Autism Meltdowns as an Adult.

Hey, I am new here. 

I am wondering if anyone has any tips or further advice to calming a “Meltdown” sorry if it’s not the correct term and I don’t mean to offend. 

A situation where it caused a extreme frustration and overwhelming response in a issue where I couldn’t resolve which triggered an episode of an anger outburst, resulting in self harm, not self harm in respect of depression, as in punching, slapping, hair pulling on oneself. 


The outburst lasted around 30/45 minutes, considerable amount of time and was exhausting. I’m still learning, and trying to understand why I get so overwhelmed and frustrated. 

It is not a common experience which I go through so I don’t know if there’s anything I could do to try to prevent them. 

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  • there will be a trigger somewhere  and is usually when you are stressed or tired.  You have be get better at watching your own moods , mental states  and even physical / your body states

    suggestions as to what could be the triggers are in my link below Dawn s reply

    i do body scans every so often and check all parts of my body for tension. If there is some I ask that part of the body to relax or indeed stretch it and try to get it relaxed.

    the same works for your mind do something to take over your mind every day that is destressing like a jigsaw, a 30 minute walk ( the best one ) . I quite often, (6 days a week) do a walk and get some groceries from my local  ASDA

    other destressers are

    playing with lego

    playing an musical instrument

    listening to your favorite music

    knitting

    sudoku

    word search books

    adult colouring

    yoga or Pilates or womens fitness classes or Tai Chi

    reading