Need Advice

Hi. I can relate to both sides. I’m told by my family I’m overly aggressive towards people at times and I’m not always aware. Frustration is an annoying part of being like this and what seems to , say yourself, a trivial, almost joke like movement or comments, to me is as serious as it comes and would probably upset me a lot that say you was laughing. It fuels the fire but you have done nothing wrong. My perception of things differs greatly to the greater norm and it just feels like nobody is willing to try and understand that and get classed as moody or miserable etc..  

This pandemic has heightened feelings for me and am finding things I could normally deal with are causing me to “loose it” 

My daughter is showing signs too and we clash big time and deep down I know I should be the responsible one but at the time I try arguing my point. My daughters 7... right now I look at it somewhat embarrassed but when it happens I can’t help it. 

Thank you for answering...it helps to hear it from your side. I do try to understand and be sympathetic to their needs and struggles. I think like you say the pandemic has heightened things and I guess I'm feeling sorry myself. As much as I try not to sometimes I snap back which doesn't help I know but it makes me feel hurt and unappreciated. 

Thank you for answering...it helps to hear it from your side. I do try to understand and be sympathetic to their needs and struggles. I think like you say the pandemic has heightened things and I guess I'm feeling sorry myself. As much as I try not to sometimes I snap back which doesn't help I know but it makes me feel hurt and unappreciated. 

Thank you

No problem. Glad for once I could be a little helpful for once. X good luck to yourself

I'm really grateful. I've learnt more from you over the next couple of days than from anything I've read or been told before. I think the main thing I need to start doing is backing off when they have a mood swing rather than fire back because I'm hurt or to try and push them to talk it through with me. I guess it's journey for all of us with good days and bad. Thank you and good luck to you with your journey x

• That’s quite alright. I’m sure you do your best as I do as a parent. The world is black and white and it’s either right or wrong etc. I’ve learnt to talk to the people who matter over the years and wasn’t until I hit 30 roughly I started to open up a little. 
  People tend to ignore me due to, in their eyes, my unpredictable reactions/emotions so it’s nice to talk bout it myself. It’s hard on both sides to understand what’s going on esp when a mood swing occurs. I feel like a passenger when it happens and I can hear what’s going on but I can’t control what I say or what I throw/hit. Not clever I know but when that line is crossed there’s no point trying to calm me down until I’ve burnt through the mood. But I will add, as wound up as I can get I have only ever lashed out at 2 people and both were horrible bullies who gave me nothing but grief for years. Normally an inanimate object bears the brunt lol.

Thank you for listening and telling me how you feel. It's given me a real insight to how they must feel and reassurance that I'm not always doing something wrong. I really do appreciate it

Well from someone who is known to shout and slam things about I can quite assure you that however distant and angry I seem I don’t love my family any less and care for them as much as I ever have. My mum told me the other day I hardly tell her and my dad I love them but she knows I do. I just show it in my own bizarre way. Emotions on my sleeve. Lol

Yes that's exactly how I feel. I'm so pleased you answered me. Hearing your side helps me to understand how they are feeling, I just wish I knew how best to support them both. They didn't get an ADHD diagnosis until they were both in their teens which I fault tooth and nail get them help and my daughter was only diagnosed with autism last year. I know how much they struggle but when they were younger in some ways for me it was easier to cope with. I used to work in a school and dealt with lots of children on the spectrum, I thought I had quite a good knowledge of how to help. As they have become adults it seems like a completely different ball game. My son gets so angry at times that if I'm home on my own with him he sometimes scares me when me shouts, swears at me and bangs about in temper. I feel like they are both slipping away from me, I'm a loving person and and a mum no matter what age they are but I don't know how to Keep being strong enough to keep brushing off the constant verbal abuse. 

See in a way in that situation that’s how I feel. I know I’m difficult and hard work to live with as I am unpredictable and can be very blunt and almost cynical. I have a hard time believing anyone realises or believes I’m struggling to cope and get ignored. So I snap. It’s difficult to reach out and it’s even worse when nobody answers. And the most innocent look or sentence can come across completely different to me and it seems so personal it hurts. Hence it upsets me. 
it’s ironic but I understand where you are coming from.