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The current chaos is more than a debate between mask/no mask, etc. to those living with PTSD. What happens when these events "cause survival patterning to re-emerge. We may default to conditioned ways of coping that saved our lives in the past and enabled us to get through. We may be experiencing the resurfacing of dormant somatic (body) memories as they are once again (or more intensely) faced with questions related to shelter, income, food, safety, empathy, and care-seekin...g in human relationships not knowing if the threat will ever end. Having to hold those survival-level questions in one’s shape can overwhelm our body, mind, and soul’s capacities." If you know someone struggling with intense emotions or intense survival reactions, you can help by being a safe space as they process the ever changing events. If you are struggling with the re-emergence of previous survival patterns, reach out. Do not attempt to walk through it alone.

#Sensitive kids are known for being more intense and stirred up by their environment. Sensory overload is common with some sounds being too loud, smells too pow...erful, and even touch or tags in clothes being too much to handle. They can be difficult to make sense of given their heightened reactions and emotions, especially their increased resistance and anxieties. Their heightened response to external #stimuli as well as from signals within their body, is due to heightened reactivity in their nervous system. While we don’t really understand why some kids are more sensitive, current research is suggesting genetics, prenatal or birth experiences. What is still true is sensitive kids need the same conditions as other kids to grow, that is, strong caring relationships with adults and soft hearts. Sensitivity exists on a continuum with no two children being the same in terms of their enhanced receptivity to stimuli including differences in reactions to sights, smells, tastes, touch, hearing, kinesthetic/proprioceptor (knowing where your body is in time and space), and emotional/perceptual abilities. While the differences among sensitive kids are great, the gifts that come with heightened sensory systems can start to emerge when development is unfolding well. While they are more prone to emotional challenges, with a supportive environment containing warm relationships, play time, room for tears, they can flourish. While all children have gifts and talents, kids with sensitivity have #gifts that are more likely to cluster together in the following ways because of the increased reactivity in their #nervous and #emotional systems: Perceptive Sensitive kids often pick up on small details and notice things that are different or have changed, and can put together patterns and abstract details into a whole. Care deeply about others The emotional system is part of the nervous system which impacts sensitivity by giving them a heightened caring response. The depth of their emotions can be profound as they vocalise what they are feeling. They can be easily moved emotionally by music, stories, nature, art, and the kindness of others. Passionate and intense The enhanced receptivity in their emotional systems can lead to passionate and intense feelings/responses in their relationship to things, people, and interests. They can become vibrant and energised talking about their ideas, with big dreams and goals ensuing. Memory With increased receptivity to their environment and attention to patterns or details, sensitive kids can absorb and retain information at astonishing rates. ‘Natural brightness’ is often a result of sensitivity as well as particular areas of special capabilities, for example, visual processing, reading comprehension, or agility. Creativity When sensitive kids play freely, unconstrained by agendas or structure, their imaginative worlds can be vibrant and expansive. Discerning they don’t suffer fools gladly Sensitive kids can be particular in deciding who they will trust and form relationships with. Sensitive kids are less likely to succumb to false pretenses and fake performances. Resistant It might not appear to be a gift on the surface but a sensitive child’s capacity to resist coercion and control by others has a silver lining, preserving a space for their own ideas to emerge. Problem solving and innovation When a sensitive child is able to digest a lot of sensory information and hold onto all of the pieces at once, they can start to arrange them in interesting and complex ways. Gifts related to their sensitivity Every sensitive child exists on a continuum of heightened responses but with this can come a refinement of special skills and gifts: enhanced emotional/perceptual awareness; auditory sensitivity; kinesthetic/proprioception gifts; etc with gifts following from each particular sense. Sensitive kids need strong, caring, and firm parents to lean on, and ones who won’t be afraid to face their big emotions and walk them through it. When a parent learns to dance with their sensitive child in this way, and when they can make sense of their emotions and behaviour, they will find the confidence they need to be the answer to their child’s needs. Sensitivity can be a beautiful thing if we give our kids enough time to grow and to make sense of the world in their unique ways. Don’t miss a post at https://www.facebook.com/drdeborahmacnamara Read the full article: http://macnamara.ca/.../the-gifts-of-sensitivity-why-its.../ #neurochild #childdevelopment #sensory

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