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Dealing with being overwhelmed??

Jay

Hi guys, I’m new here and recently got my diagnosis (June), this is my first post. So not sure if it’s relevant. 

But I was just wondering, in general has anyone got any tips on handling the feeling of being overwhelmed? I’m not sure if this even is because of my autism but figured this is the best place to find out. 

what I mean by being overwhelmed is for example I had to help my dad by doing his power of attorney request and help to speak his mobile provider as his phone wasn’t working. I spent all weekend thinking about this and was really stressed all day leading up to it. Snappy, short, distracted. I had this feeling that I had far too much going on and just generally felt overwhelmed. 

It took me a total of about an hour to do what I had to do and I just remember finishing it and thinking ‘why have I stressed so much over that!’

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  • Morning Jay.

    Welcome - and first off, rest assured that relevance is NOT something to worry about here !  All manner of nonsense is enjoyed here....and for the record...your post above is certainly very relevant to many of us.

    In terms of the overwhelm issue / example that you raise above.....I find that planning and research is key to keeping me calm.  If I needed to sort out power of attorney stuff on (say) Friday, then I would be researching and learning about what was involved, pitfalls etc from the Monday.  Similarly, if I need to sort out a friends mobile tariff/provider on a Thursday, then on the Wednesday, I would ring around a few to get a feel for how it will be for the "real event" the following day.

    When I am prepared, I am calm.  When there is an unexpected catastrophe, I am stone cold calm.  It's all the instances between these two poles that I risk overwhelm.

    Anyway, glad to have you here.

    Kind regards

    Number.

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  • Morning Jay.

    Welcome - and first off, rest assured that relevance is NOT something to worry about here !  All manner of nonsense is enjoyed here....and for the record...your post above is certainly very relevant to many of us.

    In terms of the overwhelm issue / example that you raise above.....I find that planning and research is key to keeping me calm.  If I needed to sort out power of attorney stuff on (say) Friday, then I would be researching and learning about what was involved, pitfalls etc from the Monday.  Similarly, if I need to sort out a friends mobile tariff/provider on a Thursday, then on the Wednesday, I would ring around a few to get a feel for how it will be for the "real event" the following day.

    When I am prepared, I am calm.  When there is an unexpected catastrophe, I am stone cold calm.  It's all the instances between these two poles that I risk overwhelm.

    Anyway, glad to have you here.

    Kind regards

    Number.

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