I'm really interested in input from anyone else who is comfortable.

In myself I have noticed that when I am already stressed, or emotionally heightened there are some things that get to me that otherwise would not. Or even, there were things that would regularly upset me that I had overcome, but comes back when I'm stressed, frustrated, or there are too many pet-peeves at once.

Today has been particularly difficult for me and I'm not sure why other than the heat and general stress I am dealing with in school, home-life, financially, health-wise, food-wise, and I am moving on July 1st to live on my own for the first time as a 21yr old.

I have a long list of pet peeves that don't even register on certain days, but can throw me into a crisis when I'm upset.

Such as walking around barefoot and getting grit stuck to the bottom of my feet, I can't stand it and it generally makes me angry or agitated even on good days.

Not having a hand-towel to dry my hands with. It's just part of the entire cleaning process for me. Once I could wipe it off on my shirt or pants and be fine but now I can't stand the sensation of moisture on my shirt, pants, or the thought that I'm picking up grime after just washing my hands.

Tidy stacks - Generally doesn't bother me unless I feel my space has been invaded. Books are in a neat orderly stack, papers, notebooks, anything that's in a pile is neatly arranged and the edges line up, biggest on the bottom, smallest on the top. This used to extend to other people's things but I reigned that in some time ago.

Things Have a Place - If I put something somewhere, it should be exactly where I put it every time. I overcame the issue of the item being placed just a centimeter off, general area is okay. This is generally because of my memory, but if there's even a community item in the house that I put somewhere specific each and every time I am done using it, and it's not where I have always put it I'll get upset at others (but keep it to myself)for not knowing it's 'proper place'.

So what's your pet-peeve, and does it get worse with stress?