Meltdowns?

This might be a stupid question but do all people living with autism have meltdowns in some form or another?

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  • NAS18906 said:

    In my experience, meltdowns or "red mist" incidents, like outraged reports, are the culmination of a longer period of stress. The intervention of the shop assistant was enough to push him over the edge but it might not have been enough on its own to preciptitate his outburst.

    Your not wrong. In my example, I had my acknowledgement of the world dialed down to the slightest sliver; it was therefore, primarily, the command "Don't ignore me!" and its detriment to my coping stratedgies that elicted the hostile responce...

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  • NAS18906 said:

    In my experience, meltdowns or "red mist" incidents, like outraged reports, are the culmination of a longer period of stress. The intervention of the shop assistant was enough to push him over the edge but it might not have been enough on its own to preciptitate his outburst.

    Your not wrong. In my example, I had my acknowledgement of the world dialed down to the slightest sliver; it was therefore, primarily, the command "Don't ignore me!" and its detriment to my coping stratedgies that elicted the hostile responce...

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