People don’t always see the amount of effort it takes to manage sensory sensitivities every single day.
I try really hard to push through them and do all the “normal” things, but sometimes my nervous system has other plans.
Yesterday I was grocery shopping with my mom when sensory overload came out of nowhere. Within minutes, I knew I had to leave or I was going to start screaming or throw up.
Forget organizing the groceries. Forget putting the cold food in the insulated bags. Everything got tossed into whatever bag was closest because getting out of that store became the only thing my brain could focus on.
My mom took one look at me and drove us home because she knew I was done.
This is what autism can look like. Sometimes there’s no warning, no obvious trigger, and no amount of “just push through it” is going to fix it.
Some days surviving is the accomplishment.
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