I know what your son is going through; I remember what it felt like. I still feel like that sometime. It feels like your body won't work right, can't work right. It feels like the people around you expect you to be normal, to be perfect. You try to be perfect for them. You try to make your body work, by pleading, by bribing, and, finally, by pure force of will. You hope that you can use your anger and frustration against the SPD, to finally beat it. But, without the right tools, that anger can't beat the SPD and, if we fight too hard, the anger loses focus and we hurt someone around us, verbally or physically. We don't mean it; most of the time, we don't even understand it.

The best thing is to understand, and help your son to understand, that we have limits. Sometimes, we can't do something; sometimes, we just can't do it right now. But, if we take care of ourselves with good nutrition, exercise, and sensory diets, we can have more better days.