• A message for you from Sprinkle, the cupcake:⁣ ⁣ I know we often don't give ourselves enough credit, so I'm here to help you out with that today!⁣ ⁣ When we take a step back, sometimes we see tiny victories that we didn't even really notice at the time 🎉 Maybe things like:⁣ ⁣ 💙 Taking a break, even if we're really busy. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Saying no to something that we don't want or need to do. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Making a tiny step towards recovery. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Trying something new. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Noticing unhelpful self-talk and replacing it with something kind. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Making progress on a project.⁣ ⁣ .... anything, big or small! ⁣ ⁣ What's something that you're proud of this week? Share in the comments, and take a moment to give yourself a pat on the back 😊 And maybe leave some encouraging words on someone else's comment too! 💕⁣ ⁣ (Sprinkle, the cupcake, will also be replying to comments 😆🍰)⁣ #sarahsfriendlycupcakecrew ⁣ [Image Description: A photo of a cupcake that has been doodled on and turned into a character. She has a dress, hair tied in a side bun, arms, legs, a happy face, and a hundreds and thousands biscuit on top which has been turned into a hat. A speech bubble reads I'm so proud of you!] ⁣
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    A message for you from Sprinkle, the cupcake:⁣ ⁣ I know we often don't give ourselves enough credit, so I'm here to help you out with that today!⁣ ⁣ When we take a step back, sometimes we see tiny victories that we didn't even really notice at the time 🎉 Maybe things like:⁣ ⁣ 💙 Taking a break, even if we're really busy. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Saying no to something that we don't want or need to do. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Making a tiny step towards recovery. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Trying something new. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Noticing unhelpful self-talk and replacing it with something kind. ⁣ ⁣ 💙 Making progress on a project.⁣ ⁣ .... anything, big or small! ⁣ ⁣ What's something that you're proud of this week? Share in the comments, and take a moment to give yourself a pat on the back 😊 And maybe leave some encouraging words on someone else's comment too! 💕⁣ ⁣ (Sprinkle, the cupcake, will also be replying to comments 😆🍰)⁣ #sarahsfriendlycupcakecrew ⁣ [Image Description: A photo of a cupcake that has been doodled on and turned into a character. She has a dress, hair tied in a side bun, arms, legs, a happy face, and a hundreds and thousands biscuit on top which has been turned into a hat. A speech bubble reads I'm so proud of you!] ⁣
  • Subtypes of Sensory Processing Disorder (Part 2/5!)⁣ ✌️⁣ Pattern 1: SENSORY MODULATION DISORDER⁣ 🧠⁣ Hi hi! Today we're diving in to the first main pattern of SPD: sensory modulation disorder. This is when individuals have difficulty regulating their responses to sensory information. There are three subtypes within this pattern.⁣ ⁣ 1️⃣ Sensory Over-Responsivity (the most well known subtype of SPD!)⁣ 💥 People with over-responsivity are extra sensitive to sensory information. Their bodies respond too much, too soon, or for too long to sensory input that feels fine to most people.⁣ 💭 e.g. Someone with an over-responsive auditory sense 👂 might struggle with loud or harsh sounds, while someone with an over-responsive visual sense 👁️ might find bright lights painful. ⁣ ⁣ 2️⃣ Sensory Under-Responsivity ⁣ 💥 People who are under responsive to sensory information experience the opposite! They have a delayed or less intense response to sensory input. ⁣ 💭 e.g. Under-responsive interoception 🧘‍♀️ may mean someone doesn't notice when objects are too hot or cold, and they may not notice pain from bumps, cuts or scrapes. ⁣ ⁣ 3️⃣ Sensory Craving⁣ 💥 People with this subtype actively crave or seek sensory input - but it doesn't help to regulate them. ⁣ 💭 e.g. Sensory craving in the vestibular sense 🤸‍♂️ may mean someone is constantly moving and jumping. Someone with sensory craving in their tactile sense 🖐️ might need to touch everything. ⁣ ⁣ Keep in mind that each sense can be affected differently!! So you could be over-responsive in your visual sense, for example, and under-responsive in your auditory sense. ⁣ 🤯⁣ Was this helpful for you? Got questions or want some more examples? Let me know below! ⁣ 👇⁣ ⁣ [Video Description: Sarah is holding a handwritten sign that reads Pattern 1: Sensory Modulation Disorder, and moving it towards and away from the camera. She is standing in front of a pink background.]⁣ ⁣ Reference material: The STAR Institute⁣ www.spdstar.org/basic/subtypes-of-spd
