Spinning, swinging or rocking can feel deeply satisfying. Repeated movement brings a clear, enjoyable sense of your body in motion, and you may want to keep it going long after others would stop.
- turning slowly in an office chair between tasks
- staying on a playground swing until everyone else is ready to leave
- spinning in the kitchen when a favourite song comes on
- rocking back and forth while listening to something absorbing
Looks vs reality
The same Experience can look very different from the outside than it feels on the inside.
Just being silly or immature.
My nervous system is desperately seeking regulation.
Losing control and getting hyper.
Taking control in the only way that works right now.
Trying to get attention.
Trying to block out the world so I can find my center.
Can't you just be still for a minute?
Stillness is what I'm creating with this motion.
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