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.…
“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…
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…
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,…
I created a drawing that illustrates how a person with a “sensory defensive” nervous system may react differently to ordinary stimuli than a person with a “normal” nervous system. Feel…
I caught motion in my peripheral vision – driver’s side window. It was over an inch and a half long, reddish brown. It was in…
When anything moves in the backyard, Rumsfeld, the 75-pound poodle, leaps to attention. His DNA was programmed over eons to be ready at any moment…
Rule #4: When homicidal rage blurs your vision, ask, “Could you be hungry?”
Watson and I rarely argue. Thirty years of wedded bliss has given us plenty of time to compromise on and respect our differences of preference and opinion.
But neither of us is perfect. Sometimes while feeling around in the gray area for compromise, one of us may stumble upon something unbearable.
Small-scale Modulation Madness Think of what it would be like if every time you wanted to exit the freeway you had to overcome the concrete…