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    Subtypes of Sensory Processing Disorder (Part 2/5!)⁣ ✌️⁣ Pattern 1: SENSORY MODULATION DISORDER⁣ 🧠⁣ Hi hi! Today we're diving in to the first main pattern of SPD: sensory modulation disorder. This is when individuals have difficulty regulating their responses to sensory information. There are three subtypes within this pattern.⁣ ⁣ 1️⃣ Sensory Over-Responsivity (the most well known subtype of SPD!)⁣ 💥 People with over-responsivity are extra sensitive to sensory information. Their bodies respond too much, too soon, or for too long to sensory input that feels fine to most people.⁣ 💭 e.g. Someone with an over-responsive auditory sense 👂 might struggle with loud or harsh sounds, while someone with an over-responsive visual sense 👁️ might find bright lights painful. ⁣ ⁣ 2️⃣ Sensory Under-Responsivity ⁣ 💥 People who are under responsive to sensory information experience the opposite! They have a delayed or less intense response to sensory input. ⁣ 💭 e.g. Under-responsive interoception 🧘‍♀️ may mean someone doesn't notice when objects are too hot or cold, and they may not notice pain from bumps, cuts or scrapes. ⁣ ⁣ 3️⃣ Sensory Craving⁣ 💥 People with this subtype actively crave or seek sensory input - but it doesn't help to regulate them. ⁣ 💭 e.g. Sensory craving in the vestibular sense 🤸‍♂️ may mean someone is constantly moving and jumping. Someone with sensory craving in their tactile sense 🖐️ might need to touch everything. ⁣ ⁣ Keep in mind that each sense can be affected differently!! So you could be over-responsive in your visual sense, for example, and under-responsive in your auditory sense. ⁣ 🤯⁣ Was this helpful for you? Got questions or want some more examples? Let me know below! ⁣ 👇⁣ ⁣ [Video Description: Sarah is holding a handwritten sign that reads Pattern 1: Sensory Modulation Disorder, and moving it towards and away from the camera. She is standing in front of a pink background.]⁣ ⁣ Reference material: The STAR Institute⁣ www.spdstar.org/basic/subtypes-of-spd
  • Babs loves cotton sheets ☁️ When I get out of bed for the day, she likes to jump up and steal my spot!⁣ ⁣ When I have a sensory meltdown, my Mum puts out a sheet on the floor for me. Lying on the ground helps me to recover faster (all that good good proprioceptive feedback - information about where your body is in space!) but I find the carpet scratchy, so a sheet helps a lot!⁣ ⁣ Babs is always delighted by a sheet on the floor, and thinks we've put it there especially for her. It's nice because when I'm recovering from the meltdown and feeling pretty shit, she plonks herself down beside me on the sheet and purrs, plays and cleans VERY enthusiastically and is generally quite silly. It gives me a much needed giggle! Constantly grateful for my silly lil fluffball 😻⁣ ⁣ [Image Descriptions: 3 photos of Sarah's fluffy grey, white and ginger cat Babs on sheets. Photo 1: Babs is asleep on Sarah's unmade bed. Her back legs are splayed out and her front paws are tucked in like a bunny rabbit! Photo 2: Babs is lying on a sheet on Sarah's floor, looking up excitedly. Photo 3: Babs is cleaning herself vigorously on the sheet on the floor. She has fur in her mouth and is making a very silly face!]
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    Babs loves cotton sheets ☁️ When I get out of bed for the day, she likes to jump up and steal my spot!⁣ ⁣ When I have a sensory meltdown, my Mum puts out a sheet on the floor for me. Lying on the ground helps me to recover faster (all that good good proprioceptive feedback - information about where your body is in space!) but I find the carpet scratchy, so a sheet helps a lot!⁣ ⁣ Babs is always delighted by a sheet on the floor, and thinks we've put it there especially for her. It's nice because when I'm recovering from the meltdown and feeling pretty shit, she plonks herself down beside me on the sheet and purrs, plays and cleans VERY enthusiastically and is generally quite silly. It gives me a much needed giggle! Constantly grateful for my silly lil fluffball 😻⁣ ⁣ [Image Descriptions: 3 photos of Sarah's fluffy grey, white and ginger cat Babs on sheets. Photo 1: Babs is asleep on Sarah's unmade bed. Her back legs are splayed out and her front paws are tucked in like a bunny rabbit! Photo 2: Babs is lying on a sheet on Sarah's floor, looking up excitedly. Photo 3: Babs is cleaning herself vigorously on the sheet on the floor. She has fur in her mouth and is making a very silly face!]
  • Subtypes of Sensory Processing Disorder (Part 1/5!)⁣⁣⁣⁣ 💥⁣⁣⁣⁣ Hi pals! This is the first post in a little series I’m going to be doing over the next couple of weeks, breaking down the different subtypes of Sensory Processing Disorder. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🧠⁣⁣⁣⁣ The symptoms of SPD vary hugely, which can make it really confusing when you’re trying to figure out if you / a loved one / someone in your care might have this condition, or when you're trying to understand how to help.⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🤔⁣⁣⁣⁣ Individuals with SPD can be affected in anywhere between 1 to all 8 of their senses. There are 6 different subtypes, and each can affect our senses in different ways. Most people with SPD have a combination of these subtypes. All of this adds up to >260,000 different possible expressions of SPD!! ⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🤯⁣⁣⁣⁣ Over these posts we’ll talk about the three main patterns of SPD, and break them down into the 6 subtypes. Hopefully it will help to make SPD a bit easier to understand!⁣⁣⁣⁣ 😊⁣⁣⁣⁣ Will you be following along? Got any questions before we dive in?⁣⁣⁣⁣ 👇⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ [Video Description: Sarah is dancing with a hand written sign that reads Subtypes of SPD. She is standing in front of a yellow background and wearing pink tinted glasses, jeans, and a red gingham top.]
