What its like to have a meltdown!

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For me a meltdown is a post-panic attack frenzy that involves many involuntary motions, words, yelling, shaking, shoving stuff, and a huge surge in strength and adrenaline. After it passes I feel like a completely horrible person or a child and accept the avoidance of the trigger.

These normally only result from sensory overloads for me personally, I'm more likely to respond this way from being sprayed with a hose or touched than I am from being bombarded by emotions or someone's mouth.

I suppose melt downs are different things to different people..some express depression and anger..others hurt and rage..and i'm sure a lot in between...for me it's a stage when i feel i can no longer cope with situations..and my head feels as it will explode with the rage and depression i feel..i do get this in regular cycles a lot..although not had one recently
It all depends on wither i can cope with daily life or not!...sometimes i just feel drained with the mundane life i live..and seem unable to change..even after years of trying..that's my idea of a meltdown

Yep, especially the last 30 seconds.

For me meltdowns are usually set off by emotional triggers—stress, anxiety, frustration, anger, etc... Feeling misunderstood is a common one for me, as is frustration; "emotional overload" is a good way of describing it. Depending on the trigger, meltdowns can be expressions of anger or be massive crying fits, or sometimes both. I simultaneously feel better and worse afterward because I've let out a lot of stress, but I've also made a complete fool of myself or made a really big mess (like the time I pulled everything off the bookshelf in my room and threw it all over... ).

Shutdowns are more common for me, and usually involve me hiding in my room for several hours or avoiding having to interact with other humans.

The trick is to have the presence of mind to not do things you know you will really regret(desides the meltdown itself of course), I learned that for the most part thankfully. Verbel abuse is easy to fix compared to rare fine china.

Shutdowns are like after reading Cronas poem or in this case reading what I post whenever I am melting down or shutting down![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCa5_CUZgUY[/youtube]In the vid everyone goes into shutdown mode!

When I meltdown I shout nasty Insults to myself and beat myself physicly when its out of my control I scratch my arms and bite them and punch myself in the face! Otherwise I punch a wall and yell! They sometimes accompany shutdowns as well. My Shutdowns tend to last longer than my meltdowns I get relapses at times. Life sucks that way!

I turn into a horse. It's rad. I can run so fast. I'm actually a horse right now. Neigh.