I feel like not fully grown up/mature

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. 

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  • Not just child-like, but like you, I’m aware in being child-like and that it’s inappropriate and so I must mask. What I want to do is respond like a child would, but I try to “adult it out” and that leaves me exhausted. And so I totally understand your need to let it all out, like a child, and just cry. No doubt at all that it helps. 

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  • Not just child-like, but like you, I’m aware in being child-like and that it’s inappropriate and so I must mask. What I want to do is respond like a child would, but I try to “adult it out” and that leaves me exhausted. And so I totally understand your need to let it all out, like a child, and just cry. No doubt at all that it helps. 

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