Dealing with Overstimulation and Confrontational Moods

Headphones. An absolute lifesaver.

I do my own personal spa day, take a nice hot bubble bath with candles and soothing music

Definitely listen to your body/mind and take a break if you can. Find a quiet place with little to no stimulation, breathe there, and then return to being social. If you can’t take a break, definitely try breathing or grounding techniques or even affirmations. If the cause of your irritability or anxiety is overstimulation, it’s good to recognize that and try to counter it 💕 hope this helps:)

nope guilty I went on a text rant last night and all the issues came about, it's like when it starts there is no off switch for me

oh god yeah, i end up lashing out at my boyfriend all the time when im in an anxious state. i just try to warn him when im irritable. and i try to walk into another room to cool down if i get really annoyed..

I work in a call center so I know how much of a nightmare that can be. My wife knows if I sequester myself from the crazy that I’ve had a tough day and need to decompress. It’s been getting worse though- a lot of what’s going on is starting to reflect in my work and my boss looked at me like “are you okay?”

Yes!!! I worry about my capacity to live with a partner or have kids because I get irritated by people close to me for too long, so I’m really trying to figure out how to manage this and talk about it in ways that my loved ones can understand and support. I try to proactively let people know that I’ll be needing alone time at certain times of day, so that I don’t have to figure out how to fully explain it in the moment while I’m irritated.

Yes a lot here lately

Yeah I get severely over stimulated and then horribly frustrated over everything, even if I'm not it makes it hard to monitor my tone and my normal tone when I'm not feeling well is fairly pissy sounding so everyone around me gets upset with me or offended constantly. I always feel guilty and the constant feeling that I can't say anything the right way unless I'm putting all my effort into it just makes it all worse.

I am a mother to a toddler, this happens to me more often than I'd like, and when it does I just give myself a time out and find a corner to do some deep breathing. Idk if it'll help but it does for me. I know my guilt eats me alive if I let the overstimulation turn to anger...

I relate to this HARD. I’m a new mother, very young plus I took in my autistic sister. My sister has a dog that is VERY loud. I get overwhelmed with any kind of textures and feelings. I have major issues with lashing out with things as small as sheets being wrinkly. Definitely following this because I need coping skills

I go sit in a quiet place and do something to relax. If I'm at work I honestly go hide in the bathroom for a minute and do some deep breathing. It helps a little to get through the moment.

Absolutely I’ve been there! Everyone is different but what helps me are writing, listening to my “anxiety playlist” and creating things. I keep a therapy journal that I just vent everything to, and have a dozen playlists each fit a different reason.

Yes! I'm so out of control on the inside that I lose it on the outside. My thoughts and the noise go so fast that I need a break until it all calms down then I can deal/cope with everything

oh cool! I'll have to try that with mine. I was afraid of confusing him with this kind of stuff right now since he's only 3 but I'll definitely try that!! I'd been talking with him about easy blanket stuff like happy sad hungry mad and he does pretty well telling us how he feels and when he throws his tantrums I usually ask him questions to distract him from the screaming (favorite color cartoon dinosaur etc) and once he's calmed we talk about why he was so upset and what made him angry. We just started "I don't like it when" because he got into a bit of a habit of saying "I hate you" when he doesn't get his way

Yup.been there done that

My loop earplugs are my heroes!

I have my chill zone, my porch. I’m usually left alone there.