He finally crashed this morning.
Completely overloaded.
Everything fell apart.
And as he lay there, body worn out and almost 'broken', with arms and legs flailing, and eyes large in a mix of fear and rage, I realised yet again that 'DOING well' is not 'BEING well'.
Yes, he's DONE well to get through a week of massive change to routine, increased sensory stimulation, increased demands on his motor skills and coordination (those that he normally finds very difficult) and a bucket load of unstructured time...
But as a result, today he is nowhere near BEING well.
His 'bucket' has completely and totally overflowed, with the 'water still running'.
And so I have pulled everything back.
It's 'basics' mode until he is BEING well again.
Completely overloaded.
Everything fell apart.
And as he lay there, body worn out and almost 'broken', with arms and legs flailing, and eyes large in a mix of fear and rage, I realised yet again that 'DOING well' is not 'BEING well'.
Yes, he's DONE well to get through a week of massive change to routine, increased sensory stimulation, increased demands on his motor skills and coordination (those that he normally finds very difficult) and a bucket load of unstructured time...
But as a result, today he is nowhere near BEING well.
His 'bucket' has completely and totally overflowed, with the 'water still running'.
And so I have pulled everything back.
It's 'basics' mode until he is BEING well again.
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