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pileofplushies · 11 months ago

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sourisdedog · 1 year ago

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cutiepieautistic · 4 months ago

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feastingonchrist · 4 months ago

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long rambly unorganized post ab sensory regulation (probably hard to read cause i didn’t separate anything into paragraphs and it’s just a mess overall cause i’m just yapping to myself)

my sensory seeking behaviors are going sicko mode rn it’s annoying but also kinda funny cause i’m doing the most random stuff to regulate but it’s also annoying cause it’s hard to get enough input. The oral sensory seeking never feels satisfied even if i’m eating crunchy foods or chewing gum. It helps for a little bit. Tonight i went through different foods in a row to see if it’d help but no. I couldn’t even taste my ice cream just barely felt how cold it was. I am chewing gum and that’s the best solution i have right now. I’m also listening to music w my weighted blanket while humming singing and rocking. It’s so weird cause i have been latched onto pb&j’s and cheetos this week at home and work lunch. I was craving my cheetos for that proprioceptive oral sensory input today. But i went into the fellowship hall to see my mom and i got a cookie and some cake and when i was eating lunch i didn’t want my cheetos anymore and only wanted those soft foods. But tonight i was craving crunchy foods. Yet somehow the gum i have been chewing the past few hrs has been doing the trick and i don’t even like gum all that much. Maybe it’s the strong flavor? Idk but as u can tell i am a huge gustatory sensory seeker i always crave specific items due to flavor, i love lots of flavor and mixing of textures with some foods. Other times, though, i will only eat something in similar flavor or texture of what i had just eaten - like today at lunch i was only craving sweet and soft foods bc i had my pb&j and then only wanted to eat the soft desserts.

I need lots of input to regulate and it’s so weird to me because since i’ve not been working i haven’t had to stay on top of anything. I was pretty regulated i guess but also kinda not very in tune w my sensory needs. I wasn’t having a ton of overstimulating/sensory overload situations. I did make sure to use my NC headphones in loud places and i guess i used food to regulate but for a while i stopped using any of my fidgets or other things to calm my body down. But yeah now that i’m working things have been so hard to adjust to and so my body is trying to process all of it and it’s unsure of what it wants so i am just sensory seeking WAY MORE than usual and i’ve always been a sensory seeker anyways. I was that way as a kid and i’m an avoider with sound and light and vestibular but most everything else i am a seeker. Always craving input and never really satisfied. I mean like some days i will feel regulated and it’s just trial and error. Like especially between the senses and with certain ones - let’s take the oral sensory input for example: - i overeat due to sensory seeking so i’m looking for other ways to get in that input. I know now that proprioception is linked to oral sensory input so i am looking for ideas on how to get those two in at the same time. I also crave proprioceptive input almost constantly so i think that’s why the gum is helping me so much. Gonna look into harder to chew foods and blowing bubbles. My weighted blanket is interesting because sometimes i guess if i’m understimulated or unable to even tell what’s happening in my body in that way/in space, i can’t even feel the blanket. I’ll have to fold it in half over my legs. It’s weird cause i gotta be doing a lot of things at once throughout many sensory systems to feel regulated. I will say though that it is very fun and calming for me and i get better sleep/have better days. A lot of the time i can’t feel if i’m overstimulated until i’m ab to be in sensory overload. So i’m trying my best to learn how to manage it. I’m taking my research seriously and trying to incorporate these into my life and making time to rest usually before bed and after work. I went in a quiet room to eat my lunch today and that was awesome. Been humming and singing more for the vibration feeling and it’s awesome. These are tiny adjustments but they’re making a huge impact on my overall well being . I’m trying to slow down and see what my body needs to feel rested even if i’m not laying down. It’s so relaxing. I have more energy, my mood/communication abilities are up and my mental health is improving significantly. I can’t forget ab being in the sunshine. It’s been so nice along w the ways i regulate my body’s needs. I even sing/hum to worship music while doing all of that outside and it’s so awesome!!! But yeah these are just some examples and i have been watching a lot of videos on the Harkla youtube channel for some ideas and replacement techniques for things i usually do that don’t exactly help but i’ve been so used to them. Eventually i want to go to OT if i am able cause i know it’s not always safe to try it at home and in person therapy is always best for this kind of thing but i’m learning and applying what i can! I have built a routine this week around the videos and taking time to help myself and so i guess that has inspired this post :)