What happens when you experience 'sensory overload'?

[someotherguy]

What I mean by this is essentially what happens when you walk into a casino, bright lights, loud noises, lots of good tasting and smelling food, or at a party. My personal reaction is being extremely happy and outgoing, as opposed to normally being fairly shy. Some of my friends say they just immediately feel tired, or stressed, so what happens to you when you experience sensory overload?

 

[Legendairy314]

I usually get a little hyped up but crash shortly afterwords. More of me processing awake=more of me needing to process asleep.

 

[grimsprice]

I'm fine, i can take it almost any amount of information with hyper retention levels; if any of you remember the "can i learn DnD in a day and a half" thread, yeah, that was me, and i pulled it off.

I learned DnD in less than 8 hours. I win.

....However, when i use this super power i get the worst migrains that anyone can imagine. I actually have a bottle of oxycodone in my room just in case.

 

[Betancore]

Confusion, a headache, and dizziness. Occasionally. If it's a good kind of energy, then I let it carry me along, but I often feel either slightly detached, or, well, 'overloaded.'

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Places like that make me hyper and energetic! and I really really like big sparkly flashing lights. It just appeals to me in the same way as you see something shiny and go "ooh.. shiny thing!".. I think it is part of the reason I find big cities at nighttime more beautiful than any nature sight. In somewhere like Vegas I would be in my element.

 

[Railgun88]

Ever been to Ozzfest as your first concert? I have, and I was fine and quite energetic too. Wait, nevermind, that was the molly, opium, and other various herbs. But anyways, I'm usually quite happy and just can't get to sleep afterwards.

 

[Hammer's Girl]

I can't cope. If there are two sounds in a room I have to listen to the loudest one so normally I keep the TV to just below speaking volume (figuring it's better to ignore the telle than someone who is trying to talk to me).
The other day someone had managed to set the TV volume to the exact same as their conversation and I freaked out. I couldn't listen to either and kept just hearing snatches of both. I ended up with my hands over my ears trying to block both of them out and eventually retreated to bed and had a mild panic attack.

Yeah, I'm a bit weird.

 

[SimuLord]

I just completely break down. I'm not sure if it qualifies as a seizure exactly, but the symptoms are the same.

Interestingly, the sound of a baby screaming will elicit this reaction from me EVERY. SINGLE. TIME...which is one reason I don't have kids.

 

[rockera]

I have to register where the sights and sounds are coming from otherwise I get really panicky, it's the same in large crowds and if I can't calm down then I just block out all the sounds.

 

[RaphaelsRedemption]

I have a panic attack.

I freak out, cry, shake, my heart races, I feel nauseous, dizzy and faint, and I become disoriented.

It really sucks.