Sensory Processing Disorder || WARNING SIGNS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- If you are worried that someone you know has a Sensory Processing Disorder, please watch this video. The playlist of all of my videos about SPD is linked below ↓↓
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When I learned that my son’s meltdowns were a result of sensory overload, life made so much sense.
I was always so confused because he would want to play in the water or play with the slime, but then when he was done playing he suddenly realized was wet/sticky and would freak out.
I totally understand what you mean!
Thank you. From a Mother of a 35 year-old son. He still struggles.
Honestly I will take your experience over a degree any day! I am learning so much from your videos, Thank You!
I've not had the basic meltdowns, I get severely agitated, irritated at mainly noise inputs when I'm overloaded and I typically wrap up in my weighted blanket
On the blanket, I’m the complete opposite. I can’t have anything but a sheet on me. Anything heavier is too “restrictive.” I guess that’s why it’s called a spectrum😊✌🏻
Thanks mama! I have twins, that are two years old, and they are starting to display some sensory issues. I told my doctor last week, he immediately wrote a referral to an OT. The OT appointment is not until May, so of course, I went straight to TH-cam to see what I can do in the meantime.❤
This is so interesting and informative. I feel like I’ve worked with kids like this in the past who were undiagnosed. Great coping skills. My daughter is an extreme introvert. They actually made a “Quiet Corner” at daycare for her. One of the many reasons we chose to homeschool.
We are in exactly the same situation with our daughter now and about to start homeschool instead of her going to school next year. She has struggled so much with nursery (kindergarten in U.S) and needed a quiet corner x
My 5yo daughter was just diagnosed with adhd (and me at 34 is getting it as well 😂🤷♀️ hereditary, it turns out). After watching your videos we realized we were just halfway there. We both are very easily overwhelmed, and when a lot has happened during a day or we are in a hurry, she can often get a «meltdown» and I «shut down». To realize that it was a reason why being a parent was so hard for me, getting constantly overloaded (no downtime possible with small children), and to realize that its not bad parenting that is the reason when my daughter hides under a table during birthdays at friends, that was a massive relief!
We have instinctively done a lot around our lives to manage this before we discovered what this is, but after watching your videos I feel even more confident in knowing what to do to help my daughter. Thank you for all the information, and for making me not feel alone in the challenges! It can be so hard to make people around you realize that for us, it is not that easy to «just do this extra activity» or «just go there». Not to mention why we are kind of exhausted at times (most of the time)! 😂momlife💕
I will link some of your videos to my family, so they can get a better understanding! Thank you for sharing your experience, it makes a big impact for others! ❤
I found out I have adhd through my child’s diagnosis.
my poor mom had to deal with so many tactile meltdowns especially before school when i was a kiddo. i HATED socks, pants and underwear, I would scream how they felt lumpy. Hated the texture of toothbrushes and hair brushes. And don't even get me started on when there was a single crumb/pebble/lump/ANYTHING in my carseat, i would scream the whole drive. Yet I would spend the whole 8 hours at daycare fingerpainting happily. It mostly boiled down to smooth = good and lumpy/bumpy/inconsistent = evil in retrospect.
There was so little awareness back then, she had no idea. These days, sounds get me. I have to hold my head if i hear any beeping alarms and i just start sweating from the stress whenever multiple people speak on a public bus. Anyway, thanks for sharing awareness.
I have trouble with certain noises and textures so it has really helped me by using songs as my alarm sounds
@@sun_scream noise cancelling headphones saved my freaking life!
How did you manage your tactile meltdowns as a child or how did your mom help you overcome this at that age? I have a 4 year old turning 5 and he only started not wearing shirt like 2 weeks ago. He had a meltdown. He really will not wear clothes. He doesn't care. He loves the beach so much and he'd rather stay home than to wear his rash guard. That really made me scared. Because i thought what if he will be like this when he grows up. I don't know what to do. Pls advice 😔
@@bubblygirlduddett3 well, my mom just stopped bothering at some point because she was so exhausted. so i stopped wearing socks, underwear, pants etc. I would wear dresses to school with nothing underneath and eventually got caught in some very embarassing situations on the playground and even suspended from school. So, I started wearing underwear properly after that, but not socks. I'm not suggesting you do this with your son of course, but just telling you so that you know that kids will learn (sometimes the hard way) as they grow up how to manage their struggles with the expectations of society. I don't think it will last forever. One thing that my aunt wisely did was take me clothes shopping and let me pick out all my own clothes. I picked the textures I liked by feeling them all first or trying them all on first. Additionally my mom started picking her battles, it made things easier on us both. If I wanted to lay around naked in the privacy of my room, she wouldn't argue with me. I didn't have to brush my hair, but if I let it get matted she would make me cut it short. Anyway that's my experience with it, from the child's perspective.
