Current Events > What is it with zoomers and "Sensory overload"?

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I've had about a dozen zoomers around the age of 18-20 tell me that they can't get a job because they have "sensory overload" problems. Is this just fibromyalgia all over again?

Chadwick69 posted...

Is this just fibromyalgia all over again?

I can feel my hair

Just like zoomers and wanting days off for a "Mental Health break"

Back in my day, we worked our selves until we fucking died and we loved every second of it!

I mean, I also have a problem with sensory overload and I'm a millennial. Its not that bad that I can't keep my job. It almost sounds like an excuse....

I'll say that, as I work in a small area, with cooks and servers, its extremely difficult not to flare out. Lots of slamming dishes and loud talking and too many people in one small place where you can't get out of and its like "Who do I punch first?!"

Flauros posted...

Just like zoomers and wanting days off for a "Mental Health break"

Back in my day, we worked our selves until we fucking died and we loved every second of it!

man...I'd love for mental health to be a just reason to take a day off. When the depression flares up and you just want to hide and you can't because Becky needs her eggs....

As a gen-x, I actively persue sensory overload.

Chadwick69 posted...

I've had about a dozen zoomers around the age of 18-20 tell me that they can't get a job because they have "sensory overload" problems. Is this just fibromyalgia all over again?

I think it can be a symptom of Autism (ASD), as for why it never occured before is sadly a lot of people with Autism just got left by the wayside, and would have had to conform or be ostracized.
Anyone with severe Autism would just have been sent to an asylum back in the day, especially if they complained about "too much things happening at once", that'd get them a trip straight there.

Chadwick69 posted...

Is this just fibromyalgia all over again?

What kind of dumb shit are you insinuating?

I definitely experience sensory overload as a symptom of my anxiety I'm pretty sure. I start to feel every strand of hair moving over my skin, my body starts to become severely itchy everywhere, my uh underwear in particular start to become astoundingly uncomfortable. My doctor actually asked if I'd ever been diagnosed with a sensory disorder, but I have never looked into it because its newly manifested as my anxiety and depression have gotten worse.

dameon_reaper posted...

man...I'd love for mental health to be a just reason to take a day off. When the depression flares up and you just want to hide and you can't because Becky needs her eggs....

That's when you just lie and say you're sick.

Well, it's not technically a lie. Which is why it works so well. And your boss legally isn't entitled to the details last I checked. >_>

coolguyjimmy posted...

I think it can be a symptom of Autism (ASD), as for why it never occured before is sadly a lot of people with Autism just got left by the wayside, and would have had to conform or be ostracized.
Anyone with severe Autism would just have been sent to an asylum back in the day, especially if they complained about "too much things happening at once", that'd get them a trip straight there.

oh yeah, I forgot its a symptom of autism too...

I've stopped giving any reasons for why I'm calling off. If I need a day off doesn't matter if I'm on the toilet with an active portal to Hell replacing my asshole or if I just have no remaining dopamine in my brain. If I can't come in, I can't come in.

Kim_Seong-a posted...

That's when you just lie and say you're sick.

Well, it's not technically a lie. Which is why it works so well. And your boss legally isn't entitled to the details last I checked. >_>

my employer will tell me to get a doctor's excuse. She's had done some cool things like getting me to go to a doctor when I had an anxiety attack so major that I shut down. I finally got my foot in the door and got on anxiety medicine which has helped with the sensory overload but the depression is still there.

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Seriously. It has got to take more effort to be shitty about it than to just go "Damn, thats awful. Hope things improve for you"

I get that at Walmart sometimes. Too much shit. Too many people. I think the lighting is weird maybe?

I dunno. But sometimes I get overwhelmed there.

I shoulda known CE would be filled with the sensory overload types of people lmao

I'd make a comment back but I'd get modded

Dreepapult posted...

I get that at Walmart sometimes. Too much shit. Too many people. I think the lighting is weird maybe?

I dunno. But sometimes I get overwhelmed there.

Walmart is one of my major problem places. Too many people that just stand in the way, loudly talking, don't pay attention to their surroundings.

Chadwick69 posted...

I shoulda known CE would be filled with the sensory overload types of people lmao

you should probably start on extracting your head from your ass

Its not as bad as having that anal glaucoma.

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I'm not worth talking to because of my preferred pronouns? Wow.

Chadwick69 posted...

Is this just fibromyalgia all over again?

Fib... what?

You're clearly trolling

I think it's less a generation thing and more of a symptom of certain mental handicaps.

Trolling about autism is pretty fucked, tbh.

Zoomers are infamous for being giant wusses

I'm anticipating someone getting warned or suspended from this topic. Can't wait!

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Ok i didnt really read the post. Hes complaining about people on the spectrum thats not cool.

But my comment is still true lol

I will rarely get agitated from sensory overload. If I had to deal with that type of shit every day at an elevated level idk how I'd be able to function

Stallion_Prime posted...

Zoomers are infamous for being giant wusses

Zoomers are on track to being much better than the generations before them. Old people ugly cry about "cancel culture" and Millenials are already getting crotchety in their 30s.

Meanwhile Zoomers have the benefit of being born into this world disillusioned to the traditionalist "work hard support the system" bullshit. The parasocial relationships with insufferable influencers is troublesome but hey, nobody's perfect >_>

Kim_Seong-a posted...

Zoomers are on track to being much better than the generations before them. Old people ugly cry about "cancel culture" and Millenials are already getting crotchety in their 30s.

Meanwhile Zoomers have the benefit of being born into this world disillusioned to the traditionalist "work hard support the system" bullshit. The parasocial relationships with insufferable influencers is troublesome but hey, nobody's perfect >_>

I mean.. it helps that they didnt get fucked raw by the previous gens as bad as the way millenials did lol

Kim_Seong-a posted...

Meanwhile Zoomers have the benefit of being born into this world disillusioned to the traditionalist "work hard support the system" bullshit. The parasocial relationships with insufferable influencers is troublesome but hey, nobody's perfect >_>

I like this.

Z is the X X should have been.
Gen X amounted to nothing.

sensory overload is real

chose to make the entire interior of my house gray for this very reason

Stop taking the bait from these sad trolls.

the problem is you can't even suggest self improvement nowadays, lest you be labelled a bigot or a kinkshamer or a terf or an abuser or whatever other insults they use.

"i don't know why i'm so depressed!"
well, try a week without porn, booze, shit food, weed, zero exercise, etc.

Naysaspace posted...

the problem is you can't even suggest self improvement nowadays, lest you be labelled a bigot or a kinkshamer or a terf or an abuser or whatever other insults they use.

"i don't know why i'm so depressed!"
well, try a week without porn, booze, shit food, weed, zero exercise, etc.

no, the problem is that people like you who are unqualified to suggest what someone does to improve their conditions like to do that

no porn, booze, bad food, weed, etc. and i'm still depressed
i exercise and get a momentary period of feeling better, but then oh yeah still depressed

if you are not a medical professional or someone that was specifically asked for advice, you can just shut the fuck up

Naysaspace posted...

the problem is you can't even suggest self improvement nowadays, lest you be labelled a bigot or a kinkshamer or a terf or an abuser or whatever other insults they use.

"i don't know why i'm so depressed!"
well, try a week without porn, booze, shit food, weed, zero exercise, etc.

Self-improvement? How dare you. Just give me more medication and less responsibility!

I think everybody gets sensory overload, zoomers are just less likely to deal with shit they perceive as detrimental to their health and I think that's ok. People need to stand up for themselves more. Right now we are still operating under boomer created culture and it's time to move on.

what is it with millennials and avocado toast?

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what a useless post