whew! (thunk)...sensory overload....

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Sorry..i did not know which forum to put this in. Occasionally I will engage myself in the semi-gratifying self-torture of conducting a screenprinting workshop..and while it is a nice feeling to be able to share my skills, it always puts me into sensory overload...and now over an hour after everyone has left, i am still decompressing and more people are showing up for another night of multiple bands...and I am trying to rejuvenate myself for that...

Anywhoo...7 people showed up all at different times...and i was teaching one group from scratch...one already expeirenced group of beginners that was troubleshooting and one group who is just starting out and plans on attending my next workshop, week after next.....

The workshop was a success, but interracting with that many people paying attention to me leaves me feeling very frazzled...and I know I was repeating myself...walking on my toes....talking too fast....going around in circles...and now I am still trying to calm down and get the image of the workshop out of my head.

(deep breath)

I wonder how many Aspies are teachers and i wonder how difficult it must be to do that for several hours every day......(actually two of the people in the class were elementary school teachers)....

I guess one gets used to the sensory overload over time..one would hope....anyway..sorry for this disjointed rambling...
I need to go drink some water now.

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I am not a teacher. I am an architect in business for myself. As a local business owner, I have also been tapped for service on a couple of city related boards.

As such, I also face major social interaction with clients and associates and with city government.

I speak well, good vocabulary and lots of logic and I am not much less comfortable public than in smaller groups. I do okay.

Then I get home and meltdown, zonk, zone, crash, freezde up, and am generally worthless for a long time. I try to set up meetings late in the day so I don't lose too much uptime to my melt.

I do not have any other answersI just come home abd hit with a thud.

I like giving lectures when I can

About 20 years ago I worked as an engineer's aide in a very large company.
I had to interact with many different conflicting personalities, I never did the same thing twice
or the same way twice. I did not last long on that job. There is no way I could deal with that
kind of stress again.