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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 118000"><p>Hi there.</p><p></p><p>My daughter has mega anxiety, too. Like TM, her room is her place to let it out. We don't call it stimming, because it's only been within the last 18 months that I've known about the sensory issues. It was always just her safe place to let it out. It was never a punishment. She resisted strongly at first, but eventually she had no problem with it. When she would calm down from the 'rage' part of it (the part of her anxiety attack that looked like rage - hitting and kicking walls, etc), I'd come in and rub her back and her hair, sing to her, etc. If I tried to talk to her or touch her while in the rage part, it just intensified. </p><p></p><p>Like you mentioned with your daughter, when mine is in that state the rational part of her brain isn't working. The therapist says that her feeling side and thinking side don't work at the same time. So, when she's in thinking mode she's not feeling and when she's in feeling mode, she's not thinking. There was no way whatsoever to talk her down. It just had to run it's course. She has since learned some coping skills, but it took a long time to get to where we are. </p><p></p><p>The two main reasons for this with my daughter were 1) her anxiety was always sky-high for a while so she was never in a place where she could even learn the skills, let alone incorporate them and 2) she didn't recognize the symptoms of anxiety so she didn't know when it was coming on until it was already full-blown. So the precursors - shortness of breath, racing heart, upset stomach - were all just separate, physical complaints. At almost 13, she's still unsure and will ask me...this is what I'm feeling, do you think it could be anxiety?</p><p></p><p>I'll defer to others regarding your son because I don't have any experience there. </p><p></p><p>Welcome to the board. It's so nice to know you're not alone. :flower:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 118000"] Hi there. My daughter has mega anxiety, too. Like TM, her room is her place to let it out. We don't call it stimming, because it's only been within the last 18 months that I've known about the sensory issues. It was always just her safe place to let it out. It was never a punishment. She resisted strongly at first, but eventually she had no problem with it. When she would calm down from the 'rage' part of it (the part of her anxiety attack that looked like rage - hitting and kicking walls, etc), I'd come in and rub her back and her hair, sing to her, etc. If I tried to talk to her or touch her while in the rage part, it just intensified. Like you mentioned with your daughter, when mine is in that state the rational part of her brain isn't working. The therapist says that her feeling side and thinking side don't work at the same time. So, when she's in thinking mode she's not feeling and when she's in feeling mode, she's not thinking. There was no way whatsoever to talk her down. It just had to run it's course. She has since learned some coping skills, but it took a long time to get to where we are. The two main reasons for this with my daughter were 1) her anxiety was always sky-high for a while so she was never in a place where she could even learn the skills, let alone incorporate them and 2) she didn't recognize the symptoms of anxiety so she didn't know when it was coming on until it was already full-blown. So the precursors - shortness of breath, racing heart, upset stomach - were all just separate, physical complaints. At almost 13, she's still unsure and will ask me...this is what I'm feeling, do you think it could be anxiety? I'll defer to others regarding your son because I don't have any experience there. Welcome to the board. It's so nice to know you're not alone. [img]:flower:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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