Sensory Issues

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My mom thinks that the best way to wake me up in the morning is to bother my senses by poking me.
how do I tell her to stop?

Can you wake up before she gets there? I have found that no matter how much I tell people that I don't like to be touched in certain ways, it's like talking to the wall. I can't get them to stop. I just have to not be near them. They have no concept of what it feels like and they will never get it. But if you need to get up the easiest thing would be to just get up before she wakes you. That would solve your problem.

My dad used to rip the sheet off of me to shock me awake.....

Mine would too! Once he even put ice cubes on my face.

My mom did something similar, she would hug me and kiss me and she knew it bothered me. I think that was the point because it got me up and her intent was to torture me to wake me up. She also used to gobble on my ear sometimes. I was very hard to get out of bed and slow and she had to pick my clothes out for me and put them on me. I could never get her to stop and I never dared to punch her or hit her or do anything to hurt her because then I would have gotten into trouble.

Yes! And he imitated the voice of a very demanding classmate of mine to stress me into jumping out of bed, thinking, that I wouldn´t have the time to get ready for school MY WAY (the day would be a disaster). No, actually, it wasn´t funny.