r/SPD

I'm equally sensitive across all senses (except smell is not that bad). i've always been like this but it was much milder when I was young. in my mid-late 20's things started slowly getting worse, and then they progressed slowly but steadily until my mid-30's were miserable, and by now at 42 early menopause is making it even worse. sensory issues always flared during PMS (I'm sensitive to hormone fluctuations). it's disabling. I can barely go places. Anyway! thanks for listening, I'll delve further into this forum in the future.

I’ll never forget the parent-teacher conference where my daughter’s teacher complimented us on how well behaved she was. Just a few weeks before, I had emailed the teacher to give her a heads-up about my daughter’s sensory needs and high (but often masked) anxiety. At the conference, the teacher made it seem like I was talking about a completely different child. What she didn’t know was how much effort it took just to get my child in the door. 

hello - we took our 3 year old to the neurologist because he does these stimming behaviors a lot of the day. He is NOT delayed in any sense. The neurologist diagnosed with SPD & said he would outgrow it soon or by age 5. He seems to be doing these behaviors more though since the diagnosis. He stays at home with me.

He waves objects in front of his face over and over again when he has no structured play. We tried OT but it did not help — he seemed to stim even more after. I am looking for advice or someone with experience with a child that had this in the past. I would love to help him succeed in any way that I can. It seems he would rather stim with an object than play with it normally. He is capable of playing normally and will do so with his sister or play pretend for 10 min or so. Then back to stimming.

His pediatricians advice was to pretend like he didn’t receive the SPD diagnosis and try to get him diagnosed again for autism by one of these autism centers nearby. Im unsure if that is the right idea. She also referred us to genetics

>Hi everyone! I am looking into how sensory seeking behaviors (like the intense urge to rip/shred paper to calm down or focus) can be turned into a meaningful household responsibility.
Specifically, I want to hear from girls or women who became the official "document shredder" for their family. Your parents gave you sensitive documents, tax forms, or junk mail to destroy because they trusted you and it genuinely helped them, while also helping your own brain.
If this was or is your experience, please let me know in the comments! I would love to ask you a few quick questions about how it affected your mood and self-esteem. Thank you so much!

So I need advice on what to do if something that has happened to me happens again. This subreddit seemed like the right spot, but lmk if it isn’t

The situation in question happened about a month ago I think. For context I cannot handle those plastic bags for vegetables in stores.

Basically what happened is my mum asked me to put the cucumbers away and I repeatedly said I couldn’t, and she pushed me until I did, which caused me to leave and go to my room immediately. She followed me in to talk and try to help, and I ended up having something similar to a panic attack caused by it. Meaning I couldn’t breathe and was crying. I have issues with crying in public, especially with family since my bio dad used to shame me for crying.

So I’m just asking what advice anyone here has for if the situation happens again. If it helps I have diagnosed anxiety and the bags make my fingers feel icky and my ears hurt when I hear them.

Recently I was at the doctor and my mom brought up my aversion to chewing noise and other sensory sensitivities. My doctor said what I might deal with is spd. But as of right now I can't afford a diagnosis so I just want to know how I can tackle these problems.

As early as I can remember the sound of people chewing can send me into like a severe fight or flight state. Like I feel like I'm in genuine danger, I get irrationally angry or I cry. If im exposed to the noise for too long it can take me a long time to calm down and i start to zone put or dissociate because my brain just cant handle it. I also hate slurping noise and especially toilet flushing 😭

I hate people touching I can't stand it. whenever someone touches me It feels like their trying to merge our bodies together (I don't know how to explain it). I have to wear socks, crumbs of any sort can not touch my feet especially when their wet.

More often than not my hands will get really sensitive out of nowhere and I can't touch anything. I have an extremely low pain tolerance and tolerance for noise in general. I have a horrible sense of direction and bad coordination. To this day I mix up my right and left 💔.

For more context I am clinically diagnosed with Anxiety and ocd. I'm not sure if there's any comorbidity there.

Any advice helps

Hi! im ND and have finally started accepting its okay to have sensory issues and accommodate them and I feel like i rly need some suggestions on where to start.. my two big big issues are definitely

-NOISE :( I HATE HATE HATE LOUD NOISE

-Light... i have one small lamp in the corner of my room because lights (esp fluorescent, not warm lighting) gives me a big headache and makes me so sad

Ive been looking at loop earplugs recently to help with the noise but they are pricey and i get so nervous to drop money on things especially bc i have sensitive ears that have a lot of problems with earbuds. my ears are pretty small too LOL but if they are really worth it i will absolutely buy them! I want some recommendations for those too :3

For the light.. i honestly dont know what to do. Wearing sunglasses isnt the most accepted indoors (especially as a student) and classtime is when it rly bothers me. Im assuming some slightly tinted glasses exist, but i also would like those to be budget friendly. if anything else helps you guys PLEASEEEE let me know (mostly ones that apply in public spaces since i can control my dorm lights)

if you need more specifics plsplspls ask and let me know! thank you so muchh :3

I drop headliners at work and usually don’t have issues but I do have some discomfort from touching the cloth idk how to explain it.. I can hear it my ear and feel it through my body when I touch it. Recently I was doing my work as usual and my hand slid across the headliner and I immediately started to gag real loud and bad and it grabbed the attention of my coworkers which was embarrassing. My question is should I seek a diagnosis from a professional or just look for coping mechanisms online and try to figure it out myself(not going to self diagnose with anything just want coping mechanisms). I also don’t really have money to continuously see a professional