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Sensory integration and processing difficulties can be a feature of a number of disorders, including anxiety problems, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), [14] food intolerances, behavioral disorders, and particularly, autism spectrum disorders.
A sensory friendly environment is created to assist those with a sensory processing disorder (SPD). The disorder is characterized by a hypersensitivity to stimuli accompanied by anxiety. [1] The Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation believes that there may be as many as one in every 20 people living with a sensory processing disorder. [2]
Amplification is a judged tendency of a person to amplify physical symptoms based on negative psychological factors such as anxiety or depression.A distinct interpretation of amplification could be sensory processing disorder involving differences in the way a person reacts to sensory input, a symptom associated autism spectrum disorder. [1]
People with general anxiety disorder are highly sensitive to external anxiety triggering stimuli and deal with exposure to these triggers through neurotic thoughts. [20] People with GAD are biased to perceive sensory stimuli as negative or threatening and this bias feeds into negative thought processes which further exacerbate feelings of worry ...
Somatosensory amplification (SSA) is a tendency to perceive normal somatic and visceral sensations as being relatively intense, disturbing and noxious. It is a common feature of hypochondriasis and is commonly found with fibromyalgia, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder, and alexithymia.
People diagnosed with sensory processing disorder are also known to potentially exhibit more stimming behaviors. [4] Stimming has been interpreted as a protective response to overstimulation, in which people calm themselves by blocking less predictable environmental stimuli, to which they have a heightened sensitivity.
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Conversely, Aron has distinguished SPS from what she considers it is not, explicitly distinguishing [31] high SPS from possibly similar-appearing traits or disorders (such as shyness, [16] [32] sensation-seeking, [33] sensory processing disorder, [15] and autism [11]), and further, that SPS may be a basic variable that may underlie multiple ...