Often times if I don’t understand something; like for instance, I was working on a game I’m developing, and couldn’t figure out how to make a certain platform ‘look’ elevated. It was really infuriating me. Cause I know it’s possible, I’d seen it done before using the same assets. I felt extremely stupid. I often feel extremely stupid. And when I get like this, I start getting antsy, angry, and impatient. I can ONLY focus on finding the solution to whatever it is that’s confusing me. And the longer I go without the solution, the more upset I get. And I start finding it hard to think at all. I get “stuck” mentally. I can’t even really talk correctly. I literally start making just caveman sounds. It’s embarrassing and stupid. I feel like a child throwing a tantrum. I want to know if anyone else ever experiences anything similar, if so, do you know how I can help myself with this?
If it matters, I have ADHD and Autism, I don’t exactly know how severe for each.
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Same here. Never like this when I was a teenager but ever since starting uni in 2012 I have always been like this. It’s really unhelpful and I can’t quite understand why I get so frustrated and hard on myself. But essentially my brain goes on some sort or rage mode. I start sweating, I wanna give up so bad.
Just sounds like a spectrum thing to be honest. Just something that goes with the territory sometimes unfortunately…
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Is that emotional disregulation? When you feel it taking you over try calming yourself with deep breathing, a mantra, walk around the block.
AFAIK I don’t have adhd but I do have a history of childhood trauma and I get this quite frequently at work. .