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Parkinson’s Sensory Overload: Why Noise, Lights & Crowds Can Shut Your Brain Down
Have you ever been somewhere completely ordinary when suddenly your brain just says, “Nope, we’re done”?
The noise gets too loud.
The lights feel too bright.
You can’t focus.
You can’t think.
And sometimes you just need to get out.
That happened to me recently in IKEA. I was doing something as simple as looking at kitchen cabinets when two kids started banging pots and pans in one of the displays. Suddenly I couldn’t read the price tag, couldn’t concentrate, and without saying a word to Carmen, I turned around and walked away.
So what is actually happening in moments like that?
In this…
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