Overstimulated and Overwhelmed: Hyperesthesia in Anxiety Disorders | Praise Podcast

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00:00:01 --> 00:00:05 Tune in for today's $10 word, hyperesthesia.

00:00:06 --> 00:00:08 What is it and what to do about it if you have it?

00:00:08 --> 00:00:12 Hello,

00:00:13 --> 00:00:15 and welcome to Momo 634,

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00:00:43 --> 00:00:47 Long-time listeners know about my difficulties in ramping down

00:00:48 --> 00:00:48 at bedtime.

00:00:49 --> 00:00:54 In addition to a raging case of revenge bedtime procrastination

00:00:54 --> 00:00:55 already besetting

00:00:55 --> 00:00:55 me,

00:00:56 --> 00:01:00 I've shared that I'm sensitive to lights and sounds after a

00:01:01 --> 00:01:02 certain time of night.

00:01:03 --> 00:01:05 Turns out there's a name for that sensitivity.

00:01:06 --> 00:01:09 And guess what condition it's linked to?

00:01:10 --> 00:01:12 If you guessed anxiety, you'd be right.

00:01:13 --> 00:01:15 It's called hyperesthesia,

00:01:16 --> 00:01:20 and it's actually linked to a few medical and neurological conditions,

00:01:21 --> 00:01:23 anxiety being one of them.

00:01:25 --> 00:01:29 As I've gotten older, this sensitivity has only increased.

00:01:30 --> 00:01:31 So recently,

00:01:31 --> 00:01:35 Hubby and I negotiated a bedtime ritual that works with our

00:01:35 --> 00:01:36 different approaches to

00:01:36 --> 00:01:37 winding down.

00:01:39 --> 00:01:42 If we never had a TV on in our bedroom,

00:01:43 --> 00:01:44 I'd be okay with that.

00:01:45 --> 00:01:49 I prefer dark for all the reasons given here.

00:01:50 --> 00:01:53 My husband enjoys a bit of TV time before bed,

00:01:54 --> 00:01:57 usually crime shows with flashing lights and sirens.

00:01:59 --> 00:02:04 Our newly brokered compromise is to have Spotify on via our TV.

00:02:05 --> 00:02:10 That way, there's still some light and sound, but it's a lot gentler.

00:02:12 --> 00:02:12 Like me,

00:02:13 --> 00:02:16 he is also a recent convert to binaural beats,

00:02:16 --> 00:02:19 so this solution was a win-win.

00:02:20 --> 00:02:21 If he wants to,

00:02:21 --> 00:02:25 he can listen to some of the shows he enjoys via Spotify's

00:02:25 --> 00:02:26 podcast selections,

00:02:27 --> 00:02:31 or we can enjoy our binaural beats playlist for sleep.

00:02:32 --> 00:02:36 This solution falls in line with suggested ways to deal with

00:02:36 --> 00:02:37 hyperesthesia.

00:02:39 --> 00:02:43 Good sleep hygiene, which I've been trying to address anyway.

00:02:44 --> 00:02:48 Avoiding triggers like bright lights, loud sounds, etc.

00:02:50 --> 00:02:50 Additionally,

00:02:50 --> 00:02:53 I do tend to overheat,

00:02:53 --> 00:02:56 and my husband tends to like heat,

00:02:56 --> 00:03:00 so having our overhead fan on has been an issue for him.

00:03:01 --> 00:03:02 However,

00:03:02 --> 00:03:06 waking up drenched because I'm overheated wasn't fun for me,

00:03:07 --> 00:03:12 so we again compromised and got a very small bedside fan.

00:03:13 --> 00:03:16 Fans in the past tended to affect him in that they were larger,

00:03:17 --> 00:03:18 so they blew on him.

00:03:19 --> 00:03:23 This one is small and can be angled right at me.

00:03:24 --> 00:03:27 After a few nights, he says he doesn't feel it.

00:03:28 --> 00:03:30 But blissfully, I do.

00:03:32 --> 00:03:33 Another win-win.

00:03:34 --> 00:03:38 Thankfully, I don't have hypersthesia around the blowing of the fan.

00:03:40 --> 00:03:44 There's a page on Facebook that I follow that talks a lot about

00:03:44 --> 00:03:45 how we were created

00:03:45 --> 00:03:48 and how God's intelligent designed

00:03:48 --> 00:03:50 is so complex.

00:03:51 --> 00:03:54 Our bodies are amazing and fascinating.

00:03:56 --> 00:03:58 Chime in with your thoughts below.

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