I'm sorry you're having a rough day. It happens to everyone.

What breed of service dog did you get? That's exciting

Big hug for you sweetie..... Yes the heat has been wicked with such high humidity..... My landlord/roomie told me he felt faint outside today...... A lot of little things can become overwhelming for sure..... Another hug and a blessing.....xo

very exhausted also. but i think i've had one large trigger not small ones. good thing i'm not alone.

I get spacey when I have lots of triggers & migraine/fibro stuff too. I'm sorry you had a rough day. Maybe between that & the heat has you feeling spacey. It was definitely hot today I was trying to drink lots of water. Sorry if you feel like people were looking at you judgemental (what do they know anyways! lol :p )
Hugs

Muskoka.
I am sure the heat as an aggravating factor has escalated even minor triggers. I am with others here. Facing the heat and increased symptoms under a microscope. I try to deal with the heat but in doing so drain my reserves for managing my triggers. I spent $ to replace my old AC with a new one that works better , just to have a cool safe spot. Expensive fix, but I did sleep last night for more than a couple hours. Yesterday twanged every nerve I had. Trying not to worry is just ass much work I think.

Musk, when you wrote "I didn't have one heavy trigger, just a lot of wee ones that added up" it brought to mind for me that image of what people mean when they talk about bleeding to death from a thousand paper cuts. Just as that would be physically possible, so what you say makes sense for us mentally.

Speaking for myself, I'd rather have to endure one big trigger in my day that was unmistakable than to have a series of little ones add up on me unawares such that I question myself for feeling overwhelmed. Don't be hard on yourself, we here can totally validate what you felt today--I know that I sure can.

As for being stared at, sometimes judgmentally, by folks who see you with a service dog, I'm sorry but the heck with them. Seriously. It's 2017, so they need to get over themselves, for real. This service dog was a long time coming for you, so let it soothe your anxiety and build up boundaries to keep their projections out. Peace to you, my friend.

Thanks everyone for your responses. I think it is true when you have many little triggers, they go unnoticed and then you just feel "off". It is a gradual feeling whereas a big one gets noticed and you try to reground yourself.

If it's still warm where you are, give your dog a loving bath outside...in other words.... play in the water and bubbles with him. My dog loves his baths on hot days, then the towel rub down afterwards to remove most of the shake spray from happening..... and it calms me to care for him while enforcing our bond.
Hugs hope today is better.
J.

For a long time i thought i was the only one thinking that way, Muskoka. Yes, there are so many triggers everyday. You cant seem to avoid them. I just keep losing my temper at everyone. Do you? PPl are so uncourteous. They dont seem to care what they are doing. kathy

Thanks for the bubbles idea Jewells, I also take them swimming and that helps but I like the idea of the outdoor bath. Kathy, I agree with you, many triggers everyday but just the big one jump out at me. I have been feeling fine, I think last week I was really dissociated one day and I hadn't realized how tiring it is on the brain and body