Does anybody else NOT experience meltdowns?

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I am a "shutdown"-type person but, oddly enough, it took a while for me to realize that it's a part of my AS; it really takes a lot for me for me to get into that state. It doesn't happen often at all, really, and I consider myself blessed for that. I just generally know when a situation might lead to me being overwhelmed and react accordingly in order to avoid it or remove myself from it.

I had what was either tantrums or meltdowns up to about age sixteen. Since then I have certainly anxiety attacks and a few "nervous breakdowns," and period of going into deep withdraw - but I don' think anything that can be called a meltdown.

While I'm a little sensitive at times, I never have meltdowns or shutdowns.

I've never had shutdowns but I used to have terrible meltdowns when I was little, usually when something scared me and I couldn't express how I was feeling. Before I could talk, I screamed whenever I went into a shop in the fear that it sold noisy toys. Once my mum had to leave a charity shop because I wouldn't stop bawling.

One time in primary school, when I was about 7 or 8, I got really wound up because I heard a sound I didn't like and I wasn't allowed to run outside. I was so wound up that the fear turned into anger, and I threw a chair. I aimed it at a teacher but instead it hit the class fish-tank. Luckily, the teachers managed to save all the fish.

I think I was 10 when I had my last meltdown, and after receiving a lot of help to cope with my emotions and deal with them calmly, I never get to that point anymore.

I haven't had meltdown or shutdowns since I was 8. Nowadays the more annoyed I am the more I talk. I can talk (or more like argue) NT people into meltdowns. Probably a prime example of bad social skills at the other extreme.

I don't believe I've ever really had a meltdown... except like once and I don't think it counts. I have shutdowns. They REALLY piss off my dad though which makes them even worse. I wish he could understand me.

I have both shutdowns and meltdowns. Meltdowns happen when someone I'm interacting with directly is creating sensory over-stimulation or giving me contradictory information, while shutdowns happen when the environment around me is overstimulating.However, meltdowns are becoming less common now that I regained the ability to tune out parts of a social interaction (I was able to do that until middle school, but unlike now, I was only able to tune out the whole social interaction when I was younger).

I have both. Had a lot of meltdowns as a kid, less now as I can control them more but usually very close to one a few times a week, usually one about once a week.

My meltdowns are mostly internal. Especially as a kid I used to completely close off from the outside world or get panic attacks very easily. To the annoyance of the teachers when I had a panic attack I would simply leave the school ground and walk or run straight home.