Uptight & Off Center? You May Have Sensory Processing Disorder

“Behavior is a reflection of the organization of your nervous system at that moment and under those conditions.

~Patti Oetter, O.T.

• Are you jittery, anxious, panicked, depressed, or obsessive/compulsive?

If so, do any of the following also apply to you?

• Off balance or clumsy;
• Hypersensitive to sensation;
• Sensation seeking;
• Disorganized, distracted, or spacey;
• “Lazy” and find it hard to get your body moving;
• Thrown by change.

If you answered “yes” to one or more of the above, along with being anxious or depressed you might have sensory processing disorder (SPD).

Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a common, but a relatively unknown condition in which sensory messages get scrambled in the …read more