Hope I am doing this correctly. If not, I shall figure it out.

I began looking into sensory disorders when my daughter was diagnosed with low registration. She was hitting, biting, screaming, could not effective communicate at age 2. With speech to OT, she has improved.

However, since we moved to a new state, things have regressed and new symptoms have popped up. And I began to look into things again.

What I have come to realize is that all the little qwirks that I deal with everyday complete with a meltdown stage sometimes where I just shut down and I need to drink peppermint or soak in the bath....

I AM dealing with a sensory disorder myself, and it is the same one my daughter is now facing. While she is being assessed, I have not been. But all the questions the doctors ask me about her, and all the coping strategies they suggest... It dawned on me earlier this week that they were describing me.

And so I come to you seeking a community who understand why I cringe when someone lightly touches my skin, or lose it after a stressful day and my kids are in my face... when light, sound, fast movement irritates me... I go have me time in nature, in the park, or in the tub.

I want to understand why my daughter shy's away and yells OWIE when someone takes her by the hand or hugs her unannounced. Why she rubs textured objects across her feet and palms and face. Why she too has meltdowns.

We both appear to be dealing with Sensory Defensiveness on varying degrees. She is well on her way to intervention, but I want to help me as well.

Thanks

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