I'm feeling really over stimulated

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Ok so my mom thought I would be a good thing for me to get off my computer and go out. So she said I MUST go to the mall with her and run the other airends. I did not want to go but I had to. The mall was filled with people who didn't have power because of sandy. It was to noisy, crowded, and over all made me very agitated. I had to just go so I walked to the food court and sat down and waited. My mom took SO long. I was going crazy. So after all that we went to the car and drove around to different stores all day. When I got home I ran to my mom and rocked in my chair. My mom has been punishing me resintly for rocking. So I was really worried she yells at me and tells me to stop it. She says that she just wants me to break the habit. I am so over stimulated right now and I can't go to sleep. I am really going crazy. I hate it when people walk around and bump into me. I can't handle going out around. Any suggestions to help Unstimulate and be in large crowds without shutting down

I can't help with the large crowd stuff because I haven't figured it out myself.

But here's a few things I have learned:
- Find stimulus that you like - and find a way to have it with you to focus on
- Wear something on your head (I don't know why, but it helps me when I'm in crowds)
- Get a stress ball or a therapy band and stretch it (relieves tension and that feeling that makes one want to flap their hands and pace)

The best advice I can give you - get your mother a book on autism, or write her a very descriptive letter on how painful being in crowds is. Obviously she doesn't understand or she wouldn't put you in such a bad situation and then not be sensitive.

Yikes. I'm 46 and my mom still thinks I just need "practice" and to get out more. She didn't like me rocking either, but she wasn't overly pushy about that one. Neither of us knew what was going on when I was young, though. It was a different era. It sounds like your Mom is ... in denial? Needs more education? I don't know.

In the meantime, can you go sit in the bathroom and have a good rock? Would it help to wrap yourself up in a blanket? How about rolling your head back and forth on the pillow? Memorize PI? Esther gave you good suggestions so when you are faced with this again you have some preparation, especially that can be discreet enough you will be able to use it without being stopped by others.