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    Subtypes of Sensory Processing Disorder (Part 1/5!)⁣⁣⁣⁣ 💥⁣⁣⁣⁣ Hi pals! This is the first post in a little series I’m going to be doing over the next couple of weeks, breaking down the different subtypes of Sensory Processing Disorder. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🧠⁣⁣⁣⁣ The symptoms of SPD vary hugely, which can make it really confusing when you’re trying to figure out if you / a loved one / someone in your care might have this condition, or when you're trying to understand how to help.⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🤔⁣⁣⁣⁣ Individuals with SPD can be affected in anywhere between 1 to all 8 of their senses. There are 6 different subtypes, and each can affect our senses in different ways. Most people with SPD have a combination of these subtypes. All of this adds up to >260,000 different possible expressions of SPD!! ⁣⁣⁣⁣ 🤯⁣⁣⁣⁣ Over these posts we’ll talk about the three main patterns of SPD, and break them down into the 6 subtypes. Hopefully it will help to make SPD a bit easier to understand!⁣⁣⁣⁣ 😊⁣⁣⁣⁣ Will you be following along? Got any questions before we dive in?⁣⁣⁣⁣ 👇⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ [Video Description: Sarah is dancing with a hand written sign that reads Subtypes of SPD. She is standing in front of a yellow background and wearing pink tinted glasses, jeans, and a red gingham top.]
  • It's true ❤️ Even if it doesn't feel like it right now.⁣ ⁣ One of the amazing things about Instagram is that we have a world of wonderful human beings in our reach. People with similar experiences to us, people with shared interests, people who understand exactly what we're saying. Friendships waiting to be made. ⁣ ⁣ I've been reflecting on this a lot this week. I'm constantly amazed at the connections that happen on this little app, often when I need them most. It's magic.⁣ ⁣ I'm here. And there are so many others who are here for you too, some that you've maybe already found, and others that are still out there, to be discovered in your future ✨⁣ ⁣ Feel free to share this with anyone who could use a bit of support today 💕 And a wallpaper version is up on my stories, if you'd like this little reminder on your phone screen! 😊⁣ #sarahsbeachwalkthoughts ⁣ [Image Description: A beach sunset with pastel rainbow colours in the sky reflecting on the water. A small wave is rolling in. Hand lettering across the top of the image reads you are not alone.]
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    It's true ❤️ Even if it doesn't feel like it right now.⁣ ⁣ One of the amazing things about Instagram is that we have a world of wonderful human beings in our reach. People with similar experiences to us, people with shared interests, people who understand exactly what we're saying. Friendships waiting to be made. ⁣ ⁣ I've been reflecting on this a lot this week. I'm constantly amazed at the connections that happen on this little app, often when I need them most. It's magic.⁣ ⁣ I'm here. And there are so many others who are here for you too, some that you've maybe already found, and others that are still out there, to be discovered in your future ✨⁣ ⁣ Feel free to share this with anyone who could use a bit of support today 💕 And a wallpaper version is up on my stories, if you'd like this little reminder on your phone screen! 😊⁣ #sarahsbeachwalkthoughts ⁣ [Image Description: A beach sunset with pastel rainbow colours in the sky reflecting on the water. A small wave is rolling in. Hand lettering across the top of the image reads you are not alone.]
  • Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Why no, it's the Self Care Superhero! 😄 This vinyl sticker has now landed in my Worry Warrior store - link is in my bio if you wanna nab one! 💕⁣ ⁣ Self care can be tough sometimes, but it makes a huge difference in everything we do. I made this sticker to celebrate all the ways you take care of you - your true everyday superpowers 💪💥⁣ ⁣ This cutie is 11.8 x 11.6 cm, and made of a super durable glossy vinyl - perfect for sticking to a drink bottle, laptop, car, notebook, or whatever else you fancy.⁣ ⁣ She comes complete with a blanket cape, a cozy yellow sweater and a big mug of whatever drink your imagination chooses! 😉 For me it's an English breakfast tea - what do you think she's drinking? 😄☕⁣ ⁣ Eeep hope you like her!! 💕
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    Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Why no, it's the Self Care Superhero! 😄 This vinyl sticker has now landed in my Worry Warrior store - link is in my bio if you wanna nab one! 💕⁣ ⁣ Self care can be tough sometimes, but it makes a huge difference in everything we do. I made this sticker to celebrate all the ways you take care of you - your true everyday superpowers 💪💥⁣ ⁣ This cutie is 11.8 x 11.6 cm, and made of a super durable glossy vinyl - perfect for sticking to a drink bottle, laptop, car, notebook, or whatever else you fancy.⁣ ⁣ She comes complete with a blanket cape, a cozy yellow sweater and a big mug of whatever drink your imagination chooses! 😉 For me it's an English breakfast tea - what do you think she's drinking? 😄☕⁣ ⁣ Eeep hope you like her!! 💕