Too much sensory input can overstimulate your brain and cause emotional distress or shutdown. Sensory overload can happen with anxiety disorders, autism, and ADHD, but anyone can experience it. Taking ...
Earlier this month at Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, a 5-year-old patient with autism was refusing to have his blood pressure checked or let nurses place an IV in his arm for needed ...
Sensory overload occurs when the brain becomes overwhelmed by the volume or nature of the sensory inputs it receives. Sensory inputs can be any stimuli that enter through one of the sensory modalities ...