How Often Do You Have Meltdowns?

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I dont reallt think i have that meny so far this year i think i have had maybe 4 big ones, but never in public im always at home by myself.'
Do you have alot of meltdowns?
Are They in public or By yourself?
How many (approximetly) a year (if you know)?
just curious i suppose.

I don't have them often anymore. I did when I was younger because of stress and people.

I have had them in public and by myself. Public is worse because it's embarrassing but that's rare now.

How many a year? I don't know. Maybe twenty. Just a guess since I don't have them that much anymore.

I wouldn't say I have a lot of meltdowns. I've never had many really.
If I can help it, I'd prefer it to happen when I'm alone, but some things can't be helped.
Maybe a dozen per year? Maybe less, I'm not sure. They usually come in clusters. I'll have like 2 one week, another the next week, then not have one for a few months.

I have one every couple of weeks or so. Usually with my partner. I get terrified and angry if he shows me any negative emotion at all because I can't tell what level it is so if he's just a bit irritated I feel like he hates me and wants to leave me and I react to that. Sometimes I can contain it but often it goes into a full-blown screaming, crying meltdown.

Have them quite a bit in private and in public-had one last night and the guy I work with comes up stairs and asks "whats your problem up here-you sound like a ret*d yelling and screaming up here!" and then he says "you should videotape yourself to see what it looks like"-that was not very nice and that he knows I have AS and to say something like that is a bit uncalled for.

As a child, right up through adolescence I had AT LEAST one a day (usually 2-3 minimum though). I still get meltdowns, but they are not as bad anymore. I also have a bit more control over what I say during them (I used to say horrible, awful things during meltdowns when I spoke at all--now I don't say these things, but I still have no control over whether or not I have a meltdown. I also cannot stop them once they start). Now I get meltdowns a few times a week or so, and I occasionally get shutdowns too.

I don't have them much anymore, as I've been working on eliminating things that cause them from my life. It's probably been a year or so since I've had any, and even then they were in private (though that's because I work at home). I screamed and cursed at my computer for an unreasonable amount of time. My SO left me alone but later said the computer was cowering the corner.

I have about 4 of them a year. I used to have 8 a year but I've cut down on the on the situations that cause them. I've also got rid of a toxic person who was in my life about a year ago.

Three times a week, possibly. The huge ones once every couple of weeks.

When I was with my ex the stress I was under from constantly having to socialize made me have them frequently. Now that it's over I've not had one.

Not very often at all; I have shutdowns more than I have meltdowns. I can't remember the last time I experienced the latter; 'twas more than a year ago, but I can't remember how old I was. I know I had a really bad one when I was 12.

Several times a week

Very rarely in front of anyone, but it did happen last night and was a horrible feeling.
I was being ranted at, and everything I said was being talked over and twisted around, and I ended up just sobbing and repeating the same words over and over and over. I thankfully, do not get that bad too often. I ended up sitting hidden behind my wardrobe. It was not preventable as the individual in question was following me around my apt and not leaving even when I begged him to.

I once had one in a large supermarket also, as an adult, when I lost my bag that contained my keys, my phone, my purse... I felt so scared and the guy behind the desk said nothing had been handed in, the manager just looked at me and said there was nothing they could do and I started stamping my foot and crying. and threw my shopping across the floor of the entrance. Finally another staff member took me back to the desk and security were about to take me over to the police station about my purse, when the guy behind the desk revealed it had been there all along. He had deliberately denied it was there because I had inadvertently upset one of his work colleagues a few weeks before, by telling her the store was part of the rat race.


I used to have regular meltdowns when in conflict with my aspie ex, where I would just stop and scream and cry.

I really hate them, as they seem so unstoppable at the time.

I have had two big meltdowns in the last two weeks due to close friends dramas and involving me in their situations where I dont understand. But usually I only have meltdowns ten times a year, really bad ones where I throw things and smash things are rare these days all I do is scream and cry and then I go really quiet and not talk or associate with anyone for days afterwards. I rather be alone on a deserted Island these days.

In my teens and twenties I had about three a week
In my thirties and forties hardly ever