Meltdowns?

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Could somebody explain to me please what a "meltdown" is exactly? I've read about these alot but I've yet to fully understand what it is. I have an idea which I think it may be, but I'm not sure, so I thought here would be the perfect place to ask.

Thanks.

http://www.meltdown.com/

Sorry, I'm confused. I've heard/read from other folks I know with AS (online) that they have these things called "meltdowns" sometimes and I was wondering what they meant by it?

Maybe I'm not seeing it but I don't understand how that website is related to AS?

Right really the only thing to do with As is the neurological pathways been different, the rest is human disorders that have really nothing to do with As they can be all treated Extroverted people think we are sick because they don't think it's normal for a person to be withdrawn from society, and really I am starting to see why people think we are you know as Common Sense is totally out the window


http://www.pipeline.com/%7Edada3zen/int ... world.html

We are humans with normal problems, that Extroverted people just can't understand....

I'm still not sure I understand you...

But thanks anyway.

meltdown -- A state of complete network overload that grinds all traffic to a halt.

meltdown -- severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping...

meltdown -- A nuclear meltdown occurs when the core of a nuclear reactor melts. In such an event, there is the alarming possibility that the molten reactor core might form an uncontrolled critical mass (a recriticality); or continue generating enough heat through radioactive decay ('decay heat') to maintain its temperature. Even if this does not occur, large explosions and general destruction are likely to occur when the molten mass encounters water or air.

I think it is (Stress) they just don't know it... http://www.nclnet.org/health/stress/aboutstress2.htm

As I did before not be able to explain what a “gut feeling” was... but you know could be wrong but what their saying would be a person with a short fuse...

As they say its like a pms menopause x10...

by way ignore me if I am been insults just got a meeting today, and see if it goes the normaly way it does or if get anywhere this time...

What AS people mean when we talk about meltdowns is the episodes of extreme reaction to stress. We all melt down differently. Some people just cry. Some people hide or become mute or motionless. Some, like me, scream and shout and cry and break things and hurt ourselves.

I've had meltdowns before. They're like extreme reactions to stress and often come in the form of outbursts, excessive rocking and hand-flapping to me. Usually I have them when I get really stressed out or are expressing remorse.

Thank you The reason I was wondering is because I get these. I always have, since I was a kid. My mum thought it was normal kid behaviour, but now, I'm 18 and even still, when I get stressed I just completely break down and I feel like my brain's going to explode. I scream, break things, cry, everything you said. I just never knew how to explain it to my mum. She often thinks I'm just being difficult but it's not that, I can't help it sometimes. I can't explain how my brain feels when I have these meltdowns, but it's like it's too much for my brain to handle and I get overloaded and completely explode. No body understands and thus, they don't stop doing whatever it was that was causing me stress until I just completely explode.

My mum is my main stress factor. She doesn't understand me so often does things which cause me stress. I tell her not to and give her plenty of warning, but she doesn't listen, she just keeps on going until I have a complete meltdown. Not on purpose, she just doesn't understand.

(okay, sorry for the rant, but I had to explain this to someone who I knew would have a better understanding of what I'm talking about).

Think ill have a meltdown now after 2 years of trying to bang my doctor - social worker & mother into the wall they still don't understand and trying to dump me onto social service and pay for my own social worker that I have to bloody find...

I decided to analyse them, social worker is a waste of time as she is under the delusions of everybody is like her she didn't say build up confidence or anything like that she said socialize 9 times & said feel better socializing.... weakness won't listen to anything that will hurt her value system and keep repeating the same plan...

Doctor== Dislike routine, detailed tasks( did not even bother putting a plan together ), Natural leaders, but do not like to control people (keeps saying its up to me) when I asked for help in the first place, A tendency to consider careful or meticulous thinkers as unworthy plodders or time wasters. ( I would say he is as he’s trying to dump me ), Blindness to the needs and feelings of others not directly involved in the current area of interest ( I would say he is ), Becoming overly annoyed by minor setbacks or small things that have to be set right before the goal can be realized. ( def does ), A tendency to be arrogant or boastful, or to demean those who cannot see the same answers. ( yes as he won't listen I don't work that way round ), good at most anything that interests them. ( Yes ), get excited and enthusiastic about their ideas, and are able to spread their enthusiasm to others. ( if his smile gets any bigger when he puts an idea across ), are less interested in developing plans of actions or making decisions than they are in generating possibilities and ideas. ( this meeting proved that ).Don't expect others to simply follow you or expect that they should see what you can see as a worthy goal. A good exercise is to imagine yourself as a blind or severely disabled person. (Try to get the feel of what it would be like to have to organize your life from such a different perspective. Would your goals still be valid? Would they need re-thinking? Consider the possibility that while your way of thinking leads you to see other types as having limited vision or ability, the truth is that they are no more limited than yourself, but simply have a differing focus in life and differing needs.)

Mother:- takes their responsibilities very seriously, and is very dependable. (VERY), are warm and energetic. (YES), need approval from others to feel good about themselves. (YES), are hurt by indifference and don't understand unkindness.(DEF), usually have very well-formed ideas about the way things should be, and are not shy about expressing these opinions. However, they weigh their values and morals against the world around them, rather than against an internal value system. They may have a strong moral code, but it is defined by the community that they live in, rather than by any strongly felt internal values.(DEF), Maybe have difficulty understanding the importance of considering people's feelings, and trying to meet their emotional needs. (Def she tells me about this death guy at work and really the insults she says about him, none would like anyone pointing at they lips and saying read my lips), use guilt manipulation...

Me:- be unaware (and sometimes uncaring) of how they come across to others,
quickly dismiss input from others without really considering it , ability to see an issue from many sides, they may always find others at fault for problems in their own lives, look at external ideas and people with the primary purpose of finding fault, take pride in their ability to be critical and find fault in people and things, May have unrealistic and/or unreasonable expectations of others (def looks that way), May believe that they're always right, be cuttingly derisive and sarcastic towards others, hold grudges, and have difficulty forgiving people, May be wishy-washy and unsure how to act in situations that require quick decision making, have difficulty communicating their thoughts and feelings to others...

Any way theys my steam blown past 2 years been waste of time another group dumping me... Think ill ask Jef for help at the mental drop in atleast he listens...

I might of had a meltdown but I think it was just the ibuprofen affecting my psychologically.

I get hysterical and I scream and throw things and hurt myself. If that helps.