EP 256: When Behavior Feels Personal, It Might Actually Be Sensory

About this episode

This episode discusses how children's seemingly personal behavioral outbursts may actually stem from sensory overwhelm rather than personal anger.

Have you ever had one of those moments where your child completely loses it over the wrong cup, a sibling getting too close, or one tiny thing at the end of the day? It can feel like they are actually mad at you- or their sibling. But actually, rude, defiant, or shutdown behavior might actually have a lot more to do with sensory overwhelm and a nervous system that’s simply run out of capacity and almost NOTHING to do with how mad they are because you gave them the wrong cup. In this epi...

People in this episode

Host: Robyn Gobbel

Topics covered

• sensory overwhelm
• child behavior
• parenting
• nervous system
• trauma

Keywords

• sensory
• behavior
• parenting
• trauma
• nervous system
• overwhelm
• child development

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