Most headaches occur because specific pain-sensitive structures in or around the head are overstimulated or damaged.
Hachiko: A Dog's Story (93 mins, U) Any dog-lovers who were overstimulated by the thrills and spills of Marley & Me will be relieved to learn that in Hachiko, Lasse Hallstrom's jaw-slackening ode to sub-Greyfriars Bobby canine loyalty, almost nothing happens at all.
Dopamine is something you want just enough of: too little, and you may not be as alert and motivated as you need to be; too much, and you may feel overstimulated.
I wanted to say that between the wallaby and the baby doll I was already overstimulated, but how often in life do you get such an offer?
Real or unreal, participant or bystander, degrader or degraded, overstimulated or numbed out — Harman may have meant no harm but she seemed to understand that in the malignant circumstances of the M.I. block she could not be entirely harmless.
Others think it's the opposite problem: our immune system is overstimulated by the chemicals and toxins in our environment, confusing those molecules with molecules native to the body.
Looking down the slate of games is like scanning the day's catch at the Grand Central Oyster Bar: it's easy to become overstimulated.
I'm thinking that he worried that the thought of gay marriage would overstimulate the reptile brains of unevolved (so to speak) heterosexuals the way the thought of interracial sex overstimulated the reptile brains of unevolved Caucasians.
A young woman who already knew something about the darkness of the human mind said, "I am, after all, a hormonal animal with a chemical imbalance, with a body that warps shadows into monsters and friends into conspirators, half-fried, overstimulated and worn out by my own antics".
You know how your children act when they are overstimulated?
He gropes for understanding, he flaunts his imperfection, he exposes his deep and transparent emotions like a badge, signifying his purity of heart and purpose; in short, he is the perfect poster boy for the many among us who feel overwhelmed and overstimulated by the complications of this modern world.
