My daughter's perspective

I can often tell when my daughter has some sensory stuff going on, and is craving more sensory input. This afternoon she started running, jumping, crashing, just moving her body all around, fiercely... she was trying to sit at the table and eat and just kept jumping up in her chair and kicking her legs, etc. I asked her "What does your body feel like right now?" She said "It feels uncomfortable. It just feels really uncomfortable." It has been described to me by some as feeling like "restless body syndrome," if you have any experience with Restless Leg Syndrome. I found a really interesting article written by a young woman with PDD-NOS, who helps us to understand self-regulation, and what it feels like to struggle with it. Read it here. So incredibly interesting, and just gives me a little peek inside of what my daughter may be feeling sometimes.