Recently I discovered something called “flooding.” After a stroke, “flooding” is common. What is flooding? A great website explains what I still go through even after 5 years after my strokes : “Sensory overload 'flooding' after brain injury: Can you imagine living in a world that sounded like a loud concert, the music is so loud that you can’t think straight –one concert that had strobe lights and spot lights shining on you; a world where everything seemed too “busy,” smelled really badly or made you feel uncomfortable in your own skin? I can’t. This is life for a person who suffers from sensory overload. Most of us don’t even notice half of what people with acquired brain injury hear. Their brain is unable to filter it out.” Many brain injury survivors experience sensory overload of the brain. By: · sounds · ...
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