The overuse of the word overstimulated bothers me sooo bad! Likeeee do you REALLY KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE OVERSTIMULATED??? 🥲

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smthn i heard earlier “ugh I cant even look at that or my OCD will act up” talking abt a classmates messy notebook

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ITS SOOO FUCKING ANNOYINNGGG like no no when I’m overstimulated it makes me want to rip my hair out and tear all my skin off and then explode it’s not just because there’s two songs playing at once and it makes me upset

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I hate it because they don’t understand that I’m not being dramatic when I’m overstimulated. Like I genuinely wanna skin myself or rip out my hair, I am in that much distress. Heck I very frequently end up biting and picking at the skin on my lip or around my nails when I’m overstimulated and the aftermath absolutely sucks

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Semantic bleaching 🥰

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they FREQUENTLY conflate overstimulated and overwhelmed. i have only ever been overstimulated a handful of times in my 21 years of existence. those aren’t colloquial, it’s a term for neurodivergent people in particular 😭

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people will talk about getting drunk or high then going “non verbal” like bitch i’m already doing that sober

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Yeah nt people can feel overstimulated from time to time but definitely not as much as nd people and not nearly as intense

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I’m not diagnosed so I’m sorry, but the feeling of overstimulation for me feels like I’m being eaten alive 😭

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I had someone tell me they were overstimulated bc they were tired. Guys the wall colors start yelling at me when there’s too much going on (I don’t know a better way to describe this feeling)

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