Tired Out by Going Places

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Anyone else have a limit to the number of places you can go in a day before becoming emotionally exhausted? For me it's about 2 (this includes things like stores, doctor appointments, etc.) Going anywhere just really emotionally tires me.

Yes, but it varies. One or none currently. I used to be able to do about two.

My son has the same problem......1 place is good enough for him.
It takes away from his "time" to go to many places. This causes a problem on weekends since I work full time and I need to get
errands done. My husband (his dad) will try to stay home with him but this doesn't always work out.

For me it takes about 2 places to feel drained, physically and mentally and sometimes emotionally.

Anything crowded I pretty much have to leave really quick or I feel sick and dizzy.

I have a high threshhold with crouds (well to aspie standards anyway lol) but if they're talking alot and I've been there a long while I start getting really drained and I get a fuzzy head.

It depends on familiarity. And how much social interaction I have to have, and with whom. But I frequently have to spend time alone, or I get pattern overload.

one usually.
best if i do not have to contend with people.
I spend most time at home on my own.
low threshold for disruptions to my routines.
sensory overload.

Home alone most of the time, but when I do have to, I make the last stop a reward, Sushi! And Beer!

I don't get emotionally exhausted, but I get physically and mentally drained if I spend too much time outside my house and around people. I'm ok if I'm somewhere where there are no people around.

I can only last about 1 place. If that place is enjoyable, I can stay for a few hours, then I come home all emotionally, mentally, and physically drained to a point where the next day I am practically catatonic. When that 1 place is stressful like a doctors appointment and/or anywhere that would stress me out, I get emotionally, physically, and mentally drained and stressed out within a day before I even have to go. I start getting anxiety and when it is the day to go, I am unable to get myself out of bed, end up having diarreah, can't eat and I feel anxious. When at the place, I get so sick that I feel faint and I just want to cry because I want to go home and did not belong there in the first place. The sad thing is that i have a lot of doctor's appointments because of my health problems and I always have these days. After the appointment and/or undesired place, I go home and I am confused for a day or so. But ironically, if it is someone where I have to go everyday that I enjoy, like school, I get all excited and I actually have a great day and a great period in life where everything is excellent and my life is going so great that I am on top of the world. The last time this happened was when I was in college the first time(I am going back in September because after 11 years, I finally can go back and figure out what i want to do in life, a Histology Technician).

it depends, if i'm embarking on my own then normally 1 place is enough for me, but with someone taking me places i can go many places relatively happily. also depends what's required i guess but i try not to "adapt" any more, so i feel a little more comfortable behaving naturally..
I get weird looks etc but that's kind of interesting in itself & i don't mind too much.

I do best if we just go to one place when we go out. What works best for me is a quiet restaurant that I am used to. Afterwards, I prefer to go home. However, the family must go to Wal-Mart sometimes and that is like torture to me. We also have a K-Mart in town which I tolerate much better. If we must go to more than one place when we go out, I like to know beforehand what these places will be---I like to have it scheduled. The impromptu stuff doesn't work well for me.

That sudden stuff gets to me too. I can't stand to have even a haircut scheduled less than a few days ahead.

Definitely. Depends on how stressful the place itself is, how much social interaction is involved and whether or not I have the added stress of driving myself there. Often just one thing wipes me out, and I need to go home and have a big chunk of "down time". My sons are the same way.

But on a good day, and if my husband does the driving, sometimes we can manage 3 things. Example: afternoon at the zoo, picking up a few groceries and a video on the way home, but then we all go straight to our own quiet space when we get home for a good long time.

It's funny, but haircuts are one of the things that really wipe me out. All the smells and the noises, having to sit still under that claustrophobic cape thingy, having my hair touched and then on top of it all, trying to make conversation with the stylist! Horrible. I am usually so frazzled and ill afterwards that I am useless for the rest of the day. I tend to go between haircuts for as long as I possibly can, like 6 months or so and i have to make the appointment well in advance and then psych myself up for it.