Do you think there are any triggers or patterns to how your illness(es) effects you?

YES.  I’m not sure about the patterns yet, but I have a whole list of triggers:

• Overstimulation
• Being around drunk people
• Prejudiced statements
• Violence
• Aggression
• Feeling like I’m not articulating myself
• Having to wait
• Weight gain
• Unexpected/quick movements
• Financial Insecurity
• Hurt feelings
• River having too much energy/chewing too much/stepping on the computer when I’m trying to type things
• Anything that requires patience
• Feeling unheard
• Isolation
• Gloomy weather
• Not feeling productive
• Being told what to do or how to feel
• Overtly religious conversations
• More than one person talking to me at the same time
• Feeling overwhelmed
• Boredom/cabin fever
• Drinking alcohol
• Feeling a lack of freedom
• Unexpected schedule changes
• Change
• Lack of schedule/stability
• Lack of structure
• Migraines
• Sleep paralysis
• Nightmares
• Loneliness
• Hunger
• Fear of rejection
• Feeling out of control
• Having a lack of control
• Having a lack of power
• One sided conversations
• Thunderstorms
• Getting too tired
• Not getting enough sleep
• Not being able to fall asleep
• Comments others make about my weight/illness/etc.
• September 11^th
• Feeling judged or criticized
• Sexual harassment
• Crowded places
• Losing something and not being able to find it
• Meetings that don’t start/end on time
• World events
• Rejection
• Major family illness
• Death in my family
• Computer problems
• Medication side effects
• Family member not returning phone calls
• Sexual assault/rape in the media