post-therapy journal because i forgot my actual journal
talked some about last friday, talked some about working with mica on interrupting emotional escalation by using coping strategies (and talked about how distraction is working as a coping strategy for the first time in our life, lol). structure + companionship + routine + choice + coaching = wider window of tolerance for him! and i am training my internal “ear” so that i can actually hear/acknowledge him before things become dire.
and we talked a lot about motor difference and internalized ableism and what accommodations i actually need to learn new motor patterns/skills. it is not impossible for me to learn but it does require significant support and/or scaffolding! and more time and more repetition than other people need. i had such a (rare!) good experience of this today because some pro disc golfers came to camp and taught us all how to disc golf and they were such good coaches, i actually had fun 😭
feeling grateful for A and for my physical health, which is better than it has been maybe ever in my life, and of course for mica and marie and all other parts who endured so much and now must endure (get to endure!) a lot a lot of change <3
