Boy, oo Boy, what an ordinary day turned upside down from a little rumbling of the ground. It seemed as though everyone was on sensory overload not only having being evacuated wherever they may have been at the time of THEE earthquake on the East coast this August of 2011. Why does this ordinary day already sound so official? Is it? The ground did shake.
How about feeling minor anxiety from your own nervous system quaking because of every ordinary day activities for some like going to lunch in the cafeteria, can be earth shattering to their nervous system thus sending the person with a sensory dysfunction, some call it anxiety, depression, hyper activity or sensitivities or compulsions. I'm going to call them pooh, eyore, tigger, and piglet. These characters from the classic story of Winnie the Pooh are very similar to the types of sensory that can be found by themselves or combined to form their own unique character under the spectrum of autism and other pervasive developmental disabilities.
After today I would have to say my sensory dysfunction was definitely an eyore. Even though I didn't lose my tail, I did NOT get excited, anxious, or paranoid about that earth shattering days events. My sensory system went numb and I acted and behaved as it were any ordinary day. What character from Winnie the Pooh were you? Were you nervous piglet, wise owl, or did you line all the kids up like Christopher Robin to make sure everyone was safe from the Bakson.
It's only the second week back and there is already so many sensory activities occurring. Tomorrow we all get to relax and take our chill pills with our day off, well all the Christopher Robin teachers have off at least!
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