Three things that will help reduce holiday anxiety
If you need to do a mock trial, not mock trial, but if you need to set up, like a pretend airplane, bus, whatever, to get used to the idea with special needs child, do that. I know in Sacramento, where I live, you can call the bus station and they have people that they have, like, a room set up that's set up like a bus. And you can go on there and get a feel for it
GRANT VAUGHN
@WalksWithWings · 4:58
Whether or not they know this and believe this, if you don't meet their expectations, it does not make you less of a person. So how do we deal with this when we come to a peak with family and stress on the holidays? Number one, realize the expectations. Do you need to be shopping? Shopping. Shopping. Cooking. Cooking. Cooking. Is this an expectation? Does this expectation work for you? If it does find fulfillment in it, you're doing a great job
You. Wow. You know, I really liked a lot of what you had to say. Really good food for thought here, and I agree with a lot of it. It's really important just to let go, and if you can go with the flow a little bit more and not be so rigid, totally agree with you. So thank you for this and really appreciate you contributing to the conversation. Have a good day. Bye
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 3:09
And so when I was younger, people would find me with a book in my grandma's room, or I would go to the entertainment den area where a couple of my cousins were just chilling and watching TV, or I'll be there myself. Like I said, after about an hour or so, I have no energy to give. And it doesn't mean that they're not great people. I think I have an awesome family. I don't have that energy
I like being in a safe, familiar, controlled environment. That's also a saying for what I do, for vision teachers and orientation mobility specialists. That's what we say. But seriously, I was listening to your response. Really just take pride in who you are. You're a great person. And, yeah, you are who you are
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 1:56
We had zero control. Living with other people was just going by their rules, and people had different ways of living. That was very odd. And so in this phase in our life, we have our own place, we have our own stuff, we're financially stable. And I like being in environments that's controlled. I don't know what other people do in their homes, and I don't like being in their homes for several hours. I just don't