Cognitive Dissonance being overwhelming

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Have others experienced cognative dissonance being a completely overwhelming feeling? Even over minor things the feeling like I'm contradictory completely shuts me down and has lately been putting me to tears on its own.

Its actually one of the few meltdown triggers I can actually control, because its so reliable, if I start feeling cognitive dissonance I need to get out of that situation, because any little thing after that would have me sobbing and screaming.

For example, I've found that jealousy isn't on its own a big deal for me, but jealousy always is associated with positive feelings and the combination is so completely overwhelming that I have no idea what to do for long periods of time after it hits, even if I do get control over myself.

Does feeling like you're contradicting yourself bother others a lot too?

Some kinds of cognitive dissonance can be really overwhelming for me. Other kinds I've worked hard to adapt to (I used to have a lot of trouble with people liking different things than me...now I have somewhat less trouble).

Movies with autistic characters have done this to me, even though I know the characters are not portrayed like autistic people, I see them do/say things I wouldn't do/say and I start to feel like I'm doing something wrong even though I know this is ridiculous. I still enjoy the movies, but that sensation bothers me. I think it's probably lessened now since I am much less insecure about whether or not I am really autistic.

Yes... Mentally,it just does not jibe and it is an uncomfortable feeling that I feel like I need to resolve before I go on.

I've never knowingly held any contradictory views. Maybe this is because most viewpoints are based on emotions and I have a very hard time connecting with how I feel about many things. Or maybe I lack the imagination to ponder these differences too much.

You mention jealousy but that's something I've never felt. I guess I'm just too self absorbed to care very much about other peoples lives.