That thing that happened 12 years ago… When I got “sick” and never recovered? The mysterious “illness” that left me too sick to get out…
Decades ago, before the reign of big box stores, when there was such a thing as an independently owned neighborhood pet store, I saw them…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
I have a poignant love/hate relationship with caffeine – as I do with all mind-altering substances. I am convinced sensory processing disorder is intertwined in…
Had Sensory Processing Disorder been in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual my life would have changed when I left home to go to college. There,…
It is for the moms of young SPD children that I write about nail trimming. To anyone who would judge me for writing about such…