Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello
I am 36 years old and I was diagnosed last month. I am waiting for the paperwork to reach my GP from psychiatry uk with recommendations of any support for me.
But in the mean time I am struggling with how to cope with different challenges I have. For example I had a big change recently in my life. Which this week has meant I have had quite a few ‘meltdowns’. This manifests itself in me becoming very overwhelmed, sometimes it comes out in being irritated and even angry and I may shout/scream. Other times it comes out in me just crying my eyes out.
If anyone else experiences this when they are struggling to cope with a change for example, how do you cope with ‘meltdowns’ ? I just don’t know how to deal with them the right way.
I’ve always had them off and on, when I was little it was labelled as a mental health problem. And I was told to do deep breathing and count slowly to 10. But this does not really work much.
I appreciate any experiences or tips you could share!
I can't stop my meltdowns and boy have I tried but the things that do help a little are trying to manage my other sensitivities. For me it's sound and smell and private time and if I know something is starting to set me off and I can't manage the direct thing I baby myself with all the other things to try and balance it. It doesn't solve the problem but sometimes it can buy me a little time.