I’m Andychen, a psychology researcher and writer focusing on human cognition, emotion, and behavior. Sensory overload is when the world turns up the volume, too bright, too loud, too much, all at once. As a psychology researcher and writer, I study how brains process information, and I’ve also felt that flood myself: fluorescent lights that buzz like a chorus, overlapping chatter that blurs into static. In this guide, I’ll explain what sensory overload is, how it shows up across conditions like autism, ADHD, and anxiety, and what’s actually helped me, grounded in research and careful, firsthand testing.<\/p>\n\n\n
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