Issues creating tabs with states

I'm trying to create a tab-like selection component using states. I have a state for every option selected. Each state links to every other state. There are 2 issues I'm experiencing with this setup:

-- auto-animate always animates from the default state and not from the current state looking like there is a hiccup when choosing a state from a different state

-- The component changes back to default when I interact with another component with states, I would like for it to remain in the state i left it (the screen never changed)

The auto animate issue is the most frustrating.