Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
For the sensory defensive, it is overwhelming. Rather than open their senses to take in the world, they feel compelled to turn off their senses to expel the world.
Sharon Heller • Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
The sensory defensive says, “No way can I sleep in that bed!”
Sharon Heller • Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
Psychological treatment, a mind-over-matter approach, has limited effectiveness in treating defensiveness.
Sharon Heller • Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
Sensory defensiveness can also result from allergies and illness such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Exposure to environmental toxins, such as air contaminants, destructive viruses, and other chemicals that enter our bodies may contribute to the problem as well.
Sharon Heller • Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
Patricia Wilbarger.
Sharon Heller • Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
alleviating tactile defensiveness.
Sharon Heller • Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
A sedentary lifestyle minimizes energizing movements that nourish the brain. Have you been hugged today? Have you worked up a sweat?
Sharon Heller • Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
The brain makes no distinction between a real or a perceived threat—it just reacts.
Sharon Heller • Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
most cases the brain is miswired, causing an exaggeration of the normal innate protective response to bodily harm.13