Why Trying Harder Backfires
After trying a range of activities to see how each made your body feel, did you notice anything unexpected? Did some that you associate with relaxing not actually have that relaxing effect? Here’s why.
Category: Self-Reg
Stimming and Autistic Stress
Stimming is both a physical expression of stress—either bad stress or good stress—and it’s a way to help us calm down.
Hidden Stressors at Home
When your senses tell you that everything hurts, even home can be a minefield. Here’s some tips to help your sensory defensive child be happier in your home.
What’s stimming really about?
Stimming is a bit different from other challenging behaviors because it’s both a result of stress and a strategy to calm down. It is one of the effective strategies we develop naturally.
On Autistic Stress
Autistics get stressed out by a lot more things than most people, and what stresses us, and why, is often surprising to others. Here’s the critical first step to helping.
