Anonymous #2 1w

Thank you! Gonna try practicing doing more of these doodle patterns, I think I can add them to a lot of my full pieces (I’m an illustrator) if they’re a bit more polished and I’m confident I know what I’m doing (as opposed to just winging it and seeing what happens. Valid approach, but I’d prefer something more consistent and reliable for finished pieces lol)

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Anonymous sage_cyclone46 1w

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Anonymous #3 1w

Thank you lol, maybe sometime in the future if the opportunity presents itself!

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Anonymous #4 1w

And I need to stop all sound to fix it.

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Anonymous #4 1w

Canceling out all sound helps, but what I often find helps more for me personally is doing something while I wait out the overstimulation or even shut down. Sometimes this is playing a comfort game, sometimes this is watching a comfort movie, sometimes it’s drawing something to express how I feel or a mindless doodle while listening to music I like. Doing all of these helps block out the world around me and I can feel better about the time spent recovering, like I got something out of it other-

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Anonymous OP 1w

-than just returning to my baseline, yk?

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Anonymous OP 1w

If I’m out with others though I just pop earplugs in and hover nearby everyone without speaking or really emoting until I’m back to normal lol

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Anonymous OP 1w

Also I have to be listening to the music with noise canceling earbuds (don’t like headphones usually), blocking out the audio of the world around me is a BIG part of it

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Anonymous OP 4d

Nope. Would not work for me. The noise needs to stop. Nothing will fix it that isn’t even noise related. It makes me frusterated about everything else. I can’t exist with that noise

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Anonymous OP 4d

Or I could be listening to music in earbuds. Yeah the noise cancelling ones of course lol so all I can hear is the music. Than I’m chill. Even if it’s full blast lol

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