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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 483219" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Thanks for the additional information. We're familiar with sensory/regulatory issues, but as I mentioned so rarely see it as a standalone diagnosis that you'll apt to have further questions as various posters first read your situation in other threads. You might want to bookmark this thread to refer posters back to in the future so you won't have to repeat this all and can deal directly with specific issues. </p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, as time went by I found that often it wasn't strictly sensory, but that anxiety-sensory cycles had been set into motion to the point where I truly wasn't able to distinguish whether it was sensory at work or anxiety heightening the sensory issue or anxiety based on a previous experience without sensory coming into play at all. For instance, a trip to a museum was always difficult as big, open rooms--especially with crowds--were always problems in the sensory department. As time went on and we'd achieved a lot of success on the sensory side, in the end it was anxiety that was still getting in the way. So much so that long after we'd found strategies to work in such a situation, the lingering anxiety reared up and derailed attempts to even try the coping methods. The outward response I was seeing was exactly the same for any of the scenarios I described above, but to make forward progress so that sensory coping strategies could do their job, the critical point was addressing the anxiety first. </p><p></p><p>Time, of course, should be your friend here as she gains more rationalizing skills. Building on small successes became an important part of forward progress--sometimes natural situations but at other times planned. </p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/grouphug.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":grouphug:" title="grouphug :grouphug:" data-shortname=":grouphug:" /> Hugs to you, I know how disruptive this can be to a family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 483219, member: 701"] Thanks for the additional information. We're familiar with sensory/regulatory issues, but as I mentioned so rarely see it as a standalone diagnosis that you'll apt to have further questions as various posters first read your situation in other threads. You might want to bookmark this thread to refer posters back to in the future so you won't have to repeat this all and can deal directly with specific issues. For what it's worth, as time went by I found that often it wasn't strictly sensory, but that anxiety-sensory cycles had been set into motion to the point where I truly wasn't able to distinguish whether it was sensory at work or anxiety heightening the sensory issue or anxiety based on a previous experience without sensory coming into play at all. For instance, a trip to a museum was always difficult as big, open rooms--especially with crowds--were always problems in the sensory department. As time went on and we'd achieved a lot of success on the sensory side, in the end it was anxiety that was still getting in the way. So much so that long after we'd found strategies to work in such a situation, the lingering anxiety reared up and derailed attempts to even try the coping methods. The outward response I was seeing was exactly the same for any of the scenarios I described above, but to make forward progress so that sensory coping strategies could do their job, the critical point was addressing the anxiety first. Time, of course, should be your friend here as she gains more rationalizing skills. Building on small successes became an important part of forward progress--sometimes natural situations but at other times planned. :grouphug: Hugs to you, I know how disruptive this can be to a family. [/QUOTE]
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