Any methods to deal with sensitivity?

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It's Christmas and I'm an emotional wreck!! !! EVERY CHRISTMAS since the College suspension has been depressing (end of the year you start thinking OMG I've been doing the same thing for 5 years!) While others pass me by. It's depressing!! !! ! Also I cry at the drop of a hat!! !! !! ! I was up at 5AM and I came out of my room around 6:30 and dad snapped GO BACK TO BED! (I went to my room and cried) I got a new camera yesterday and my brother in-law and Nanny snapped DON'T TAKE OUR PICTURE IT'S TOO EARLY! (Again went to my room to cry) Also dad and family HATE the crying issue he said don't ruin Christmas for everyone else by crying. I KNOW deep down inside I'd be truly happy back in College (but financially it's not possible right now) but it's still depressing!! !! !! Any advice?

I'd snap right back at them "SHUT UP!! !"

Or

"DAMN IT WOULD YOU STOP BEANHATCHING AT ME???"

Just scream right back at them give them their
own pudding.

Or maybe return the favour????

Watch the shocked look on their faces.

It is priceless to me for them to know what hurt
they have caused me.

I deflect their hatred RIGHT BACK to their miserable
little toady selves and see how THEY like it.

You don't deserve such abuse.

I wear earplugs most of the time during gatherings, They help a lot. The ones I have cause near deafness.

Read up on "Stoicism"

Bah, I don't think it's so much your sensitivity, as much as your family's insensitivity.

I probably shouldn't comment, I get annoyed when I hear about family members being rotten to ppl on the spectrum. *grump*

For what it's worth, I find Christmas a really hard time each year too.

I seem to be in constant sensory overload, with all the different traditions going on, advertising, expectations floating around, etc. I'm not even 100% sure what it is - it's Boxing Day and I'm still all over the place.

I rarely sleep much, Christmas Eve in particular.

Anyway, I started using earplugs recently, like cyberscan suggested. Excellent idea, cyberscan.

I wore my earplugs (and sunglasses) shopping and it was fantastic. Also in the house; they can help me focus. Actually, I need them now...

Not to sound too cynical about it, but maybe doing a focussed activity like reading a book for the rest of the time might help pass the time. That's an activity where you'd be pretty calm and not exposed to additional sensory stimulation. Hope I helped, a little.

All the best

You know, those have helped me a lot, too. when I got paid for a big job this summer, I indulged in an iPod. I've found it's not an indulgence at all, but a necessity. I like to listen to Ravi Shankar's sitar music while and it is very calming, while shopping and such. I now have theme songs for certain activities that give it a reassuring routine. And wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses also helps. Or a hoodie pulled up to shut out most of the visual stimuli. In general, I'm not so prone to panic attacks, except when I can't find my iPod...

Another coping mechanism is withdrawing into my inner world, and it tends to put me back on an equilibrium from being upset by certain types of people and their callous behavior.

If it's of any comfort to you, Christmas wasn't exactly a bed of roses for me, this year, either. I was osrtacised for being unworldly by my own mother at the Christmas dinner that my family went to. I was looking away from her and close to tears, a few times. Maybe it is a good thing that I'm going back home to my apartment, early this morning to get ready for work. I can forget about it all, and see my friends, again.