Have you ever done something and later – or even immediately after – realised that it was the wrong thing to have done?
When such a scenario does occur, my usual instantaneous reaction is to feel very frustrated, cross or disappointed (usually with myself!). Like many autistic people, I feel emotions very strongly, so these feelings linger and I feel full of regret. Sometimes I can’t even concentrate on my next activity because I am ruminating about what has just happened. Sometimes I am still ruminating about what happened at the very end of the day or even the next day.
This ruminating doesn’t make me feel very good. My strong emotions that “I did something wrong” are painful.
However, I have learned some ways that help me to 1) reduce the likelihood that I make the wrong decision in the first place and 2) feel less upset when I have made the wrong decision. Here they are:
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