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Peyton, December 11, 2007

This book was recommended to me by a friend after I described some of my typical reactions to loud, public places. We were at a library conference, and I was exhausted by the mercury vapor lighting and echoing vibrations of conflicting boom boxes repeating children's songs in some of the exhibit booths. I have avoided exhibit halls, shopping malls, casinos and other highly stimulating environments all my life because they wear me out. I can stay out of casinos and shopping malls by choice, but because of my work exhibit halls are something I just have to live with. Some people enjoy them. They exhaust me.

My friend told me about Too Loud, Too Bright and when I read it I was amazed to find that I was not the only person to suffer from overstimulation. Further, I recognized some of the signs of sensory defensiveness (the author's term) in my friends and family. Heller's explanation of the neurological basis for sensory defensiveness, and her well-researched list of ways to calm the nervous system in order to better tolerate stimulating environments, have helped me a lot. I am a reasonabily intelligent person and fairly calm by nature, but noisy, bright places unnerve me. Yet, those are the places where I need to be at my best. Having tools to calm my nervous system so I can function in them has helped me do my work better as well as enjoy life more.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who feels tired or flustered by noisy, bright environments or who finds tight clothing or itchy labels seriously annoying. I also recommend it to the parents of children who have trouble dealing with too much sensory stimulation.

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