Sudden extreme emotions without warning

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25 Jul 2018, 2:14 am

Anyone elso got this?

I don‘t know where these emotions are coming from. They come out of nowhere and stay present for atleast a couple of minutes.

The emotions that I would experience the most are crying, euphoria, anxiety and tension.


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25 Jul 2018, 10:35 pm

Me - tension and anger. I’d like some euphoria I think.



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26 Jul 2018, 2:03 am

My small (quiet) Djembe African drum arrived and I settle into a few rhythms every day. It does seem to be helping with repressed stims, which I was asking advice on in a previous thread. I'm also taking single dose Vitamin B1 as an extra tablet (I already take multi-vitamins). An extra dose of B1 reduces mental anguish, and is used to help people with global amnesia.



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26 Jul 2018, 2:14 am

Oh yeah. Exactly as you described. I think it's a false signal. Like having a panic attack fight or flight response when there's no actual thing to trigger it.



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26 Jul 2018, 4:35 am

I get this too. Maybe it comes from not being able to deal with those emotions when they originate, so they resurface very strongly later. Then, like Ezra said, they seem to not have a trigger. For me, a lot of it also seems to maybe be what they call "cptsd," probably related to social interactions/over-stimulation.



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26 Jul 2018, 5:27 am

EzraS wrote:
Oh yeah. Exactly as you described. I think it's a false signal. Like having a panic attack fight or flight response when there's no actual thing to trigger it.


Well I think there is a trigger, atleast in my case. When I'm in a bad mood, bad feelings are more likely. I guess the problem lays in the aspect of strong and uncontrollable emotions itself in asd. I don't have alexythmia btw.

Also I'm depressed now. The funny thing is, that I'm feeling fine most of the time. It could be a delayed reaction to it.


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26 Jul 2018, 5:29 am

HighLlama wrote:
I get this too. Maybe it comes from not being able to deal with those emotions when they originate, so they resurface very strongly later. Then, like Ezra said, they seem to not have a trigger. For me, a lot of it also seems to maybe be what they call "cptsd," probably related to social interactions/over-stimulation.


Great theory. Seems very plausible. Maybe I'm going to talk with my therapist about it.


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26 Jul 2018, 5:32 am

orbiter wrote:
My small (quiet) Djembe African drum arrived and I settle into a few rhythms every day. It does seem to be helping with repressed stims, which I was asking advice on in a previous thread. I'm also taking single dose Vitamin B1 as an extra tablet (I already take multi-vitamins). An extra dose of B1 reduces mental anguish, and is used to help people with global amnesia.


Repressed stims are always bad. I'm very glad for you, that these drum helps.
I probably should eat more healthy as well... I'm literally eating s**t for several weeks now.


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26 Jul 2018, 6:16 am

The usual trigger for me is some event that happened in the past like an incident of bullying for example, which seems to be the most common with me. Stuff like that will trigger quite a bit of rage and anger with me and I will do the usual Autistic thing and stamp my feet, pacing back and forth and mouthing the words I would like to say, etc. etc. The raging torrent going on inside of my mind can be indescribably horrific. It's pretty terrifying sometimes. These incidents spring up without warning. Every time.

I'm always grateful for the few moments of the day where I I'm at peace with myself which is actually extremely rare.


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26 Jul 2018, 6:45 am

Yep.

I’ll erupt
if I’ve gone
too long
without time
to myself.

Never plays well
to whomever
is around.