Overstimulated
What is Overstimulated?
Noise, demands, and emotion exceed your sensory threshold.
When you might feel overstimulated
Overstimulated is a specific form of overloaded, which itself is a type of dysregulated. You might experience this feeling in situations where dysregulated is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define overstimulated.
Emotional Hierarchy
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Open Emotional Dysregulation ADHDRelated Emotions
Thoughts, feelings, and tasks compete without clear order....
Focus keeps breaking, making follow-through difficult....
Cognitive and emotional capacity are both fully occupied....
Initiation and switching feel blocked despite urgency....
Your system drops into low-output mode to self-protect....
Emotional effort has depleted your available energy....