Very Overwhelmed

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Why Aspergers get so overwhelmed? Can they have sooo much trouble dealing with things than people that have no Aspergers? Earlier I got very very overwhelmed, I felt like I was crazy, everything was TOO MUCH, my head was spinning & it felt like my head was going to explode, I’m calm down now. I have alot to do, I have to find a doctor (I been looking, I’m having trouble) I need stuff to buy, I keep putting it off, I need a new bed, I need to find something to clean my ear (it a pain) warm weather is here, the heat already causing big trouble for me cuz of my Psoriasis.

Awww....I am sorry. I use to do lists
Whenever I feel overwhelmed, I prioritize what I need to do from most important to least important and if there are multiple steps I put it under that.

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Yes, I have the same problem. Too many things to do, even if they're all very small tasks, quickly lead to me feeling very overwhelmed.

I'd say it has a lot to do with poor executive processing. Our short term memory isn't very good, so keep truck of multiple things at the same time is hard.

Writing stuff down helps to a certain degree, but for me, if the list needs to be maintained (adding tasks and removing them over multiple days), I often find that list quickly gets outdated and then it's useless.

Yep, even the simplest things can become too much.

I'm crap at writing lists though. I will write them, but then because it's all too much I tend to just hide it away somewhere and forget about it lol Or i will just do one thing on the list and then forget about the rest until it all piles back up again, the list has tripled and I do it again. This is why i never get anything done!

I seem to be very easily overwhelmed as of late. I too have tried lists, but to not do well at maintaining them. A list for me seldom survives the first task. Someone or something will cause it to be reprioritized or one of the tasks will take longer than expected, then I just can not recover.

Sensory issues + inability to multitask = my defeat

One thing I do is keep a composition book & write things down.

I also find lowering my expectations helpful.

Baby steps. Positive self-talk. Meditation.

I've done my utmost to simplify my life which normally works very well. Reduced the number of household bills, direct debits for nearly everything, no credit cards, no mortgage to worry about, living within our means, use of lists and calendars, but every now and then something will come along that ruins everything. Because I'm now used to having less stressors, when something unusual happens that I have to deal with I find myself less able to cope than when my life was a mess of stressors!

For instance, last week I discovered that I'd forgotten to make a note on my calendar of when my daughters prescription was due to be renewed (this can be a major headache as if you leave it too long they can cancel the prescription which forces you to see the doctor) and then my daughters college travel pass came up for renewal (we get a bursary which adds to the form and communication complexity). So, last week was a major headache.

If this happens, I always prioritise and sort things out one at a time and NEVER try to organise both things at once. This always helps.

The prescription is now done - yay! But I know that I still have the travel pass to sort out. I'm really not looking forward that as the last time involved around 20 emails to her college, requests to meet in person, several forms, the council making mistakes and two months of stress and all that leads to my worst habit - procrastination, something I seem to be rather good at <sigh/>

Start a crazy wall.
Works for me.