What is it like to be undersensitive to Proprioception?

What is Proprioception?
Proprioception is our sense of body awareness.
It allows us to know where our body parts are positioned without
looking at them.
It's what we feel when we contract and stretch our muscles and when we squeeze or experience deep pressure.

What does it look like?
If you're undersensitive to it you may:
- lack awareness of your body's position so may bump into and lean against things
- use too much or too little pressure - such as when writing or break and drop objects
- you might like rough rigorous activities and like tight clothing and spaces so as to feel your boundaries
- you might have difficulty sleeping and sitting still
- you might have difficulty sitting still and physically stim and
move around a lot
- love biting or hard and chewy foods
- have anxiety in open spaces so like to stay close to the walls​

What helps?
There are many things that can help such as:
- Movement like sport, exercise and movement breaks or alternate desks and chairs
- Stretch and resistant things such as yoga, weights, chew and resistance stim toys
- Deep pressure like hugs, massages and vibration, weighted objects and tight clothing and spaces

If you're autistic you can have something called Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). This means your brain interprets sensory information differently and can mean you notice things others don't.

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[JenMsumba]

I have always experienced these things and didn't know why. I have autism.. A lot of these things when I was a kid were even worse. As i grew up I learned how to handle it better I guess, but it's nice to know i'm not alone in this

[IndieAndy]

Hi there! This is the first video I've found of yours and it was really informative, clearly explained and also the images really helped convey the messages. I really like your style of making videos and have hit subscribe and can't wait to see more!

[miyuk]

this is so helpful! I experience many of these things and had no idea they were caused by the same thing

[VictorXRF]

Love these videos, so easy to understand.

[yinzertoyguy]

There is so much info on hyposensitivity to proprioception. What about hypersensitivity?

[Wherethedeadwalk]

How come you only talked about hyposensitivity to proprioception? It would have been interesting to hear about hypersensitivity to proprioception. Or is hypersensitivity to it not a thing?