your intention and the first physical action…