# Senses Overload

> Senses Overload (https://sensesoverload.com) is an open-access, zero-tracking web application providing evidence-based psychiatric and psychological exercises designed to relieve acute sensory overload, panic spirals, and obsessive rumination loops.

All exercises execute entirely on the client side in modern web browsers (React / TypeScript). User inputs are strictly private: zero data is logged to servers or remote databases, and no trackers or advertising scripts are loaded. The interface follows neuro-inclusive design principles with calm tones, reduced sensory stimulation, and clear visual contrast.

## Core Exercises

- [5-4-3-2-1 Sensory Grounding Tool](https://sensesoverload.com/grounding-54321.md): Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) distress tolerance protocol. Uses an input-gated descending sequence (5 sight, 4 touch, 3 sound, 2 smell, 1 taste) requiring at least 2 descriptive words per entry to tax working memory and force bottom-up neurological calming.
- [Thought Stream / Leaves on a Stream](https://sensesoverload.com/leaves-on-a-stream.md): Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) cognitive defusion visualizer. Users attach intrusive thoughts to 5 botanical leaf shapes floating down an undulating river to disengage from cognitive fusion.
- [4-7-8 Breathing Pacer](https://sensesoverload.com/breathing-478.md): Autonomic nervous system regulation protocol based on Dr. Andrew Weil's paced respiration. Features 4s inhale, 7s hold, and 8s extended exhale, automatically completing 4 cycles to stimulate the vagus nerve and engage the parasympathetic brake.
- [The Scheduled Worry Vault](https://sensesoverload.com/worry-vault.md): Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) stimulus control tool based on Borkovec (1983). Encrypts and postpones intrusive thoughts in browser localStorage until a scheduled 15-minute daily review window, with an intentional early unlock override.

## Clinical Foundations

- [Scientific References and Psychiatric Mechanics](https://sensesoverload.com/science.md): Clinical summaries and peer-reviewed citations for bottom-up sensory processing (Linehan 1993, Baddeley 1986), cognitive defusion (Masuda & Hayes 2004), heart rate variability pacing (Vierra et al. 2022), and stimulus control worry postponement (Borkovec et al. 1983).

## Optional

- [Homepage Overview](https://sensesoverload.com/index.md): Main directory and interface entry point for Senses Overload.
- [Robots Configuration](https://sensesoverload.com/robots.txt): Crawler rules and sitemap location.
- [XML Sitemap](https://sensesoverload.com/sitemap.xml): Complete URL index of all pages for search engine crawlers.