Beware ofthe foil decorations
 

Since having PCS is very new to me, I am not sure if this has been covered before, I found out the hard way.

I went to a craft store earlier today, and it was loaded with Valentine's Day items. In a bin they had all these lovely bright, foiled (very shiny) Large hearts, and other very shiny items. BEWARE, DO NOT look at them. Whoa, that's all I can say, "whoa." They sent me for a loop, my brain was not happy.

I can understand your experience. I have similar problems. I also struggle with checkerboard patterns and some prints. The PCS visual processing can struggle to filter out the chaotic information.

Wow. Who woulda thought? My advice... stick to the candy hearts! lol

Heal fast...

Hey, try stepping out of the little warming/waiting booth at the train station when the train is still whizzing into place 4 feet in front of you.

Or rather, don't. Trust me. Yikes.

Now I understand why I felt the way I did during my testing...!!!

The MD placed a sheet of paper filled with small numbers in front of me and told me to put a strike out on all of the 6's....

I looked at the paper and immediately felt like I was going to vomit...I became dizzy and nauseous and told him to take the paper away...

He did...(just thinking about that darn paper makes me anxious now!!!)

At least I understand WHY that happened...now I need to know what to do about it so that it doesn't happen again :)

Just saw some exceedingly bright, fluorescent purses at a store. My friend kept remarking about them... I couldn't even look at them. It was like trying to look at a very bright light - a quick peek was all my eyes could handle.

Someone showed me some optical illusions - that gave me the whole "gonna throw up" feeling!

The opening credits of the Big Bang Theory :eek:

I winced and shivered everytime I read one of the things things that bothered people. Not even seeing , just thinking and picturing them sent my head reeling.*

* I could be having spelling issues today.:confused:

This thread makes me think of this song... (Warning - it's a hard song to listen to if you're having sensory issues... very "busy" sounding). To me, the lyrics and feel of this song come the closest to describing sensory overload to the stymied non-concussed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUwd737mioM

"Too much information running through my brain
Too much information driving me insane..."

I just watched this and had no head weirdness :cool:

I think I have found a new outcome measure to replace the impact test :D