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self-reg is yelling at sheep on a fen road

May 7, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on self-reg is yelling at sheep on a fen road

I’ve written before on here about my own strategy of enjoying yelling along to music, as a means of preemptively self-regulating. Because when I’m stressed out, I have a tendency to want to yell (at […]

At Home

My Brain Won’t Stop

April 23, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on My Brain Won’t Stop

One thing went wrong. And it led to another. And it was too many things. And he was MAD. I carried him into his room so that we would have a safe space to melt […]

At Home

A Walk Through Dysregulation, Together

March 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on A Walk Through Dysregulation, Together

My son was feeling a little bit “out of whack” (that’s usually the least-jargony way I can describe the word “dysregulated”). He was picking at everyone in the family, emotionally, verbally. He pushed his sister, […]

Elementary

Yelling, from a Sensory Side of View

November 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Yelling, from a Sensory Side of View

Did you know that yelling is, from a sensory perspective, a very regulating thing to do? That might sound weird and it might make your brain jump to conclusions that aren’t the same as exactly […]

Humor

Self Check-Out

June 22, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Self Check-Out

I had an epiphany recently while checking out at the store. I think sometimes parents are to their children, what self checkout machines at stores are to adults. 😂 “PLACE YOUR ITEM IN THE BAG.” […]

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