09 Dec 2007, 2:32 pm
Strapples
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09 Dec 2007, 2:36 pm
catlover02 wrote:
I'm an Aspie and I would never want to wear a lead apron or anything big and heavy! Lead aprons and other big things would be really unconfortunately for me! Dawn
certain aspies dont like it... it all depends on how your sensory system is wired... my wiring is pretty unique, and thats quite obvious with me from my list of sensations...
i dont know anyone else who likes soft silky straps and restrainy thingies...
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09 Dec 2007, 4:57 pm
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09 Dec 2007, 5:01 pm
Sorce wrote:
catlover02 wrote:
I'm an Aspie and I would never want to wear a lead apron or anything big and heavy! Lead aprons and other big things would be really unconfortunately for me! Dawn
Nice to see I'm not the only one. I like enclosed spaces, but anything heavy touching me makes me hyperventilate.
hmmm... thats odd... whenever i go in for x-rays my respiration becomes very shallow and slow... my oxygen requirement goes down quite a bit due to how relaxed i become... energy usage becomes nearly nothing.
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09 Dec 2007, 5:12 pm
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09 Dec 2007, 5:16 pm
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Lead apron at dentist's office. Massages. Strong wind. Relaxation therapy. Being buried under a freshly dried pile of towels. Having someone play with my hair.
lead apron, my favorite part of going to the dentists office
oooh.... being buried in a pile of freshly dried towels sounds fun... especially if they still have that fresh out the dryer warmth...
describe relaxation therapy please?
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09 Dec 2007, 5:17 pm
Strapples
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09 Dec 2007, 5:20 pm
Sorce wrote:
Strapples wrote:
Sorce wrote:
catlover02 wrote:
I'm an Aspie and I would never want to wear a lead apron or anything big and heavy! Lead aprons and other big things would be really unconfortunately for me! Dawn
Nice to see I'm not the only one. I like enclosed spaces, but anything heavy touching me makes me hyperventilate.
hmmm... thats odd... whenever i go in for x-rays my respiration becomes very shallow and slow... my oxygen requirement goes down quite a bit due to how relaxed i become... energy usage becomes nearly nothing.
The nurses are great at the doctor's office, so the lead apron is on and then removed before I start getting nervous.
lol... with me i yell at them "leave it!! !" so they do so while the dentist is working on me and i fall asleep while the dentist works... he he
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09 Dec 2007, 5:27 pm
Strapples wrote:
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Lead apron at dentist's office. Massages. Strong wind. Relaxation therapy. Being buried under a freshly dried pile of towels. Having someone play with my hair.
lead apron, my favorite part of going to the dentists office
oooh.... being buried in a pile of freshly dried towels sounds fun... especially if they still have that fresh out the dryer warmth...
describe relaxation therapy please?
Relaxation therapy . . . it's done usually at first with a guide who tells you to focus on your breathing first - in and out, in and out. After that, (and during), the guide helps you to become grounded, to feel the things that support you (like the ground, the floor, the chair). Then they have you tense up one part of your body, say like your fists and arms. And then relax. Then tense, hold and relax. And you go through it like that through all your body parts. It's very comforting. I'm amazingly calm afterwards.
You should look into music therapy; they do stuff like that too. Music therapy is what I'm getting my grad degree in. It's been proven to do a lot of good for your body; sometimes even more so than drugs or other therapies. The rest of the time, it works as an addition to physical therapy and pharmacology.
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09 Dec 2007, 5:30 pm
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Strapples wrote:
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Lead apron at dentist's office. Massages. Strong wind. Relaxation therapy. Being buried under a freshly dried pile of towels. Having someone play with my hair.
lead apron, my favorite part of going to the dentists office
oooh.... being buried in a pile of freshly dried towels sounds fun... especially if they still have that fresh out the dryer warmth...
describe relaxation therapy please?
Relaxation therapy . . . it's done usually at first with a guide who tells you to focus on your breathing first - in and out, in and out. After that, (and during), the guide helps you to become grounded, to feel the things that support you (like the ground, the floor, the chair). Then they have you tense up one part of your body, say like your fists and arms. And then relax. Then tense, hold and relax. And you go through it like that through all your body parts. It's very comforting. I'm amazingly calm afterwards.
You should look into music therapy; they do stuff like that too. Music therapy is what I'm getting my grad degree in. It's been proven to do a lot of good for your body; sometimes even more so than drugs or other therapies. The rest of the time, it works as an addition to physical therapy and pharmacology.
ohh yeah... that therapy... they tried that with me a while ago... my sensory hyposensitivity and craving for deep pressure made it worthless...
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09 Dec 2007, 5:33 pm
Strapples wrote:
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Strapples wrote:
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Lead apron at dentist's office. Massages. Strong wind. Relaxation therapy. Being buried under a freshly dried pile of towels. Having someone play with my hair.
lead apron, my favorite part of going to the dentists office
oooh.... being buried in a pile of freshly dried towels sounds fun... especially if they still have that fresh out the dryer warmth...
describe relaxation therapy please?
Relaxation therapy . . . it's done usually at first with a guide who tells you to focus on your breathing first - in and out, in and out. After that, (and during), the guide helps you to become grounded, to feel the things that support you (like the ground, the floor, the chair). Then they have you tense up one part of your body, say like your fists and arms. And then relax. Then tense, hold and relax. And you go through it like that through all your body parts. It's very comforting. I'm amazingly calm afterwards.
