Stress Tolerance Sensitivity

[Aet1985]

I was wondering if it's part of being on the spectrum. I recently have been under a lot of stress, worry, and anxiety for four days. I had a situation with my dog, who had to go to the vet, a lot of x-rays, ultrasounds, and urine samples. The results are supposedly a bladder infection, or enlarged prostate. I immediately had a bad anxiety attack, sweating, dizzy and could barely talk. I have been sick before we went to vet, mental and emotional fatigue, confusion, kept running to the bathroom, crying episodes, this was all while waiting for the results. The vet put him on antibiotics and he is recovering little by little, yet I am still sick. I know NT's love their pets the same, but how come they can mostly keep going during everything and even after? yet I am still recovering from this event, plus relationship issues with a female friend of mine. I was never good at '' a lot of stress'' now at 40 I feel I am ''slowing down''.

 

[Tired]

I know NT's love their pets the same, but how come they can mostly keep going during everything and even after?

I mean we all keep going as long as we are alive, it just takes some people longer time "to get back in the cycle" than others. When I (NT) was going through the hard parts of my life I had 0 energy for anything. Would sleep most of the time after work, wake up to feel empty and dead even, and then go back to bed. But my colleagues didn't know what I was going through, because I was masking to show that I am okay. That's what my energy was going into - job and masking.
And many my NT colleagues are the same. When you look at them they behave okay, yet when you get closer yoy find out how exhausted, depressed or anxious they are.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

High anxiety... common enough to be part of the many traits associated with the autism spectrum. Stress affects everything... immune system, cognitive functioning, emotional control... yes, even feeling the need to go to the bathroom. You don't need to be autistic, per se, but I would suggest that we tend to be more susceptible to it due to our brain's anatomy and neurophysiology.

I can remember loosing some 25lbs during my brother's cancer battle. It's real. Sorry, you're going through it.

At any rate, no one thing is going to be the "magic pill" to make it go away. Tincture of time, learn how to meditate, afternoon naps, psilocybin mushrooms are, indeed "magic", good nutrition, good sleep, exercise, getting outdoors... a lot of things help a little... and in combination, can be additive.

 

[monkeyclogs]

I hope the antibiotics are doing the job and your dog is back on all 4 paws soon. it's horrible when they get ill.

i'm known for being good in a crisis but honestly I can only "keep going" for a few days in a weird hyper focused problem solving mode. Then I implode and i'm good for nothing. literally nothing... like feeding myself and holding conversations. I actually have a deal with my brother... in a family emergency I respond first and go to help for 48hours. i assess the situation, create action plan etc. then I hand it over to him in a neat package and go home. We both know that whilst I'm better in a crisis if I stay more than 48 hours I begin to be an additional crisis.

I think you should congratulate yourself on getting the dog the medical assistance needed and the two of you should curl up and rest now. I suspect your dog would say the same.