![]() It’s all I can think about when it’s happening.” Pleasurable overwhelming to where it’s like, “oh, I need more of that. However, sensory euphoria would still be an overwhelming sensory experience, but overwhelming in the best of ways. We talk about sensory overloads that are painful, and can cause meltdowns, and overwhelms, and the desire, and urge to run away, because the sensory experience can be so painful, or just too much, to where it completely crashes our brains. Thinking about sensory euphoria, it is the opposite of painful sensory overload. I would like to read the original definition, but since I was unable to find it, I’m gonna make my own definition to the best of my ability. If anyone can find, or knows, the originator of this term, sensory euphoria, I would love for you to drop it in the comments below, to give credit where credit is due. I couldn’t find who originally created this term. This is a term that has been around for a while, I do not want to take credit for this. Sensory seeking, with things that can trigger sensory euphoria, can help someone with sensory distress to block out unpleasant sensory sensations, and recenter themselves on sensory experiences, by grounding and focusing on enjoyable sensory stimuli. Seeking out sensory input, such as movements, sounds, tastes, smells, or other experiences, that those of us may find pleasurable, or soothing. ![]() However, we don’t talk about sensory seeking, and how that is actually a very important part of the sensory experience, for those of us who have sensory differences. It’s just typically not going to be too the extreme to which those who have sensory processing differences will experience these things.ĭepending on wether someone is sensory sensitive, in a given area, or if they require more sensory input, for the given stimuli, you will see people often we talk about sensory aversions, sensory overload, and things that people need to avoid, because they are sensory triggers. However, that’s not to say that a NeuroTypical person, or someone who does not have sensory processing disorder, cannot have sensory things that will cause them sensory overwhelm, or overload. NeuroDivergent People, and people who have sensory processing differences, often will have their senses in the more extreme ends of things, where their sliders are slid further up, to where they are more sensitive, or less sensitive to stimuli, when compared to air quotes “average” NeuroTypical sensory experiences. The NeuroTypicals, or people who don’t have sensory processing differences, tend to be pretty mild, in the middle averages, for sensory processing and all of those unique little sliders that can go up and down. We’ve got all of these little sliders on the board that has “sight smell, touch, taste, your balance, and how, how your ability to feel where your body is in space”, all of the different senses are on this board for each and every person. I like to think of people’s individual sensory profiles as each person having their own unique little DJ sound controller board. I like to make things visual, and I’m gonna use a musical reference, because music is a very big, important factor in my life, and always has been. How our brains decode and process sensory information can, significantly, impact how we interact with people, and the environment around us.Īutistic and NeuroDivergent People have sensory processing differences, sometimes referred to as a sensory processing disorder if those differences cause problems in our ability to live and engage in the world around us.Įvery single human being, whether they are NeuroDivergent, NeuroTypical, Autistic, non-Autistic, has their own unique sensory profile, that can vary greatly from person to person, even Autistic Person to Autistic Person. Humans use our senses to interpret the world. Many people, and public spaces in the modern world, are, unfortunately, inaccessible to me, because they were not designed with my sensory needs in mind.Ī lot of time, we spend talking about sensory distress, sensory overload, and sensory troubles, because these things often are more obvious to people on the outside, or can be more of an inconvenience on our day to day lives… but there’s also a good side to these sensory differences, called sensory euphoria, and I wanna talk more about that with you today. Being Autistic means I have sensory processing differences. My name is Lyric, and I am a late diagnosed, multiply NeuroDivergent human being. If this is a new one, and you’d like to know more, please do stay tuned. Welcome back Lyric here, and this week, I’m going to be talking about sensory euphoria. ![]() The words “Sensory Euphoria” floats in front of them in pale teal and green letters. ID: Lyric, a pale skinned nonbinary person with short green, teal, purple, pink, orange, and yellow hair with shaved sides and jet black roots is sitting behind a white microphone in an RV with dark wood panel walls. ![]()
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