Perspective Taking
A blog posted on Psychology Today posed a question that I've been considering myself: Why does society only consider the family's trauma of living with a person on spectrum, not the trauma the person who is on spectrum lives with daily? Which is a perfectly valid question. Watching my kids, I know that I am aware of only a small percentage of what they face every day. Due to their language problems and anxiety they relay only a small part of what they face. Watching Nathan, who has only words to ask for a few things-food, some actions-I know he is SO frustrated with his inability to communicate, and inability to discuss strategies for dealing with his internal issues. He is constantly bombarded with impulses and sensations. Last night, Nathan had a horrible gut bug with vomiting for hours. Now he has diarrhea. He couldn't tell us when he was about to vomit, not even call out 'mom' to get my attention. After he would vomit into his b...