[JBuckl]

I realised the past two years I have been definitely pushing myself too hard, partially because I thought most of my symptoms were from neck injury. I was wrong.

High school and college were rough and I maxed myself out. I believe I am still suffering from pushing too hard. I Realise I cant change the past.

Now everything seems to be overstimulation. This has happened a few times. I can only talk, be on computer, or do low stress activities for about 5 minutes.

Anxiety is not an issue.

A dark quiet room seems to be all that I can handle most of the day. I know it will improve like it has, but I'm wondering if anyone has advice to spare me some of the time.

[Mark in Idaho]

In my experience, each of us has to identify the signs of overdoing it. It can be needing to reread a line of text or struggling to focus or not understanding what has been spoken. There are a myriad of other signs that we need to figure out. Some over-efforts or over-stimulations do not manifest until the next day. We have to dig deep to accept the need to moderate these efforts and exposures.

Only you know what is going on in your daily life.

What kind of activities do you mean when you say you can only do 'low stress activities' for 5 minutes ?

[Bud]

J,

it has been my experience that certain signs begin to stand out if you are paying attention. I was telling my wife today that I would get a strange feeling in my chest that alerted me to overstimulation from noise and flourescent lighting! Weird but true.

Bud