Re:Sondra- Sensory question...

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Hi Sondra,

Do you have difficulty with your hair touching your skin? If not, did you ever?

If so, how do you wear your hair in terms of length?

Karmen

Re: Sensory question...

yes brushing is of not for all but it did of help of my missy as a

younger child we had of to brush of her skin every 2 hours while up

but that was of too overloading for me to do that every 2 hours so we

did it when we seen of her escalating into a hyper reactive states.

she often fell asleep afterwards for a short time. what we did find

to calm her more oddly was very sour candies like war heads and or

salt and vinegar chips. they calmed her mcuh so and helped of her

regulate of her self.

Also one needs to remember to brush with the flow of the hair on the

body parts not against of it as this brings a neurological awakening

and painful reaction for some. so always brush downward strokes not

upward ones.

we did of brushing and joint compressions for her. we only did of

joint compressions for my mikey because the brushing over stimulated

him to aggressive states he did not like that sensation and felt the

pain not the calm of being brushed.

it is of also a very special brush one uses not a hair brush that is

of used. for me not like of soft touches but like of more firm ones.

I to also need full hand touches not finger like touching or patting.

some like to take of thier fingers to my back and sort of circle

their fingers around my upper back when they see of me as i to guess

a way of greeting or hugging without hugging and to me it is of very

painful like being to have of my fingers into a live electrical

socket sort of feeling and it causes me to arch and they usually say

of sorry. but if they rub of the upper back firmly with a full hand

sort of things that does not bother of me as much.

I to be fo very hyper sensitive though to the tops of my hands and

feet and not like of any touches there unless i to initiate of it for

self. Even the husband does not hold of my hand but I to hold of hims

and sqeeze of hims two middle fingers as my way of holding of hims

hands. But he does also like of to give of me deep pressure point

touches when he feels of my upper body being of too tense/ whe

stressed I to tend to get of so tense that my being hunches over and

walks fast and oddly stiff in nature and the husband has been of to

make me more aware of this over the years and now can be of more

straight up in my posture and not hunched over and alter this with

only a verbal cue if need be but when we sit he does then rub of the

pressure points to my neck and back to calm of them as he can even to

feel teh knots in my muscles from it.

sondra

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I to be of let of the hair grow out now and so it is of one length

around shoulder length or some longer than that but not much longer

than that yet/ now as adult do not have of it when awake as much

except for a few factors, wind whipping of my hair will cause of me

to get easily overloaded and to tears if cant escape of it. I t be of

have to move of all of my hair up when in the bed to sleep as not

like of it touching of my neck or back or face when in the bed. and

not like of it in hat that forces of my hair down tight to my neck

or my coat or jacket doing of that.

As a child often would walk with my arms straight up in the air close

to my ears to keep of my hir from coming to my face in wind because

it would cause of much pains as if the hair was of slicing of my skin

off. I to cried of much over this and the siblings hit of me often

for it because in the car if the people had of the windows open would

sit with my arms straight up and this would annoy of the siblings and

they didnot like of my tears to this over and over but it was the

most overloading sensory night mare I to have of vivid memory too.

there are of others but this is one of the ones that causes me to

still get of bumps to my skin thinking of it.

the mother of me had often took of my hair back to tight pony tail

sorts of things and this helped of me greatly. I to still do that at

times take of my hair to a pony tail things. but mostly just wear it

down and such because it does not bother me much unless the certain

factos are in place.

but another odd issues to hair is that i to like of to lay to my side

and tuck of my arms under my head or neck to sleep but cant stand of

the air from my breath to blow of the hairs to my arms when sleeping

as the slightest movements of the wind to my skin causes this

reaction of hyper response and pain sorts of signals.

I to have of much sensory issues but as adult have learned to adapt

self around much of the milder ones to me such as textures of

clothing, socks, shoes, blankets, sheets, lights and things but there

is of much cant do outside of my home and into the world around me

and this is of why struggle more outside of my home unless a place

becomes a strong routine place becaused then over time do adapt to

some of it as predictible for me and so then learn over time what

things to do to help of me in many of the settings of work related

things i to do.

right now struggle to much itchy dry skin and this to me is of like

bugs crawling on me over and over and so is of distracting to me and

causes me a great disconnect and not able to stay connected to others

for very long.

but in my office and using of a visual language here does help of me

to have of more success in connecting. sondra