
Is It Anxiety Or Sensory Stuff?
Anxiety and sensory stuff can be difficult to pick apart, so I’d like to talk a bit about them and how they can intersect.
Anxiety and sensory stuff can be difficult to pick apart, so I’d like to talk a bit about them and how they can intersect.
I occasionally ask about physical sensations when coaching, and there’s a very specific reason for that. Here’s how simply asking starts to build self-trust.
Here’s an explanation on how being aware of your body’s signals helps you manage your energy.
Is it rude for Autistics to spend holiday gatherings in their room, or opt out, instead of with the family? Is it promoting bad behavior? And how do you explain it to family members?
How do you follow the advice to integrate sensory awareness when you’re not getting info from your body?
A common experience with later identified Autistics who start figuring out all the sensory stuff that they’ve been shutting out, is that instead of things getting better, everything is more annoying.
Sensory objects are often very helpful, but spending a lot of money on them might not work for you. Here’s some ideas for cheap sensory products.
Lots of us are trained as we grow up to ignore our internal signals of what we need. There’s a lot of different aspects in there to unpack, and I’m going to address one of them.
A lot of times there’s a fear that if you increase internal awareness you’ll just make things worse, but you can avoid that.
How do you cope with sensory needs when you’re out in public? Here’s a framework and a few tips.
Do you want to get better at figuring out your sensory differences, to understand your own body better? Here’s a few ideas on how to get started.
It can be hard to convey what you need when requesting sensory accommodations. Here’s a framework for how.
Strategies to increase socializing by dealing with the anxiety, or improving social skills, aren’t bad ideas, but they produce limited, short-term results. Here are two reasons why.
A response to a conversation on social media reminded me of a way of thinking that I’d like to discuss.
In our society, we get a lot of messages that once you figure out something, you need to go put it into practice. But that’s skipping a critical step.
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