Comments on: Sensory Issues FAQ: Big Emotions, Anxiety and Impulse Control https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/sensory-faq-big-emotions-anxiety-and-impulse-control/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 22:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Julie https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/sensory-faq-big-emotions-anxiety-and-impulse-control/#comment-83669 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 04:00:56 +0000 https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/?p=6503#comment-83669 In reply to Deann.

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing! How does he handle non-active proprioception? Like weighted blankets and such? Is it possible that he’s a seeker in one sense and an avoid in another and the conflict is causing the franticness? Is he seeing an OT? I’d LOVE for you to come back here and tell me what they told you! Glad you’re finding something that works!

]]> By: Deann https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/sensory-faq-big-emotions-anxiety-and-impulse-control/#comment-82931 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:41:17 +0000 https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/?p=6503#comment-82931 I feel like I am running into something different with my SPD kiddo. Indulging the sensory seeking with appropriate similar activities backfires and feeds a vicious cycle here. I bought Angie Voss’s book about sensory behaviors and EVERYTHING says to do just this… provide appropriate ways for your child to get what they are seeking… but what happens for us, is that it triggers an almost drug-like addiction and desperation and exacerbates the problem 15 fold, every time. For instance, he loves spinning objects. Angie’s book says, “Let them watch them! Let them have them!” My child CRAVES them, but when he has them, he gets overstimulated and frenetic and obsessive and it creates a cascade of negative outcomes everywhere. This happens with anything. Our situation looks like this- Sensory Seeking>Meeting Seeking with appropriate alternative>Overstimulated>Frenetic, Desperate seeking>Situation exacerbated to uncontrollable limits. When he is overstimulated, he doesn’t present like the kid who runs away and covers his ears or has a meltdown. His “meltdown” looks like more intense, desperate, frenetic seeking, and to indulge it is like putting an avoider, who is screaming and sobbing because he’s overwhelmed into a more overwhelming situation. It really perplexes me because it’s definitely not standard presentation at all. We achieve the best results here by doing the exact opposite. When he seeks, we avoid the lights he craves, and the fans he craves, and the substances he craves, and he regulates beautifully. It’s strange.

]]> By: Julie https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/sensory-faq-big-emotions-anxiety-and-impulse-control/#comment-23921 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:25:44 +0000 https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/?p=6503#comment-23921 In reply to Amanda.

Glad it struck a chord! Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Amanda https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/sensory-faq-big-emotions-anxiety-and-impulse-control/#comment-23906 Sun, 18 Nov 2018 05:45:45 +0000 https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/?p=6503#comment-23906 Yes yes yes! I agree with everything you said. I love clear you explained sensory issues including examples. It can be so frustrating when you don’t understand what’s going on with your child. This post would have saved my sanity 4 years ago. So I am sharing and recommending every parent and teacher read.

]]> By: Sensory FAQs: Social Issues https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/sensory-faq-big-emotions-anxiety-and-impulse-control/#comment-23571 Fri, 05 Oct 2018 18:44:53 +0000 https://www.mymundaneandmiraculouslife.com/?p=6503#comment-23571 […] amazing how talking about big emotions and how they connect with our bodies, can really empower a child to make better […]

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