Making Sense: A Guide to Sensory Issues

Input to our joints and muscles via movement increases levels of serotonin within our bodies, a chemical made by the body to help regulate our mood. It also regulates other similar chemicals, like dopamine, the famous “reward” chemical—which is more related to unexpected rewards—so we’re not driven to seek non-stop pleasure. Ever noticed that you’r

Sensory issues are life-long and come with different challenges at different stages of life. I believe that challenges depend on three important factors: 1. Neurology, or if and how the brain can rewire 2. Past history, or whether or not negative social and emotional patterns have been established 3. Phase of life and related environment, or the ex

Unable to feel the full extent of pain, it could take more force—more burning, more sharpness, more ache—for them to register that they have a problem.

Hungry? Cold? Sleepy? Have a racing heart? Need to use the bathroom? You know how your body is feeling thanks to our eighth sense, interoception. This sense is key to our day-to-day functioning as a person living within a body. It helps us identify the state of our organs and what needs to be done to maintain homeostasis, or a balanced state.

Each piece of sensory input—from the feel of our feet on the floor to the laugh of a stranger—cascades upon us without our consent, and we must constantly fight to keep our heads above water.

People with Sensory Modulation Disorder have trouble modulating or regulating sensory information.

Sensory Discrimination Disorder, which includes the difficulty of understanding the basic sensory qualities of people, places, objects, or the environment.

There’s just less time to build a rich, complex history of traumatic childish torture and torment when a kid’s only had a few birthdays before her sensory issues are recognized. There’s also less time to establish her own negative thought patterns related to her differences and the way in which she is perceived by others. She hasn’t had decades to

Research shows that 80-85% of our learning, perception, and cognition activities come to us through our vision.