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Micro-meltdowns

Martin

I have read online that autistic meltdowns last 'from minutes to over an hour'. Mine certainly don't, they last from seconds up to a minute or so. They tend to be somewhat violent - always self-directed - and the trigger is often something apparently very minor. They only happen, or I allow them to happen, if I am alone. If I am with others, I tend to shut down instead, also of short duration. I wondered if anyone else had these sort of short-duration episodes, and if they, like me, do not have anything that lasts longer than a minute or so?

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  • yes I'm like you, I only have mine in private. I get pissed off or sometimes just very upset for a few minutes (crying and whatnot). and then get over it and go grab something to eat. when I'm out with friends or in public and feeling pissed off, I go silent.

    when I used to live with my parents, I was pushed into having a meltdown so many times (it's like they liked it). i would try to be silent and shut down, but i was just pushed and pushed. then everyone would just be screaming and shouting just full of rage. I hated it every time and I'd be depressed for like a week afterwards.

    i even had a psychotic experience during the second month of lockdown, when I was trapped with them all day every day. it was the weirdest time in my life which ended more aggressively than it should have, because of my ignorant parents.

    but i haven't been like this in front of anyone else, or since escaping their household (hallelujah Tada)

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  • yes I'm like you, I only have mine in private. I get pissed off or sometimes just very upset for a few minutes (crying and whatnot). and then get over it and go grab something to eat. when I'm out with friends or in public and feeling pissed off, I go silent.

    when I used to live with my parents, I was pushed into having a meltdown so many times (it's like they liked it). i would try to be silent and shut down, but i was just pushed and pushed. then everyone would just be screaming and shouting just full of rage. I hated it every time and I'd be depressed for like a week afterwards.

    i even had a psychotic experience during the second month of lockdown, when I was trapped with them all day every day. it was the weirdest time in my life which ended more aggressively than it should have, because of my ignorant parents.

    but i haven't been like this in front of anyone else, or since escaping their household (hallelujah Tada)

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