14/11/2025
🌈 Understanding Sensory Overload & Neurodivergence
Sensory overwhelm isn’t “bad behaviour,” defiance, or attention-seeking.
It’s a nervous system under pressure too much sound, light, emotion, or expectation hitting all at once. The brain jumps into survival mode, and the person is simply trying to cope in the only way their system can manage.
For many neurodivergent people (ADHD, autism, trauma-shaped nervous systems), this is an everyday reality.
Feeling “too much,” shutting down, withdrawing, or melting down isn’t a choice it’s a response to overload.
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How I Can Help:
In therapy, I support neurodivergent adults, teens, and families by:
✔️ Helping you understand your sensory profile — what spikes overwhelm and what soothes it
✔️ Co-regulation techniques to steady the nervous system
✔️ Building personalised coping tools (visual aids, grounding strategies, routines)
✔️ Reducing shame around masking, meltdowns, shutdowns, and emotional fatigue
✔️ Identifying early signs of overload and learning how to respond before it becomes too much
✔️ Supporting parents to understand their child’s cues, needs, and emotional world
✔️ Creating a safe, non-judgemental space where you’re understood, not criticised
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If you are struggling with sensory overload, emotional overwhelm, or feeling “too much,” you’re not alone.
There are ways to make life feel calmer, clearer, and more manageable — and I can walk that journey with you. ❤️🌈