Excessive stimulation also causes them to withdraw as they try to shield themselves from a stimulus deluge, thereby creating conditions that, paradoxically, are much like stimulus deprivation!
( ( Excessive stimulation ) ( also ( ( causes ( them ( to ( withdraw ( as ( they ( ( ( try ( to ( ( shield themselves ) ( from ( a ( stimulus deluge ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) ( thereby ( creating ( conditions ( that ( , ( paradoxically ( , ( are ( much ( like ( stimulus deprivation ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ! ) ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Excessive) (NN stimulation)) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (VBZ causes) (S (NP (PRP them)) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB withdraw) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP try) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB shield) (NP (PRP themselves)) (PP (IN from) (NP (DT a) (NN stimulus) (NN deluge)))))) (, ,) (S (ADVP (RB thereby)) (VP (VBG creating) (NP (NP (NNS conditions)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (, ,) (ADVP (RB paradoxically)) (, ,) (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (JJ much) (PP (IN like) (NP (NN stimulus) (NN deprivation))))))))))))))))) (. !)))
Stimulus deprivation can be caused by too much stimulation.
( ( Stimulus deprivation ) ( ( can ( be ( caused ( by ( ( too much ) stimulation ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Stimulus) (NNP deprivation)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN caused) (PP (IN by) (NP (ADJP (RB too) (JJ much)) (NN stimulation)))))) (. .)))