Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Stress

This blog on the Thinking Mom's Revolution really got me today. It is very true. As an Autism mom there has been a lot of stress that just comes with the territory. Whether you are talking chronic lack of sleep because your child does not sleep, stress over how you will pay for what truly helps your child (and is never covered by insurance if you even have insurance), stress of handling multiple behaviors (whether it is aggression, OCD, anxiety, meltdowns, etc) and we haven't even touched anything beyond Autism yet. Then there are the everyday stressors, family illness, job loss, or just pain in the ass people who seem to have nothing better to do than to be jerks. It adds up. But this blog is right, it encourages us to focus on the good rather than all of the bad. Now, putting this into practice is a little bit easier said than done, I'm a far cry from some Zen master to be sure. But, we are Autism moms, we are strong. We have done what our mainstream pediatricians could not in many, many cases. We have taken our kids to a place where some thought they would never be. I don't know about you but I will be damned if I am going to be dragged down by the BS. So this is your reminder Autism Moms, take YOUR vitamins, maybe throw in some extra B-12 for good measure. Sneak a little of your child's Glutathione, take your antioxidants and try and get some sleep. Our kids are counting on us to be there for a long time! And above all, don't buy into the drama and BS that even runs rampant in our own community, let alone the stuff people on the outside throw at us. If they don't know, they better ask somebody, we're Autism tough, and it doesn't get much tougher!

4 comments:

tstarmom said...

So glad I found your blog! I read through a few old posts, but I'm going to dive in more later tonight. My son has apraxia and we have been on a biomedical treatment plan for the past 15 days. Anyways, feeling really stressed about it & out cruising the web for inspiration. Saw a HUGE surge in words for several days last week and then the past 2 days he's doing decent, but not great. Gone are the sentences, the great descriptions of things, people being able to understand him in public, the funny sense of humor that I had no idea was inside his little body. Ugh. It looks like I could get a lot of helpful ideas from your blog and it looks like we have a lot in common. btw - I've read 8 weeks to Optimal Health by Dr. Andrew Weil like 20 times in the past ten years. And, the Holistic MD that we are using right now trained under him in AZ. When I saw that's where she got her certification from, I was like, "She's my girl!" Thanks for taking the time to do your blog. I'm sure it's going to help me a lot. I too, blog at www.jakes-journey-apraxia. Thanks!

tstarmom said...

So glad I found your blog! I read through a few old posts, but I'm going to dive in more later tonight. My son has apraxia and we have been on a biomedical treatment plan for the past 15 days. Anyways, feeling really stressed about it & out cruising the web for inspiration. Saw a HUGE surge in words for several days last week and then the past 2 days he's doing decent, but not great. Gone are the basic sentences, the great descriptions of things, people being able to understand him in public, the funny sense of humor that I had no idea was inside his little body. Ugh. It looks like I could get a lot of helpful ideas from your blog and it looks like we have a lot in common. btw - I've read 8 weeks to Optimal Health by Dr. Andrew Weil like 20 times in the past ten years. And, the Holistic MD that we are using right now trained under him in AZ. When I saw that's where she got her certification from, I was like, "She's my girl!" Thanks for taking the time to do your blog. I'm sure it's going to help me a lot. I too, blog at www.jakes-journey-apraxia. Thanks!

tstarmom said...

So glad I found your blog! I read through a few old posts, but I'm going to dive in more later tonight. My son has apraxia and we have been on a biomedical treatment plan for the past 15 days. Anyways, feeling really stressed about it & out cruising the web for inspiration. Saw a HUGE surge in words for several days last week and then the past 2 days he's doing decent, but not great. Gone are the basic sentences, the great descriptions of things, people being able to understand him in public, the funny sense of humor that I had no idea was inside his little body. Ugh. It looks like I could get a lot of helpful ideas from your blog and it looks like we have a lot in common. btw - I've read 8 weeks to Optimal Health by Dr. Andrew Weil like 20 times in the past ten years. And, the Holistic MD that we are using right now trained under him in AZ. When I saw that's where she got her certification from, I was like, "She's my girl!" Thanks for taking the time to do your blog. I'm sure it's going to help me a lot. I too, blog at www.jakes-journey-apraxia. Thanks!

Terri Burges Hirning said...

Thank you so much for your comments!! I know how frustrating the regressions can be. A surge here but then a falling back there. Hang in there and just keep moving forward. If I can help in any way, let me know!!