Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else feel like this? It’s so hard to regulate emotions after someone screamed at me or I had a misunderstanding and feel like a total idiot and loser for not understanding or asking questions. Strong light, sounds of scanners, people talking and laughing loud, strollers being moved on the floor and many other sounds that usually don’t make me feel disregulated today made me crazy and crying I had to hide so no one sees me crying. It was so hard to calm down and soothe myself. I pressed my forehead with my hands and sat for few minutes. This is why I feel like a child in an adult body. Terribly embarrassing. I’m high functioning- I’m a child functioning in adult world and trying to cope. Does anyone have any thoughts, advice, experience, stories to share, I’ll be happy.
I'm in my mid 20s. There's some parts where I feel grown up, but so many things I can't do. I can drive, but I can't cook. I can't iron my own clothes or do shoelaces.
A lot of that is because I'm too ashamed to ask and if I do ask, I get judged or dismissed.
I'm terrible at regulating my emotions if someone said something to upset me. I turn into someone who wants to scream or throw something.
For me the exact opposite- I can cook, but driving overwhelms me I’m sure that one stressful situation would drive me to meltdown.
I can drive but it does pose a few problems. I've driven a manual car for 5 years and have had enough because 95% of my issues with driving come from the fact it's a manual.