Stress! What Am I Doing About it?

There are certain moments when I become so overwhelmed that I start to lose abilities. I will lose my ability to talk, sleep, socialize – I can even forget how to make a recipe that I have known for decades. Those types of things can happen to me.

When I am extremely stressed I can forget names of people.

I am referring to family members names. I am horrible with people’s names in general, but I can normally remember the names of family.   I can become confused and miss up everyone names. I can forget my favorite things. Everything becomes jumbled, mixed-up, and I have moments where my mind feels blank. If I try to read it is a mass of letters dancing. If I try to listen to music the lyrics fuse into things my brain cannot articulate.

I forget who my friends are and what family members I can talk to.

I forget time. It is as though my brain shuts down on me and my sensory processing becomes dulled or it becomes hypersensitive. This is saying a lot because my sensory processing functions are already at extremes on most days. Last week I started to feel the creeping dread of serious overwhelmness. I have been feeling for weeks, but last week it was getting bad. (again)

Daniel has had a rough time ever since the beginning of last week.

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