Sensory overload

Learn to recognize sensory overload with this list of common signs of sensory overload.

Recognising Signs of Sensory Overload Have you ever noticed someone becoming more irritable or withdrawing from social situations? These could be signs of sensory overload! By recognising these signs, we can step in with helpful strategies to ease sensory overload and promote comfort and well-being.

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Navigate sensory overload with practical strategies and a free checklist of calming techniques. Identify sensory triggers, build sensory safety, and support nervous system regulation.

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Regardless of the reason, or if it happens every day or only once in a blue moon, experiencing sensory overload is no fun. You feel your mind and body go from 0 to 100, and every sensory thing can feel insanely overwhelming. Finding ways to cope with this unpleasant experience can make a world of difference, especially if you’re wanting to avoid meltdowns, panic attacks, or other negative directions sensory overload can roll down.

We can manage sensory overload by creating a sensory safety plan. This plan allows us to learn which sensory inputs calm us or we prefer and which sensory inputs overwhelm us. We can then craft accommodation needs and sensory environments around this, and create a sensory kit with sensory items to help us when we get overwhelmed. Do you want help with creating a sensory toolkit or learning how to cope with sensory overload? Call us at 1-437-291-8807 or email us at hello@blueskylearning.ca

If you find yourself with sensory overload, these are a few coping mechanisms: • Take a shopping list with you to focus on the task at hand • Plan to leave events early • Keep a plan with you. It could also help to write down your triggers and how you have overcome them in the past • When at an event. try to speak to people in quiet areas such as corners or in a separate room • Inform people about your neurodiversity, whenever you feel safe to do so. They can provide you with support