Map of Monotropic Experiences

Tides of the Sensory Sea

Stuck

Drift, wave — drawn with shapes from the map builder, which you can use to draw your own.

In plain words

Sound, light, touch, taste and smell come in strong. So do balance, body position, and signals from inside your body. 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, and all eight senses counted. Light you can dim, sound you can leave, fabric you chose — and room for interoception, proprioception and the vestibular sense, which the familiar five leave out. 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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