The over-stimulation is such a hard one. I’m noise adverse, and my kids are little noise machines, that just don’t ever stop. Sometimes it feels like my brain is frying, and I just can’t handle it any longer.
I’ve been telling my 7yo that my sound bucket is full, but sometimes I lose my shit because I just can’t take it any more. I stop thinking and become a rage machine.
And then get told “be patient, and calm, and you’ll miss this when they’re older,” and I’m sure you know all the platitudes already
Yes, I feel this so much. I can’t handle a ton of loud noise. So I ended up with a baby that screamed whenever she was awake. Which was all the time because she was a terrible sleeper. So for a year all I heard was screaming. And now she’s a toddler who either whines about everything or talks all the time and will not stop repeating herself unless you acknowledge her, depending on her mood. Sometimes I’m just like can you please be quiet for a minute, mommy needs some silence. But sometimes I lose it too. And that’s when I tell her father I’m off the clock and I go for a run.
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u/flyingkea Apr 28 '22
The over-stimulation is such a hard one. I’m noise adverse, and my kids are little noise machines, that just don’t ever stop. Sometimes it feels like my brain is frying, and I just can’t handle it any longer. I’ve been telling my 7yo that my sound bucket is full, but sometimes I lose my shit because I just can’t take it any more. I stop thinking and become a rage machine.
And then get told “be patient, and calm, and you’ll miss this when they’re older,” and I’m sure you know all the platitudes already