Every website,every discussion,every interview about Sensory Processing Disorder is an opportunity to answer the question for someone,somewhere,who has been wondering all their life,“What’s wrong with me?” .
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Share Even I was surprised by the ending of this video. It’s one thing to list symptoms and complaints in your head day after day;it’s quite another to see yourself in real time. In her book Too Loud,Too Bright,Too Fast,Too Tight Sharon Heller,PhD said,“By adulthood the body of the sensory defensive is torn apart from stress-related health problems.” It is not my intention to freak anybody out. Not every day is like this. I have good days. Yesterday was a good day. I was out in lovely fall weather with Watson buying wedding clothes more…Adults with SPD are at high risk of developing stress-related disorders like Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain 
Share I’m starting a new life today. In my new life,when I wake up at 4 in the morning,I get out of bed,drink a cup of warm soy milk and write down the words that elude me the rest of the hours of the day. I’ve been fighting this new life with its 4am wakeup time for weeks now. I am a person who must have at least eight hours of sleep each night. Otherwise,I chug through my day cranky,sore and brittle with despair. It was never uncommon for me to wake every couple of hours, more…The Transition from Wellbutrin to Celexa for Anxiety 
Share SPD does not magically disappear with childhood. Problems with sensory processing are commonly found in adults. The American Occupational Therapy Association published an article in the June 6th,2011 edition of the journal “OT Practice” that summarized the results of dozens of studies confirming reality for adults who live with SPD. [Open PDF in separate window] Although we adults often develop coping strategies,Sensory Processing Disorder may continue to impact aspects of our lives,from how we spend our leisure and social time to our career choices and our ability to have romantic relationships. Informing Health Workers and Policy Makers more…Understanding the Occupational Therapy Needs of Adults with Sensory Processing Disorder 
Share What happens when a person is unable to adequately filter or sort sensory information from her environment? She spends a lot of time feeling threatened. Not emotionally threatened but physically threatened. Her body reacts to sensory input. She can tell herself,“You’re fine,relax.” Other people can tell her. But all the emotional soothing in the world can’t change the fact that,when she is in a sensory intense environment,stress hormones are being released into her bloodstream and her central nervous system is reacting. She is growing increasingly more uncomfortable and if she doesn’t control her exposure she is more…Organization or Obsession? 
Share “In 1979,I needed to learn more than biology or chemistry or how to deconstruct literature. I needed to learn how to navigate my life as an adult with a sensory modulation and sensory motor disorder.” –Lane “Can you take me to a doctor?” I said into the brown plastic hand piece of my princess phone. “I’m losing my mind.” I set the receiver into the base as gently as I could. If I wasn’t careful the ringer made a startled sound,like I had hurt it. I sat on the sofa too weak and demoralized to do anything more…Sensory Modulation Disorder and Depression? Move It! Move It! Move It! 
Share Sometimes we just have to laugh at ourselves… As an adult with sensory processing disorder,I am contemplating a memoir with each chapter named after a mental illness found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Each chapter could highlight a scene or reflection that illustrated how that mental illness manifested in my life. I could have a chapter for:learning disabilities,major depressive disorder,Asperger syndrome,obsessive/compulsive disorder,hypomania,substance abuse,anxiety,etc. I could also have chapters for disorders which have not yet been named,categorized or quantified. Like the one my friend,the sociology major, more…The Madness Memoir –Adult SPD
Share The adults I meet on SPD forums (with few exceptions) love to read. I hope none of my loved ones will be too offended when I announce to the world… books have always been,and still are,my best friends. I love an excellent book,fiction or nonfiction. Good fiction is filled with characters who will do what they will do,regardless of how I feel about it. Because there are no expectations to taint my relationship with a fictional character,I feel no guilt,no stress and no regret. There is no social unease. I don’t have to worry more…Books! For adults with SPD
Share It feels like we sensory defensive adults only have two options:deal with the crazy overwhelming world the way it is or keep a safe distance away. Imagine there was a restaurant in your neighborhood that had a special spot for sensitive people,a section of the restaurant out of the main traffic area. Imagine it had natural lighting and excellent acoustics. There would be a button on the table you could press when you wanted service. When you didn’t have your service button pressed the wait staff would leave you alone. There would be noise rules for this little more…Coming Soon! The Sensory-Friendly Section of your Favorite Restaurant
Share Before I learned I was an adult with Sensory Processing Disorder,specifically hypersensitivity (or sensory defensiveness) I had no idea how over-responsive I was to sound. Screaming children weren’t the only thing I hated about the supermarket. All in all,food shopping topped my list of dreaded activities. I’d rather have my liver biopsied – at least they give you drugs for that. “You spoiled brat,” The voice of reason interjected. “Do you realize the majority of the world would trade a kidney for unfettered access to abundant food?” Yes,I realized that. And feeling bad about myself did not more…Yes! Adults can be Over-Responsive to Sound in the Grocery Store
Share SPD? Addiction? A match cast in my neurons before I was born. Although it has been many years since I imbibed in any recreational drug,including alcohol,I must admit to a somewhat sullied past regarding controlled substances. Please remember,addiction is just a point on a long continuum of when and why a person uses a psychotropic. The first step on that continuum is the discovery that the substance solves a problem. A person with an undiagnosed or unmanaged sensory processing disorder has plenty of problems,chief among them – little to no control over how she reacts,how more…Addiction and Adult SPD –Prelude | |
