Symptoms
There are a wide variety of symptoms that have been found to be associated with sensory overload. These symptoms can occur in both children and adults. Some of these symptoms are:
- Irritability
- ”Shuts down”, or refuses to participate in activities and/or interact with others
- Avoids touching or being touched
- Gets overexcited
- Covers eyes around bright lights
- Makes poor eye contact
- Covers ears to close out sounds or voices
- Complains about noises that do not affect others
- Has difficulty focusing on an activity
- Constantly jumps from one activity to another, never completing a task
- Irritated by shoes, socks, tags, or different textures
- Over-sensitive to touch, movement, sights, and/or sounds
- Has trouble with social interactions
- Extremely high or extremely low activity levels
- Muscle tension
- Fidgeting and restlessness
- Angry outbursts
- Sleeplessness/fatigue
- Has difficulty concentrating
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