49 Managing Big Feelings

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05/11/24 • 24 min

Big feelings may be harder for monotropic people to handle. And if you have significant sensory sensitivity, the physical sensations can be overwhelming as well.

This episode covers some of the ways I've been approaching grief and helplessness about Gaza.

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Big feelings may be harder for monotropic people to handle. And if you have significant sensory sensitivity, the physical sensations can be overwhelming as well.

This episode covers some of the ways I've been approaching grief and helplessness about Gaza.

Links mentioned in show:

Resources:

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48 Hack for Demand Avoidance

You'll rarely catch me using the term "hack." But this concept around demand avoidance is working great for me, so far...

TLDR: Shortcutting the PDA brain's ability to use pattern recognition to avoid tasks early in a sequence.

Here's the Instagram video by Kristy Forbes that inspired this episode.

While she suggests introducing new sensory details, I'm going the route of sincerely telling myself that we don't need to do the final thing. We're just gonna do this step.

Note: even if this or Kristy's suggestion works for you, there's a good chance you'll get used to it in some form eventually! And that's okay. Sometimes we just have to keep finding new ways to work with our pattern-seeking brains.

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Multiple times in the past week or two, clients have felt like they're failing miserably. But it turns out they're in complex, difficult, multifaceted situations that don't have an easy answer.

Plus, it's easy to feel like we're never doing enough, or the right thing. If we're solving personal problems, world events loom large. If we're addressing world events, it feels like a drop in the bucket.

Capitalism tells us that there's a straightforward, purchasable solution for every problem. That's a lie.

You're probably doing really well relative to all the complicated issues you face, and the overall lack of support and resources most of us encounter. And if you really believe that's not true... this episode is especially for you!

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