I'm so used to controlling my emotions with my mind

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[abomb]

Experiencing both pushing emotions down to regulate, until I can’t any longer, and its massively difficult and becomes a powder keg

[johnfsenpai]

Repressing your emotions too much is actually a good way to becoming "under-regulated" because trying to repress them simply means you don't know how to process them. I think the fact that my emotions were denied in this way may also be one of the causes of my alexithymia, which in turn makes me even less able to manage my emotions because I have a hard time identifying them in the first place, until they become overwhelming.

[auparsec]

One of the most difficult things about being autistic is that since autism is a spectrum where the severity of the different autism symptoms varies from person to person, hardly anyone knows what autism is unlike most other mental disorders where most people know exactly what OCD or ADHD or social anxiety or schizophrenia or tourettes syndrome is for example.

[LMsfa]

This might not be on this topic, I just want to THANK YOU I’m 70 l finally found people like me, where I fit, these videos are helping tremendously a big thank

[Genie]

I'm kind of a weird hybrid of those. I do have big emotions but not often. I do get stressed out easily if something major happens, like losing a job but I'm not normally fighting that. But my Main sensory issue is misophonia, so when there's a repetitive noise like my next door neighbor's dog barking, I get so annoyed and irrationally angry. I know it's an overreaction, but that actually just makes it worse cuz then I'm also annoyed at myself that I'm overreacting. Maybe overreacting is not the right term, because I do push it down and not physically react except maybe to yell at the dog after 20 minutes ur so (which has the effect of reminding the neighbor that they do have neighbors she's annoying so they take her inside), but my brain keeps going even as I'm speeding the urge to start throwing things!

[loganskiwyse]

Very well put. I tell people I really have no range of emotions. And this is exactly why I have no control anymore either. Burnout from age is also a huge factor in my case as is significant PTSD trauma from childhood.

I am still trying to cope with the damage done.

[indigobunting]

I have huge sensory sensitivities that are horribly disruptive to my life. My shrink says "total acceptance" but I cannot do it

[M_SC]

Regulating and repressing are totally different. It is a crime you’re a equating them.

[Catlily]

Emotion regulation can be a problem in autism as well as ADHD in my understanding.
Also I am usually better at dealing with sensory overload than my emotions. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[joeydendron]

This is one of the most sense-making ASD vs ADHD videos I've yet seen... and I've seen a few! Thanks again Paul, a modern Autism From The Inside classic.

Also... add alexithymia to the mix and you might not know how dysregulated you're getting about the sensory stuff you're reacting to?

[KhaoticDeterminism]

ya…

talked about this in occupational therapy

there was one right that stood out in our bill of rights:

we have the right to express how we feel even if it’s negative

their triggered emotions to how we feel as autistic males are still a them problem but they’re all unaware narcissists or turned energy vampires so…

ya it’s not fair at all

find journaling our bad thoughts gets us to grieve out those negativity feels you’ve swallowed your entire life

cheers

#autism #2Spirit

[Askmolnet]

Having had to suppress my overwhelmedness and any excitement for 30 years for the NTs's ease that any emotions feel indifferent to me - rarely happy because the NT will guilt trip and scold me every time

[chrissmith-lpzc]

Do you take meds for you condition? Every time I seek help, doctors always throw medicine at me. Honestly, makes me sort of depressed more depending on med. are there any meds you would stay away from?

[jeannehall]

Continue doing so- it’s good in learning how to be normal! Also, learn to get rid of the bad Autistic traits, and adhere to a regimen of combining Paleo, Keto and Feingold diets with an emphasis on proteins and greens, hormonal and vitamin therapy and rigorous exercise!