Other people’s enthusiasm

I’ve been reading back through this blog, and it struck me – possibly my biggest trigger for demand anxiety is when other people are Super Enthusiastic!

E.g. Oh I really wanna play this game! Let’s play several rounds!

Oh you’re doing really well at this, let’s keep going!

OMG I really love puzzles, and you’re a good help, let’s puzzle right now!

Sigh. Every damn time, it’s fatiguing. I’ll often join in initially, and find I get a building, creeping sense of demand anxiety and need to stop way before the other person wants to. It’s very frustrating.

I’m not actually sure what the answer to this is. I don’t like feeling like a “killjoy”, it’s lovely when others are enthusiastic. I just… it’s also hard, and anxiety provoking.