Why are autistic people so hypersensitive? - Be it certain sounds, texture, negative responses, etc.

[Alex Hogendorp]

There a trend with autistic people being sensitive to certain things and I wonder why.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

It's not just autistic people. The human brain did not evolve to be overloaded by sensory stimuli, it can cause fatigue and anxiety. Autistic people just have a more extreme form of this.

I'm hypersensitive to emotional situations. I'm an emotional person. I don't get overstimulated I'm just an extreme empath. I can kind of predict what people feel even before they realize it. I am however sensitive to sounds and smells. I always joke that I can hear a mouse queef and smell its fart from the next town over.

I've become pretty claustrophobic as of recent years due to all the sensory overload and anxiety. It's hard to be stable in a crowded environment.

 

[Mariposa2.0 LTE]

I've become pretty claustrophobic as of recent years due to all the sensory overload and anxiety. It's hard to be stable in a crowded environment.

I've never had a problem with claustrophobia. Crowds scare me.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder. In other words, it makes your brain's wiring all fucky. Many autistic people also have auditory processing disorder, sensory processing disorder, and ADHD. Mix all that up and you have someone who can't reliably process what someone just said, finds touching velvet physically painful, and has natural crackhead energy.

 

[Poop Shoot]

This is like wondering why deaf people can’t hear lol

 

[Mariposa2.0 LTE]

This is like wondering why deaf people can’t hear lol

Or why a man's asshole can't fart without squirting semen.