Had a bad meltdown at work a couple days ago

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This happened on Thursday and as of this post it's Saturday, I'm still tired.

So in short, Wednesday was a bad day. Everything seemed to wrong, things were very chaotic and disorganized.

This spilled into Thursday. First my computer kept screwing up, tried another one the same thing, was able to figure what was wrong and got it going. Then my assignment wasn't properly loaded and set up in the computer, so I go to try to get the issue resolved and it's still not right. Then my computer froze again, I blew and started yelling along with a swearing tirade, punched the keyboard. I had to walk away because if I didn't, I likely would have been fired.

While this wasn't the worst meltdown I've had by far, I was shaking terribly for at least an hour and when I came home, I went right to bed. Friday went better but I felt really off, today I am still a bit tired. my hand still hurts a little from punching the keyboard.

I have meltdowns at work too, which are usually triggered by bullying or being told off because of breaking a rule (I have a habit of accidentally breaking workplace rules due to my short attention span). Part of the meltdown is me being frustrated with myself for being picked on or being in trouble, but another part of the meltdown is just a cry to leave me alone instead of picking on me. Surely it isn't too much to ask to want to be self-sufficient at work and to just let me do my work my way and for them to just appreciate a job well done at the end of my shift. But to them it is. They like power-tripping and causing stress for workers, oh but wondering why workers walk out leaving us short-staffed.

Workplaces are where my meltdowns mostly occur, because I find rules difficult to follow and hate being told what to do - beyond just being assigned a task or given helpful information, etc.

I hope you're feeling better now. Due to my ADHD my meltdowns come on as quick as they go, so once I'm calm I just carry on with my work and feel happy when it's the end of my shift. Venting to trusted colleagues helps me an awful lot. Does this help you too?

I hope you're feeling better

Sweet Pea hugs

My meltdowns occur. During my meltdowns I'll pace back and forth breath heavy. Focus on trying to ground myself to reality.my eyes go wide I act like I can't see anything which helps.i can get angry but I can't express it I feel locked in my body. I almost do a total shutdown. I try to stop everything about myself. I try to slow down remain calm but everything is racing forward out of control. I don't want any surprises no person suddenly coming into the room or making noise. I need everything to just slow down.im trying to understand things. I'm silent. Short controlled breaths. My heart races. My nerves flaring angry inside bursting with something but it won't come out. I get mad but it feels frozen. I don't know. Everything wants to slow down but everything is racing