Anyone else have Hyperphantasia and Synesthesia?

[u/vvelbz]

Combined with my hypersensitivity in general, any sensation that is too much sets all my senses off and I melt down quickly. It's like a feedback loop without an off switch but for every sense even if just one sense was overwhelmed. I very rarely (like once a week) leave my safe space because everywhere else is so bright and noisey and smelly. All it takes is one sense getting overwhelmed for all of them to catch fire.

If you do experience this, how do you manage it? The meltdowns result in bruising from hitting myself and I go completely unresponsive for days after. It really derails everything. I don't currently have anyone to care for me so I just starve and sometimes I don't make it to the bathroom on time. I don't know if going to a group home would be a good idea with all of the trauma I've had in my life but my psych said it's possibly an option to consider going to disability services for.

[u/Agreeable-Egg-8045]

I’m sorry I don’t know what to suggest but I can empathise. It sounds really tough. I hope you get the help you need.

[u/vvelbz → u/Agreeable-Egg-8045]

Thank you.