Map of Monotropic Experiences

Tides of the Sensory Sea

Stuck

In plain words

Sound, light, touch and smell come in strong. Some days much more than others. It is not a mood. It is your senses.

Neurodivergent people are hypersensitive to mindset and environment due to a greater number of neuronal connections. They have both a higher risk for trauma and a large capacity for sensing safety.

Janae Elisabeth — in their own words

What changes this

Control over the inputs. Light you can dim, sound you can leave, fabric you chose — the tide is not a mood, and the lever is in the room rather than in the person.

Where it is on the map

Area 19 of twenty, printed on the map as Tides of the Sensory Sea. It borders:

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