Page 18 - ShP Ongoing flipbook S4 Aug.Sept 2022

BRAIN STRESS & PRICKLE HABITS

As I explained, when stress chemicals are released, it takes good flexible

thinking, emotional regulation and impulse control to manage well.

If someone has not yet strengthened those skills quite yet, they can end up

with ‘Prickle Habits’.

You noticed that you can often want to push the unpleasant feeling away

or hide from it – you explained that you sometimes do this at school and

hide under the stairs.

Do you hide and freeze? Do you avoid? Do you run?

Do you throw? Do you mask or bury?

I’m I’m

scared!

We talked about noticing our ‘Prickle Habits’ – this is the first step to feeling

and doing better.