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by Engel
Thu May 07, 2015 8:39 am
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Meltdowns and sensory overload
Replies: 6
Views: 11041

Re: Meltdowns and sensory overload

Hello all, I can definitely relate here. I used to wind myself up if I got one tiny thing wrong, used to send me into either full on anger mode or recluse mode. I found that music helped me, I read somewhere (if I can ever find the source again ill post it in another post) that finding a genre of ...
by Engel
Thu May 07, 2015 8:34 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: does hypnosis/nlp help you?
Replies: 2
Views: 1975

Re: does hypnosis/nlp help you?

Hello fourseventeen19, I think the general consensus on hypnotherapy is that if you believe it will have an effect on you it will, whilst if you are sceptical it will take longer to make an impression on your mind. Did not realise that there was an application for its use in dyspraxia, although I ...
by Engel
Wed May 06, 2015 2:27 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Can video games help Dyspraxic difficulties?
Replies: 7
Views: 11979

Re: Can video games help Dyspraxic difficulties?

Hello All, My fine motor skills are terrible at the best of times, however it was suggested to me by the educational psychologist who assessed me that video games could aid in "fine tuning" these. Must say wasn't much of an issue as I was already playing them :banana:. However finding the right game ...
by Engel
Wed May 06, 2015 2:22 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Sleeping, at my wits end, just me?
Replies: 13
Views: 8536

Re: Sleeping, at my wits end, just me?

Hello all, I used to have the same issue as many of us, not being able to get out of bed in the morning, and not being able to sleep when I go to bed. Recently though I have found that less sleep for me seems to work, instead I now regularly get around 5-6 hours of sleep a night, occasionally with a ...
by Engel
Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:26 pm
Forum: Studying
Topic: Uni assignments and my What I Call Mental block :)
Replies: 5
Views: 8525

Re: Uni assignments and my What I Call Mental block :)

Hello Tara! I myself found that the Pomodoro technique works really well for me. It involves cutting your time into chunks with a kitchen timer. First of all you need to identify what it is that needs to be done. You then set a kitchen timer to 25 minutes. After you have worked on the task ...
by Engel
Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:10 pm
Forum: Studying
Topic: health & fitness
Replies: 1
Views: 3891

Re: health & fitness

Livestrong have an interesting article that may be of help to you, according to them (I will attach Webpage at the end): You can attend part-time or full-time and choose a major in physical education, exercise physiology or human kinetics. Its a good place to start, but I would recommend having a ...