[mostly note to self]

[wispfox]

This is mostly a note to myself, as I appear to continue to be poor at noticing these kinds of things.

If I'm intensely grumpy, and it feels out of place, I _really_ need to do an internal check to see if I'm in a seriously overstim'd state.

Currently, combination of lack of light box (which I have used since I got home) for 4 or 5 days which were also intensely social, the fact that the weather thoroughly screwed up my schedule, and an unexpected conversation with someone who is often high energy-requiring for me (esp over the phone, which this was) appears to have put me into an _INTENSELY_ grumpy state. And, as I noticed a couple of seconds ago, _INTENSELY_ over-stimulated (shakey, skin-crawly kind of thing). Not that there was much I could have done even if I'd noticed earlier, since today was almost entirely taken up by travel.

Icky. At least now I know _WHY_ I'm so damn snappy/grumpy. And now I can go hide or something for a little while.

Comments

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

I've been like that sometimes... not fun. I tend to lose talking before losing reading/typing.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I lose talking _comfortably_ before I lose reading, but I lose reading at a sufficiently low energy (but not necessarily tired) point that I can still otherwise be functional if I don't need to, say, drive.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Functional how, at the point?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

If there is anything that I _MUST_ do before I can rest, as long as it requires neither driving nor reading, I can get it done.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Hmm... like what? Cleaning? Cooking/eating? Other examples?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

No examples in my head right now; eating and cleaning are likely, though.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

K. I'm curious if you come up with any. Those're the main ones I can think of offhand that get done when I'm the most tired.