Re: Re: Am I the only one?-Raena

[Guest guest]

This is what we've seen in . Even though he is considered aspergers,

he will shut down completely. At school they have finally figured out that

when he refuses to work, there is a reason. He has gone to the resource

room after refusing to work, refused to work there, then told them that he

was tired, put his head down and went to sleep. They now let him do this

(it doesn't happen often) because they finally get that when this happens,

he's dealing with something the only way he can. And, lack of sleep is not

involved at all.

Amazing how far we've come this year, isn't it? :-)

Sue

>a lot to do with which coping strategies a child " chooses " to deal with

information overload.

And this

> happens at probably as many different levels as there are kids doing

> it--some shutting down only here and there, or in selected sensory

> systems, others shutting down pretty much everything

[Guest guest]

> worldwide, and an established author) goes into great detail about

> how it feels to completely shut down. It's about what your brain can

> handle at the time. We don't think about it a lot, but NT people

> shut down (at different levels) when the stress gets high enough.

I'm in low-level shutdown right now. Have been for a couple days. I am

floating from room to room, place to place, and not doing ANYTHING. It's

almost like I'm a ghost in my house.

It's because of Marc's upcoming interview. He is so stressed and so intense

and so I've gone the opposite way. I've stopped talking, stopped doing

housework, stopped shopping. When I'm home alone I hide on the computer for

the morning and the playstation in the afternoon. When they get home, I

come back up and hide on the computer some more. When they've gone to bed,

I go back downstairs and sand and sand and sand my next painting projects.

I feel like a ghost haunting my own house!

It's not depression, though. I can tell that. I'm just avoiding having to

actually DO or INTERACT or THINK or WORK. i'm just existing.

It's strange.

I don't think I said more than 3 sentences to Marc last night after

went to bed. I just can't think of a single thing to say.

Ironically, I can think of lots of things to WRITE.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

> worldwide, and an established author) goes into great detail about

> how it feels to completely shut down. It's about what your brain can

> handle at the time. We don't think about it a lot, but NT people

> shut down (at different levels) when the stress gets high enough.

I'm in low-level shutdown right now. Have been for a couple days. I am

floating from room to room, place to place, and not doing ANYTHING. It's

almost like I'm a ghost in my house.

It's because of Marc's upcoming interview. He is so stressed and so intense

and so I've gone the opposite way. I've stopped talking, stopped doing

housework, stopped shopping. When I'm home alone I hide on the computer for

the morning and the playstation in the afternoon. When they get home, I

come back up and hide on the computer some more. When they've gone to bed,

I go back downstairs and sand and sand and sand my next painting projects.

I feel like a ghost haunting my own house!

It's not depression, though. I can tell that. I'm just avoiding having to

actually DO or INTERACT or THINK or WORK. i'm just existing.

It's strange.

I don't think I said more than 3 sentences to Marc last night after

went to bed. I just can't think of a single thing to say.

Ironically, I can think of lots of things to WRITE.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

> worldwide, and an established author) goes into great detail about

> how it feels to completely shut down. It's about what your brain can

> handle at the time. We don't think about it a lot, but NT people

> shut down (at different levels) when the stress gets high enough.

I'm in low-level shutdown right now. Have been for a couple days. I am

floating from room to room, place to place, and not doing ANYTHING. It's

almost like I'm a ghost in my house.

It's because of Marc's upcoming interview. He is so stressed and so intense

and so I've gone the opposite way. I've stopped talking, stopped doing

housework, stopped shopping. When I'm home alone I hide on the computer for

the morning and the playstation in the afternoon. When they get home, I

come back up and hide on the computer some more. When they've gone to bed,

I go back downstairs and sand and sand and sand my next painting projects.

I feel like a ghost haunting my own house!

It's not depression, though. I can tell that. I'm just avoiding having to

actually DO or INTERACT or THINK or WORK. i'm just existing.

It's strange.

I don't think I said more than 3 sentences to Marc last night after

went to bed. I just can't think of a single thing to say.

Ironically, I can think of lots of things to WRITE.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

Maybe you can write him a letter?

Cecilia from Perú, mom to Dessirée (05/07/99)

Lovely husband

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De: The Hunny Family

Enviado el: Viernes, 02 de Mayo de 2003 10:02 a.m.

Para: parenting_autism

Asunto: Re: Re: Am I the only one?-Raena

> worldwide, and an established author) goes into great detail about

> how it feels to completely shut down. It's about what your brain can

> handle at the time. We don't think about it a lot, but NT people

> shut down (at different levels) when the stress gets high enough.

I'm in low-level shutdown right now. Have been for a couple days. I am

floating from room to room, place to place, and not doing ANYTHING.

It's

almost like I'm a ghost in my house.

It's because of Marc's upcoming interview. He is so stressed and so

intense

and so I've gone the opposite way. I've stopped talking, stopped doing

housework, stopped shopping. When I'm home alone I hide on the computer

for

the morning and the playstation in the afternoon. When they get home, I

come back up and hide on the computer some more. When they've gone to

bed,

I go back downstairs and sand and sand and sand my next painting

projects.

I feel like a ghost haunting my own house!

It's not depression, though. I can tell that. I'm just avoiding having

to

actually DO or INTERACT or THINK or WORK. i'm just existing.

It's strange.

I don't think I said more than 3 sentences to Marc last night after

went to bed. I just can't think of a single thing to say.

Ironically, I can think of lots of things to WRITE.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

I'm doubtful they even know what the alert program is since they didn't seem

familiar with a child with 's needs before this. It might be an idea

though.

It's really been improving the last few months and he should have the same

resource room teacher and aide next year so we won't start out with so many

new people and no knowledge of him again!

Sue

>

> Going to sleep is a major signal of sympathetic overload...it's

> wonderful that they give him some time away from things before he

> gets to this point now...do they use the ALERT program at all? It

> teaches kids to recognize when they need organizational strategies

> and gives them tools for coping that they can keep with them to use

> at the moment they need them without having to ask...sounds like

> might do well with something like that?

>

> Sounds like good things are happening...

>

> Raena

>