addendum to this is me post

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For the past few days I have not been very interested at all in self-

injurious behavior. Today I did not even really think of it except

once...I said I did not know why... these are the same 4 days that I

have been giving myself a lot of rocking chair breaks, a thing I have

not ever done before. I rock but I don't actually make time to rock.

Maybe that could have something to do with it.

I don't know what they mean below by " sensory integration therapy " but

for my purposes I am going to assume that rocking helps me integrate

SOMETHING somehow.

(same site I just posted) http://www.autism.org/sib.html

<In some cases, self-injury may be a form of self-stimulatory,

stereotypic behaviors. That is, they are repetitive, ritualistic

behaviors which provide the individual with some form of sensory

stimulation or arousal. (Treatment: Person could be given sensory

integration therapy to normalize the senses.)>

Rhonda