does anyone get stimuli overload from internet/technology?

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I suffer from fragmented perception, everything always seems new all the time. I guess i don't suffer from it, it's just me and that's ok - it's ok to be different but anyways as my autism has progressed with age. A lot of qualities I didn't notice as a child, where I wasn't self aware enough to have still stayed with me.

Reading is extremely difficult, watching movies is hard, listening to music is hard and so is being on the Internet or texting. It's very overwhelming and triggering for my hypergraphia, taking notes - like a psychic force is doing it for me- i don't get a choice. It's odd.

Yes, I am accepting this is how the world is and that it is not the planet designed for how my brain works but every day, mundane little things shouldn't be so difficult. I am just trying to get by but it's hard, because I feel like I'm in a dream. Nothing feels real, just like so out of it - zoned out.

In a sense I can relate. Though it's not because of a fragmented perception I suppose. But the title of this topic sounds familiar to how I feel.

But I guess my issue is more related to how we're expesed to technology all the time and how it's becoming such an important part of society. Facebook is everywhere and probably if I didn't go on facebook, I'd actually miss out on stuff, since where else would I find this information? Heck; even clubs in the area don't post their agenda on a website, they just make events through facebook. Facebook has become the word to mouth advertising.

I really don't want to rant about FB alone, but given it's impact... what else is there? lol

And perhaps the idea that everything is going on all at once provides a certain overload. I'm still convinced these developments have played part in things like ADHD and such and how people are not able to focus enough, get stressed out and overloaded. We've opened pandora's box yet we're still on the cusp of it.

It sounds kind of like what Temple Grandin said about her memory. If someone says "church steeple" she doesn't see a generalized image of a church steeple. She sees a specific image of every church steeple she has ever seen.

life is WAY more complicated nowadays compared to even the early 2000s. I wanna go back in time, for the most part.

Some days I feel as though technology gets overstimulated by ME. Watches that stay on time while left at home die on my wrist halfway through the day, (then start working again the moment I take it off)

Strange ... I can monitor multiple processes on as many screens, yet hearing two or more conversations at once puts me in an anxious state.

odd.