OE Specific Strategies
Hacking away at the less pleasant parts of OE to make it manageable
*New* Sneaky Stimming
Are you overexcitable or neurodivergent? Do you need to stim at work, but don’t want to annoy your co-workers? I share my hacks for a practice I call “sneaky stimming”, and how I stim at work in subtle ways which make life easier for me AND my team.
What is your OE Profile?
This video looks at overarching problem solving strategies for OE including using project management techniques to define and measure your OE issues. I also talk about the importance of root cause analysis in making solutions.
Psychomotor Tips
How do you deal with a body that just won’t stop moving? My personal hacks for psychomotor OE, and dealing with the excess energy and need to move that this intensity causes. I look at some of the more unsavoury aspects of nervous tics and fidgeting, and why I think Leonardo Da Vinci may have had overexcitability.
Sensory Tips
How do you deal with being sensitive to everything in the outside world? My life hacks for dealing with sensory OE, and the incredible experience of life that intense human senses (hearing, smell, sight, touch and taste) can bring a person. I talk about dealing with tactile, light and sound sensitivity.
Intellectual Tips
How do you deal with a brain that is running hard and fast all the time? My hacks for dealing with Intellectual overexcitabilities, including impatience, worry, perfectionism and suspicion.
Imaginative Tips
How do you (as an adult) handle a vivid and over-active imagination? It’s not just kids that can have fertile imaginations! My imaginative OE hacks for forgetfulness, and daydreaming, including time boxing and using reminders.
Emotional Tips
How do you cope when you just can’t stop feeling things? What do you do when every emotion you have is intense, complex, and rapidly changing? My hacks for dealing with the sticky side of emotional overexcitabilities.