Sensory
Perceiving, tracking, and estimating the passage of time.
What is time blindness?
A period of intense, prolonged concentration
What is hyperfocus?
Consciously or unconsciously hiding your traits and behaviours to fit in.
What is masking?
Inability to effectively manage or control your emotional responses.
What is emotional dyregulation?
How you respond to sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.
What is sensory processing?
Inability to estimate how long tasks will take
What is time blindness?
Difficulty pausing actions, words, or emotions before they are expressed
What is impulsivity?
Continuously and repetitively replaying the same thoughts in your mind.
What is rumination?
Reading internal body signals such as pain, hunger, or fullness.
What is interoception?
The ability to plan, focus attention, manage emotions, and achieve goals
What is executive function?
Extreme emotional pain and distress triggered by the perception of being rejected, criticised, or failing to meet expectations.
What is rejection sensitivity dysphoria?
Temporarily hold and manipulate information in our minds for brief periods.
What is working memory?
Sense of our bodies and body awareness.
What is proprioception?
The pace at which your brain takes in the information it receives
What is processing speed?
Extreme resistance to everyday requests and expectations.
What is demand avoidance?
A physical, emotional and cognitive exhaustion caused by prolonged masking and overextension.
What is neurodivergent burnout?
An over-responsiveness or physical pain to everyday sensory inputs such as noise, light or texture.
What is sensory hypersensitivity?
Too many instructions, information or questions resulting in a fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown.
What is cognitive overload?
Interpretation of language, instructions, and social cues according to their exact, straightforward meanings.
What is literal processing?
Excessive worry or dread about an upcoming event or situation.
What is anticipatory anxiety?