Peaches, when I was reading this last post of you describing yourself and how you react it made me think of your other post and how you described how your parents wouldn't help you with your distress. This then reminded me of my attachment and emotional regulation thread and then I thought about you getting all worked up and your parents wouldn't help you with it and therefore bring down your level of distress (and help you regulate it). I'm wondering now if you feel you can't deal with your distress because it reminds you too much of being distressed when you were young and they wouldn't help you with it?