About to have a meltdown, help!

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Okay so I just found out that my granddad's got cancer again. They don’t know how long he’ll live. Could be two years, could be two months. I don’t know. My granddad was one of my best friends when I was a child. I’m so worried and sad right now. I’m about to have a meltdown. A big one. I can feel it. I’m already shaking, pacing and rocking back and forth. Going to work in a couple of hours and I promise, if someone touches me I’ll freak out. I don’t know how to handle this. Can anyone help? How do I prevent the meltdown? I’m getting so angry. Sorry for the rant, I just need someone to tell me how to deal with this.

Can you postpone work until you feel calmer? Or take the day off.

Or go to work and explain to them about the bad news and that you are feeling upset.

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For the entire time I've browsed these forums and ran searches on "prevent meltdown" I never found a way to stop a meltdown. What I do is damage control because I know what's going to happen so I try to save face as best I can. If it's a job that could survive you going in, saying something, then getting sent home, that's what I'd go for in that situation. If you really have to go to work, have the biggest cry you can manage before hand to try to get it out... other than that you'll fight back the tears for the whole day/night until you can get adequate time to process your emotions.

This is by no means an easy feat so let us know how it goes for you today and if I can help in anyway I'll be lurking most of the day

So, I'm back from work now. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but it wasn't good. I think they noticed I didn't feel well because my manager asked me if I was ok and I said no. Then they sent me home 1 hour and 43 minutes early. Anyway, all I could think of was granddad. And it was awfully noisy at work and people kept touching me and bumping into me. I felt sort of claustrophobic and spaced out and I didn't talk unless it was absolutely necessary.

Thing is I haven't had my meltdown yet but I know it's coming. It's always like this. It all builds up until I explode. Like a time bomb. And I can't control it. I don't know how to handle this.

Some meltdowns are from Immature Adrenaline Systems Overreactivity (IASO). IASO is itself not a mental illness nor a component of one. Even people with no mental illness diagnosis can experience IASO. This new diagnosis is not covered by DSM-IV or DSM-V, but has been very successful in helping patients manage and eliminate such behaviors. The regimine is based on adrenaline acting medication, not psychiatric drugs. There is a screening questionnaire on our website which you can use to help determine if you are a candidate for IASO treatment, which might help reduce or eliminate meltdowns.

I hate when this happens and you know ur gonna just break down sometime and its like ur extra sensitive to touch sound, etc and you are in constant worry that ur gonna explode and u just want to escape...

I will see if I can come up with any sugguestions