@@PieALaMode thank you for your response. I guess i need to bring him out for shopping too. My problem is when we go out he will be topless and goodness I don't know on when he will actually learn his lesson or when i can force him to do so. He will be entering kindergarten soon and I just don't want his classmates to laugh at him and he ends up being alone and grows up being bullied 😔
My daughter struggles with noice. It could be the doorbell ringing, shes absolutely terrified of the public restroom, she wouldn't sit on the toilet because she's afraid to hear the flush and the hand dryer so she would avoid the bathroom all together. It's so tough i try to hard to stay calm but sometimes i feel completely helpless and like im the only one dealing with this. I love my daughter more than anything in the world but it is such a hard thing to deal with.
Wow Michelle, very informative! I didn’t realize how young yours were when you realized that something was up!
Thank you - validating for sure :-). We are just new to this "world" of SPD and learning so much so fast and yet feel behind at the same moment. Currently life was okay when we could have plenty of things to do outside, now due to the changing weather causing other health considerations we are facing 15-20 massive meltdowns daily. Thanks for this video.
Great chat! Thank you for sharing about your kids. We have one with SPD and speech delays and we homeschool. I'll never forget when he complained about "all the people who wear those floppy shoes!" I had no idea that flipflops at the store, gym and church were what set him off! Thank God they get older and learn how to ask for help!!
Leah Frakes / noisy flip flops on hard sidewalks, heavy heel shoes, annoy me .. I would say, it’s annoying, Not that I have a disorder. Why does everything have to be a disorder ?
@@BarbaraMerryGeng Miss Merry Berry, because we live in a pathology-focused society and if you want to 1) be taken seriously, 2) be accommodated or recieve disability benefits/supports, or 3) find potential treatment options and specialists, a diagnosis is often required. There are both pros and certainly cons (stigma for example and bad-faith jerks) to this way of doing things, but it's the system we currently have to deal with.
Flip flops drive me crazy! haha :)
Hi, does your child speak now? What age did he start speaking?
You are the best!!! I love how you walk me through all of this, you are better the pediatrician. Thank you so much
This is really interesting... my son definitely has some of these tendencies, and was definitely that kind of baby that was constantly overwhelmed. I can remember holiday get togethers just sitting in a bedroom alone and nursing him the whole time because he was so miserable.
Thanks, Michelle, for information of SPD! These warning signs are very helpful.
My mum said that I basically cried my hole life and was a very upset and scared child and I hated being touched by any one
Sounds like my two year old, ngl sometimes the crying and screaming makes me think Im gona lose my mind
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I find that experience is more informative, more enriching and gives examples and perspective.
I do experience it. Bright lights... not on my face! And noises can be super overwhelming. Some just drive me up the wall. Certain aesthetics really get under my skin too. I tend to hide/throw away anything that bothers me. It took me years to hear about it. I thought I was just weird.
Thanks for the info, especially the parts about SPD in waves... sometimes my son seems to progress then regress again.
I think that is normal. As they go through developmental changes or have busy times in their lives, they will progress and regress (as, I think, we all do in many ways).
Wow mine blow my daughter was hard from 2 weeks old we have been going crazy since then. She has meltdowns a thousand times a day. As a baby always had to be wrapped.
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I have SPD, and something that I've noticed is that I love textures. I love feeling textures. I'll be in Walmart with my mom and I'll see something that I can feel, and the next moment my mom will be gone lol
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My son had no signs until around age 3. 🤔 We thought it was adhd, but am now suspecting spd.
Its estimated around 40 % of people who have one also have the other. Adhd causes executive dysfunction issues (how we regulate, control and organize cognitive processes) so it would make sense one could cause the other.
My young child would cry when I sang to him.🤷🏻♀️
I'm so sorry. You may want to try playing calm music. That could help calm him when he needs it.
Very helpful . Thank you !
My daughter is 3 years old. Around age 1 I noticed that she would freak out over people laughing too hard or talking to loud. She’s also sensitive to singing, it can’t be too high or too low and she freaks out if notes are extended for too long. The funny thing is, we are a singing family, lol. I’m so confused, do we not laugh in front of her do we not sing or talk loudly. It feels like she’s taken us hostage. I hope I’m making sense.
