Showing posts with label Sensory Processing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sensory Processing. Show all posts

21 August, 2021

Handling Sensory Meltdowns

We experience the world through our senses, namely, the sense of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. What happens when these senses don't make sense? They distort the way you experience the world.

Sensory processing issues fall under two categories - hypersensitivity and hyposensitivity. Hypersensitivity causes sensory overload. Imagine experiencing everything much more intensely than you do: imagine the clothes rubbing against your skin feeling like your skin is being scraped by sandpaper, imagine people chatting with each other sounding like they are shouting through loudspeakers, imagine the lights in the room feeling like floodlights blinding your eyes. It would be torture. In fact, such methods ARE used as means of torture around the world.

Moving from Fear-based Parenting to Connection-based Parenting

Dear parents, I want you to observe your thoughts for a week. I want you to note down the thoughts that cross your mind regarding your child...