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December 1, 2019

Sensory Sunday #6

Last updated on October 9, 2021

We’re back with another Sensory Sunday! This week’s sensory question is:

What’s one thing about your sensory experience
that you wish you would have known sooner?

My wish

What I wish I had known sooner is that I experience meltdowns and sensory overload in the first place. I mean, I experienced both regularly, but I didn’t know what they were. I didn’t even know I am autistic. All I knew was that while others more or less coped with their sensory reality, I was often agitated. Both because of sensory overload and because of challenges in executive functions.

Had I known why I was agitated and how to diminish it, I likely wouldn’t have judged myself for it. I would have been able to deal with it, and avoid meltdowns if possible.

But most importantly, it wouldn’t have contributed to developing the belief that I am not good enough.


I have explored the idea of internalizing judgments further
in the next post if you want to read/learn more:

Self-judgment

To explore the whole Sensory Sunday series,
have a look at the Sensory Sunday index:

Sensory Sunday series

 

References

This article
was written by:
martin-silvertant
Co-founder of Embrace Autism, and living up to my surname as a silver award-winning graphic designer. Besides running Embrace Autism and researching autism, I love typography and practice type design. I also fight dodecahedragons during sleep onset. I discovered I’m autistic when I was 19, and was diagnosed at 25. PS: I am trans, and Martin is my dead name. For articles under my current name, have a look at Eva Silvertant’s content.

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Land acknowledgement

Embrace Autism recognizes and acknowledges the traditional lands of the Indigenous peoples across Ontario. From the lands of the Anishinaabe to the Attawandaron and Haudenosaunee, these lands surrounding the Great Lakes are steeped in First Nations history. We are in solidarity with Indigenous brothers and sisters to honour and respect Mother Earth. We acknowledge and give gratitude for the wisdom of the Grandfathers and the four winds that carry the spirits of our ancestors that walked this land before us. Embrace Autism is located on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We acknowledge and thank the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation—the Treaty holders—for being stewards of this traditional territory.

A First Nations symbol, consisting of a Sun surrounded by four Eagle feathers.
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