(27 Dec 2015, 2:55 pm)Jimmi wrote I was actually getting some help, mainly to try and sort out my anger problems however they seemingly forgot about me for several months, now I just feel like a name and address they can send their newsletters and such to. Honestly don't know what is going on in my head that causes me to react in this way.
It's almost definitely worth getting in touch to find out what's going on, particularly if you can feel yourself slipping again.
(all that said, busy shops tend to trigger my fight or flight response - there's been a few Saturdays when big'un has sat down somewhere and refused to budge because he's stressed and has got stuck, while I've paced back and forth with steam coming out of my ears because I'm stressed by the crowds, myself, and wondering how the hell I'm going to get a boy on the verge of a big meltdown home safely! I take it as a rule of thumb that, if somewhere is too busy for me, I need to get him away from there as soon as possible. Easy in Newcastle, but impossible at the Metrocentre.)
Just to elaborate on my previous post, and what I just said in parenthesis, it's about recognising your triggers and doing something about it, whether that's getting away or doing something to combat the sensory assault and social demands (because panicking that someone is giving you a dirty look is reacting negatively to a social demand) of getting through a crowded shop. Big'un used to lose whole days to the effects of this sort of thing but, fingers crossed, he comes around a lot quicker, now. His school has helped him a lot with that. At home, he asks to do something calming for him, like counting money.