Moody

Does anyone with asd get moody often or are short tempered with things that annoy them or dislike 

  • Yep all the time. My frustration is internalised but can spill over, inanimate objects get the brunt of my anger and usually talk to myself in an unkind way. I very rarely direct this towards anyone else.

    I set myself an amount of time to achieve things which never works out well and get very moody when I fail. 

  • Ohh yes, there are a whole range of objects that are "bl00dy things!"

    I do wonder if we are really uncontrolled in our ability to voice our annoyance at inanimate objects, (as well as a few animate ones) or do NT's secretly envy our ability to voice our dissatifaction? Are they silently thinking "bl00dy thing" at a range of objects and feel a social expectation to just shut up and put up?

  • I often feel as I have a very limited emotional range which consists of "flat, frustrated and miserable" , I think I must have been elsewhere when they were handing out dopamine receptors.

    When things are going slightly squirrelly my frustration element kicks in which makes it difficult to appear calm and serine. I used to get really angry to the point of rage, I never acted on it and it gradually and eventually been reduced to frustration.