Anxiety, Panic & Phobias

I saw this posted somewhere and describes me:

You might think of your body's reaction to a minor threat as though it's a major emergency - the result of an exquisitely sensitive nervous system, possibly combined with early life experiences that may have taught you to overestimate the likelihood of danger in different situations.

Every prick and little pain becomes magnified when you go through what we do on this board.  Like we are so sensitive infact maybe too sensitised?  It seems like when it happens we are so aware of it as well. Anyone agree?

It is defined. It has two names: Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) or Sensory Integration Disorder (SID).

My son has it & while learning more about it I started to realize I believe I have it too. Then I found a checklist for adults & realized I most likely have it too. I've always been told I am very in tuned with my body.

Want to know how to help children with this disorder?

Desensitize

Basically keep introducing your child to the same thing over and over (in small amounts, increasing with time) until this thing is accepted without anxiety.

Sound familiar?

It's a slow process, especially when it is almost everything in their lives, but I have seen my son get a little better with everything. Once upon a time he would hide in the quietest room in the house if he heard the school bus, now he takes the bus home from school every day without a problem.

And now I get to see my son as an inspiration. I have seen desensitization can and does work.

I believe as I feel more comfortable with life, I'm not quite so worried with every ping/pang in my body. I may have to toss around in my head. My neighbor has swine flu and my uncle is dying from it now. I've been paranoid. My muscles hurt so bad I could not walk this morning, I started to get really scared. Finally I remembered I was trying out new exercises to try to get my son to try (another symptom of SPD, he doesn't have balance, poor coordination & because he feels everything doesn't like to exercise). Duh, I'm sore!

Peace