You should look into music therapy; they do stuff like that too. Music therapy is what I'm getting my grad degree in. It's been proven to do a lot of good for your body; sometimes even more so than drugs or other therapies. The rest of the time, it works as an addition to physical therapy and pharmacology.
ohh yeah... that therapy... they tried that with me a while ago... my sensory hyposensitivity and craving for deep pressure made it worthless...
It may have been that your therapist didn't know enough about what they were doing in regards to your status. Do you know if the therapist had a master's degree in it?
As for your hyposensitivity, how does it work specifically for you?
09 Dec 2007, 5:34 pm
Strapples wrote:
lol... with me i yell at them "leave it!! !" so they do so while the dentist is working on me and i fall asleep while the dentist works... he he
I did that last time at the dentist and very nearly fell asleep.
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09 Dec 2007, 5:35 pm
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Strapples wrote:
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Strapples wrote:
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Lead apron at dentist's office. Massages. Strong wind. Relaxation therapy. Being buried under a freshly dried pile of towels. Having someone play with my hair.
lead apron, my favorite part of going to the dentists office
oooh.... being buried in a pile of freshly dried towels sounds fun... especially if they still have that fresh out the dryer warmth...
describe relaxation therapy please?
Relaxation therapy . . . it's done usually at first with a guide who tells you to focus on your breathing first - in and out, in and out. After that, (and during), the guide helps you to become grounded, to feel the things that support you (like the ground, the floor, the chair). Then they have you tense up one part of your body, say like your fists and arms. And then relax. Then tense, hold and relax. And you go through it like that through all your body parts. It's very comforting. I'm amazingly calm afterwards.
You should look into music therapy; they do stuff like that too. Music therapy is what I'm getting my grad degree in. It's been proven to do a lot of good for your body; sometimes even more so than drugs or other therapies. The rest of the time, it works as an addition to physical therapy and pharmacology.
ohh yeah... that therapy... they tried that with me a while ago... my sensory hyposensitivity and craving for deep pressure made it worthless...
It may have been that your therapist didn't know enough about what they were doing in regards to your status. Do you know if the therapist had a master's degree in it?
As for your hyposensitivity, how does it work specifically for you?
i am very agitated and restless and not happy unless i am receiving some sort of sensation that i like... my sensations are listed prominently in my signature... funny thing is because i can barely hold myself up my powerchair is gonna have a harness on it, one thing... soft silky harness
say hello to constant sensory integration satisfaction 
picture below for everyone to understand what i like
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Last edited by Strapples on 09 Dec 2007, 5:44 pm, edited 2 times in total.
09 Dec 2007, 5:40 pm
09 Dec 2007, 5:42 pm
Strapples wrote:
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Strapples wrote:
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Strapples wrote:
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Lead apron at dentist's office. Massages. Strong wind. Relaxation therapy. Being buried under a freshly dried pile of towels. Having someone play with my hair.
lead apron, my favorite part of going to the dentists office
oooh.... being buried in a pile of freshly dried towels sounds fun... especially if they still have that fresh out the dryer warmth...
describe relaxation therapy please?
Relaxation therapy . . . it's done usually at first with a guide who tells you to focus on your breathing first - in and out, in and out. After that, (and during), the guide helps you to become grounded, to feel the things that support you (like the ground, the floor, the chair). Then they have you tense up one part of your body, say like your fists and arms. And then relax. Then tense, hold and relax. And you go through it like that through all your body parts. It's very comforting. I'm amazingly calm afterwards.
You should look into music therapy; they do stuff like that too. Music therapy is what I'm getting my grad degree in. It's been proven to do a lot of good for your body; sometimes even more so than drugs or other therapies. The rest of the time, it works as an addition to physical therapy and pharmacology.
ohh yeah... that therapy... they tried that with me a while ago... my sensory hyposensitivity and craving for deep pressure made it worthless...
It may have been that your therapist didn't know enough about what they were doing in regards to your status. Do you know if the therapist had a master's degree in it?
As for your hyposensitivity, how does it work specifically for you?
i am very agitated and restless and not happy unless i am receiving some sort of sensation that i like... my sensations are listed prominently in my signature... funny thing is because i can barely hold myself up my powerchair is gonna have a harness on it, one thing... soft silky harness
say hello to constant sensory integration satisfaction If I had been your therapist, I would have figured out how to modify a drum harness for you to wear during sessions.
Strapples
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09 Dec 2007, 5:42 pm
lastcrazyhorn wrote:
Strapples wrote:
so heres a few questions,
when you go for x-rays do you like the lead apron?
would you sleep in one at home if given the opportunity?
would you not be embarrased if sensory issues made it necessary to wear in public?
i would answer yes to all three.. if people asked me on the third id just say "aww shucks... forgot to take my apron off when going to break..."
In regards to your parents, you should have them read Temple Grandin's book, "Thinking in Pictures." She actually creates a deep pressure machine for herself.
I don't do x-rays that much, but yes for the dentist option.
I've often thought that sleeping in one would stop some of my thrashing around at night. Put some heavy weight on me and my HR drops into a good range (I have tachycardia) and I relax.
If I could jazz it up somehow with some color, I wouldn't mind wearing it in public some. Especially while sitting.
did you check out the link on that website, they got some cool colors
match it up with your wardrobe and we could have a whole new clothing trend... radiologist wear slams the world!
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