Autism / Autism Spectrum Support Group

Lack of a structured environment or clutter bothers me most. Being told I am disabled or can’t do something is very stressful. I grind my teeth as a result of stress. Sports are a good stress relief. As for me I like pressure. Mostly against the top and sides of my head.

Interesting Adler. Do you like to wear a hat?

that is interesting adler. my son grinds his teeth as well. my son also likes to twirl his hair with his fingers when he is stressed.

I don't like hat's.

What realy helps Eddie if he wakes up in a realy bad mood is to let him do something he realy loves for about 15 minutes before i even try to feed him breakfast or talk to him. He also loves to presure in him body, and he has a special pillow he likes to cuddle in when he is stressed or up set.

As for the mommys take a long walk with some good music it realy helps you relax. Also take some dip breaths and count to ten before getting angree with your child.

But the best thing of all is try to figure out what is all the stress about, because every child can comunicate in one way or other. Figure out the problem and work trought it together.

GOOD LUCK

Oliver was taught to understand his feelings as part of his pre school experience. He attended a wonderful program that included yoga and breathing lessons, and he was observed by the school psychologists to turn away from the overwhelming activities and regroup then return when he was not being overwhelmed.
In general stress affects everyone, the issue is how does an individual relate to the situation, and learning to recognize the events causing stress and reacting in ways that do not harm yourself or others, in response.
I had a period of grinding my teeth when under heavy stress. I had to get a mouth guard made, until I eventually did not have that paticular job, then the stress was no longer.
Yoga is a great stress relief because breathing will interupt the unconscious automatic metabolic response to the stress that most people have as the root to many physical and mental ailments. Many things from diabetes, to heart disease and cancer are know to be adversely affected by stress and the hormomal byproducts of the stress response in the body.
Learning to breath when feeling stressed is what Oliver and his friends in preK were taught and the school psychologists saw how it helps him cope in regular kindergarten now. It breaks a perpetual cycle in his biochemical system, and he then has the freedom to choose how he responds rather than doing what I did and grind my teeth without being aware.
I hope that makes sense.

i used to grind my teeth and i also had to wear a night guard. i have found that deep breathing does help but i 've also started exercising.

working with my son on his homework and breaking it down so that he sees that it does not need to be stressful has helped and his teachers and resource person make sure that i have everything he is going to work on at the beginning of the week so that i am prepared.

sam also likes deep pressure when he gets overwhelmed. He also gets to keep something from home with him at school to manipulate while in the classroom. We started out with rubber bands but he has grown fascinated with crystals and rocks and the texture from them has helped to.