Your Anxiety May Not Be “All in Your Head”
11-30-18 Maya looks like someone in the war zone. Her hands tremble as she nervously puffs away at a cigarette. Her eyes dart as she speaks to you. Her face looks wan and tight. Her leg shakes as she sits hunched and cross-legged. Everything seemed to make Maya’s heart flutter and her body shake. As […]
What Creates Yoga Bliss? Answer is Not What You Think
4-16-19 Yoga Bliss—that calm, settled, the world is a wonderful place to be is what many who practice yoga describe feeling as they are sprawled out in shavasana, the traditional way to end class. I too felt this way often in the different forms of yoga I practiced for many years. But I felt it […]
Winston Churchill & Sensory Processing Disorder (Spd)
6-10-25 Winston Churchill stands as an example of depression, mania and low muscle tone, the combination of which is a red flag for sensory processing disorder (SPD), a common condition in which you misperceive and misconstrue sensori-motor information and behave out of proportion to the messages coming from the environment. Low Muscle Tone & Depression […]
How Spd Explains Rasputin’s Often Bizarre and Repugnant Behavior
7-25-25 Why did Rasputin stare at you with mesmerizing eyes? Why was Rasputin, a religious Russian monk, an unabashed sex maniac? Why did Rasputin not mind stroking his beard with his filthy fingers? Having “crazy monkey sex” all night with the aristocratic women of the Russian court who threw themselves at him, eating with his […]
How Art Can Change Your Brain at Any Age
6-15-26 I've suffered visual spatial processing problems my whole life, as well as slow auditory processing. As I was bright, I compensated well enough and problems were never picked up. Nevertheless, I felt dumb and my family thought I was dumb. In my youth, I took years of dancing, mostly jazz. In class, you learn […]
Does Vibration Noise Drive You Crazy?
5-30-24 I’ve been living in my two-bedroom, second floor condo at Kings Point in Delray Beach, FL for almost five years. August. It’s cozy, functional and, with many windows, refreshingly bright. I enjoy especially the calming relaxation of lying on my zero-gravity chair on my screened-in balcony. Surrounded by pots of pink, yellow, and purple […]
How Poor Body Awareness Links to Belief in Deity
5-20-22 Sarah is a deeply religious Christian who feels strongly connected to God. This deeply felt connection has saved her from a life of depression and suicidal attempts, as it keeps her connected to a higher power that she believes looks over her. Could sensory processing issues relate to the tendency to give oneself over […]
Do You Compulsively Overeat? If So, You Might Have Sensory Processing Disorder (Spd)
5-10-23 Do you often overeat? Do you have floppy muscle tone & hate to exercise? Do you often feel, lazy & lethargic, even depressed? If you answer yes to these questions your over-eating may be a result of sensory processing disorder (SPD), a common condition in which you misperceive and misconstrue sensori-motor information and behave […]
Could Your Space Related Phobias Be from Spd?
4-30-21 Do you experience any of the following? Claustrophobia Fear of flying Fear heights, enclosed spaces or wide-open vistas Fear falling, especially on uneven surfaces Dislike bending upside down or having your head backward Dislike rapid, sudden or rotating movements If so, think twice before you run to a psychiatrist to get Zoloft or Xanax. […]
Is It Bipolar Disorder or Sensory Processing Disorder (Spd)?
4-28-22 Have you been diagnosed with bipolar disorder II, a psychiatric condition characterized by hypomania (less severe than mania) and depression without psychosis. If so, are you hypersensitive to noise, bright light, odors and light touch? Many people who suffer Bipolar II have sensory issues. Some may suffer both conditions; others may get their sensory […]