We try to keep things to a minimum but it doesn't help to completely avoid noise because, eventually, she will need to learn how to cope. Can you get her some noise cancelling headphones?
Hi, my son is 3 years old and experiencing the same too. Whenever he hears the "end" part of the song and it seems extended, he'd cry and freak out. He also cries when he hears motorcycle passing by as if it's on a racing and "fast beat" music.
You have confirmed what I'm still waiting on a doctor to confirm. My son seems to be on the spectrum with SPD, which is hereditary (spd),so after listening to you and realizing I share some of these symptoms myself , along with my dad. I decided to do an online autism test,but to my surprise, it says I'm on the spectrum ,I have one-third of the symptoms . I here I taught, I was just weird.
A lot of the symtoms listed are very common signs of Autism! Got example you mentioned routines, thats more if an autistic trait. Autism and Spd go hand and hand a lot of the time which is why the traits can get mixed up.
This doc helped my son improve and get over autism with his herbs
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My sons speech and behavior/social skill has improved perfectly using his herbs
People in the grocery store would make a horrible noise that I had to cry. Like the vacuum cleaner.
Thank you so much for this!!!!!
It's such a depressing life for a parent. Ours is 9 now, it doesn't get better. In fact, it gets worse. Knowing that we may be dealing with this forever makes me lose my will to live.
This doc helped my son improve and get over autism with his herbs
His name is #droyalo on channel
My sons speech and behavior/social skill has improved perfectly using his herbs
Yes ime 44 turned into fybromyalgia diagnosed now autism ADHD heds son's now diagnosed
I wounder about my 4th baby 4mlnths she easy along as she swaddled and or in the baby wrap or nursing. she don't sleep unless in the baby wrap or swaddles.
Don't stress about it just yet. Some babies just like to be swaddled. Just take note of it and watch as she grows 💜
This doc helped my son improve and get over autism with his herbs
His name is #droyalo on channel
My sons speech and behavior/social skill has improved perfectly using his herbs
Good video, very much like my son. I'm just wondering if SPD causes the child to run up down an area, like running laps as a way to cope?
This doc helped my son improve and get over autism with his herbs
His name is #droyalo on channel
My sons speech and behavior/social skill has improved perfectly using his herbs
Has anyone had this happen or have any input: my daughter has always struck me as having some sort of sensory problem. When she was a baby she WOULD NOT be swaddled. From day one even the nurses couldn't keep her in one. She is now almost 2 and she does not like certain sounds, and others don't faze her at all. She sat through a parade of all fire trucks and didn't bat an eye although I thought she would hate. But a motorcycle that you can barely hear while inside by the way, she will hold her ears and get scared. If my phone rings or the alarm goes off, she will FREAK! She runs in whichever direction she's facing, and I get scared she'll actually hurt herself. Speaking of alarms, thr smoke alarm went off the other day, and for literally 25 mins she did nothing but repeat (very loudly) ALARM ALARM ALARM WAS LOUD IN MY EARS, ALARM over and over and no matter how many times I told her it was over or tried to distract, she was not having it. This is the latest thing that made me worry. Every time I bring up issues like this, because she's very advanced for her age, her Dr says yeah my kids don't like noises sometimes too 😒 🙄 😑 I don't think this is just "normal" behavior.
My son is the same with vibrations. Even if it's a sound like clippers, motorcycle going by he looses it.
This doc helped my son improve and get over autism with his herbs
His name is #droyalo on channel
My sons speech and behavior/social skill has improved perfectly using his herbs
Ty so much my son was misdiagnosed till 8th grade adhd they did not even look at it 15 yr ago
Any advice for teenagers whose SPD was not diagnosed at a younger age?
Also adults. Now 40 and I think have it
At what age did you start noticing these things?
It is different for everyone.
I wouldn't label them as 'warning signs'. I would call them 'traits'.
All these kids have these mental problems because of the vaccinations we are forced to get them like hepatitis B in particular
Not for me my mother gave me none autism in my family since 1860 my son's got it though he did have mmr
I think that I have both sides of the spd
I THOUGHT ID SHARE WITH U TODAY THAT ADULTS ALSO HAVE SPD - AND WE HAVE THE SAME NEEDS AND SAME AWFUL EXPERIENCES- AUTISTIC OR SPD KIDS BECOME SPD OR AUTISTIC ADULTS - THANSK 😏😏😏😏
Of course! ❤️ I just share my experiences on my channel and my videos are designed for parents, and, in this case, parents with kids on the spectrum.
Have you tried any of the toys or anything else