Tag: Sensory Overload

• Living With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.

  

  It’s often described as “just a headache” but, living with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension feels like so much more. This is what it’s really like to live with the pressure, the symptoms, and the parts of an invisible condition that are hardest to explain — but impossible to ignore.

  Jordan Elliot Beaven

  12th April 2026

  General

  Autistic Adult, ChronicIllness, Disability Awareness, Disabled Life, HealingOutLoud, IdiopathicIntracranialHypertension, IIHAwareness, InvisibleIllness, Lived Experience, MentalHealthMatters, Neurodivergent Life, Sensory Overload, Writing

• Why I’m Speaking Loudly About My Reality

  

  800 days. That’s how long my life has been paused inside hospital walls. What started as survival has turned into exhaustion, trauma, and a body that can’t stay silent anymore. This is the reality of institutionalisation, seizures, and FND — and what happens when your “normal” was never normal to begin with. I’m speaking loudly…

  Jordan Elliot Beaven

  18th February 2026

  General, Mental Health, Trauma Healing

  ADHD, anxiety, AuDHD, Autism, Autism Burnout, Autistic Adult, Autistic Meltdown, Blogging, Chronic illness, Complex-PTSD, depersonalisation, derealisation, Different Universe, difficult emotions, Disability, Disability Awareness, Disabled, Disabled Life, disconnection, dissociating, Education, grief and growth, Hospital Life, isolating, Life After Trauma, Life Changing, Lifestyle, Long-Term Hospital Stay, Long-term Illness, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, mental health blog UK, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Struggles, mental isolation, mental-illness, Neurodivergent, Neurodivergent Life, Neurodivergent Life Blog, NHS, PTSD, Recovery, Rehabilitation, scared, Sensory Overload, Suicide Attempt Survivor, Trauma Healing, Trauma Recovery, Traumatic Events, Wheelchair User

• Burnout, Meltdowns, and Learning Myself All Over Again (Again)

  

  Lately, I’ve been deep in autistic burnout—navigating meltdowns, shutdowns, and the overwhelm that comes from sensory overload and doing too much. I’m learning to recognise the signs, separate mental health crises from autistic responses, and find ways to soothe myself before I hit breaking point. This post is a raw reflection on that journey, plus…

  Jordan Elliot Beaven

  2nd August 2025

  General, Neurodivergence, Personal Stories

  ADHD, AuDHD, Autism, Autism Burnout, Autistic Adult, Autistic Meltdown, Disability Awareness, Grounding Techniques, Mental Health Awareness, Neurodivergent Life, Real Life Stories, Self Regulation, Sensory Overload, Stim Support