Too loud, too bright, too fast, too tight what to do if you are sensory defensive in an overstimulating world
Do clothing labels bother you so much that you have to remove them? Do you find many different foods repulsive? Do loud, sudden, or piercing sounds startle you? Do you need to wear sunglasses even on a cloudy day? Do you feel panicky going down an escalator or driving through a tunnel? If the answer...
| Main Author: | Heller, Sharon. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Quill,
2003, c2002.
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| Edition: | 1st Quill ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Moya Kinnealey, Ph.D.
- Introduction: Too sensitive for your own good
- Living outside the comfort zone: Senses on the defense; Sensory processing, the touchy nervous system; Levels of defensiveness, from mild to maddening
- Secondary effects, from dis-ease to disease: Weaving a web of fear, sensory defensiveness across the lifespan; Anxiety to addictions; Body erupts, the psychosomatic side of sensory defensiveness
- Your sensory diet: Getting started; Priming the pump; Sound health; Seeing the whole picture; Air control; Harmonious space
- Removing treatment obstacles: Food for your nervous system; Breathing lessons; Posturing for inner peace; Mind/body-only connect!
- Appendices: Sensory defensiveness survival kit; Defensive reactions to sensation
- Notes
- Glossary.