Everything’s Too Loud. Too Bright. Too Much.

⚡ Intro: Welcome to Sensory Overload Mode

If you’re reading this through squinty eyes in a dark room with your phone on 5% brightness… I see you.

Sometimes it’s not the fatigue or the pain or even the brain fog.
Sometimes it’s just everything.
Everything is too much.

This issue is a survival guide — not to fix it, but to make it through it.

🚨 IF THIS… THEN THAT: MS Sensory Overload Edition

If the lights feel like lasers → Wear sunglasses indoors. No shame.
If people talking feels like static → Turn on subtitles. Or leave the room.
If textures feel unbearable → Change. Sit on a towel. Get in bed.
If you can’t stand music, conversation, background noise → Put in earplugs. Or crank white noise.
If your skin is yelling → Loose clothes. Lotion. Ice pack. No bra.
If your brain feels too full to think → Write one sentence on a note. Then rest.

🧠 Reminder: Sensory Overload Is Not a Moral Failing

You’re not broken.
You’re not fragile.
You’re not too much.
The world is just too loud for a nervous system that’s already working overtime.

🔥 Hot Plate, Cold Nerves: The Shutdown Smoothie

Because chewing feels like a personal attack.

• 1 banana

• 1 cup frozen mango

• Splash of almond milk (or whatever’s cold)

• Ice cubes

• Optional: spoonful of peanut butter, chunk of ginger, rage

Blend and sip. Eyes closed. Zero effort. Sensory soft.

💢 Mini Rant: Stop Acting Like Earplugs Are Weird

People will spend $14 on pink noise sleep machines and then judge you for wearing headphones in public.

Let them.
You’re not a noise sponge. You’re allowed to protect your peace.

🗣️ Journal Prompt: