Absence of Meltdowns

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Is there anyone else around here that simply never seemed to have the "meltdowns" that so many Aspies claim to have? I really don't know why it's like that for me; my parents also agree that I've never had them.

I had periods when I only had very very few meltdowns. I had none between the ages 3-5 to 10. I don't know if this helps, but I didn't have any meltdowns and only few between ages 5 to 8, because the way I lived was very stable and not very demanding of me. There were few events during this time that caused an emotional uproar or any uproar for that matter. No sensory overloads either, which is usually the main reason for my meltdown. All in all, the time between ages 5 to 10 was rather quiet. Alas, my development was also stable, I got much better ate age 5, as in 'more aware, calmer, my ability to understand what people spoke to me got way better too, which profoundly decreased the amount of reasons for meltdowns.

I've only ever had minor meltdowns, usually in the form of irrational rage attacks.

I suspect you'll see just in this thread of yours, if some go into any kind of detail, that the term meltdown means different things to different people. For example I have rages too, but mine is more a PTSD response, which is a co-morbid that has hitched a ride with the AS. I've only had, what I consider the term to mean, 2 in my life. And both those required outside help. Anxiety attacks, oh yeah and probably some would consider those along with what comes with them in certain settings a meltdown or overwhelmed and they can be. I think some of it can be just due to what settings you find yourself in. In other words if you don't get around "triggers" you might not see any or very few. But I'm gifted enough to cause my own triggers too, hell of a gift isn't it? Again I think some of this depends on what "friends" have come a long for the ride. Bipolar is one of mine.

Mine are invisible to almost all but me. I'm a quiet person.

i haven't, say, gone off the deep end and thrown furniture at people (i put a hole through our door once when the stool missed my brother and had to pay to fix it).... since i was in middle school...

but i still have unavoidable sobbing/howling fits.

i think working 7 days a week most times hasn't helped in this regard.

I haven't had a real one in almost 6 months.

I just don't express meltdowns in front of people. I have them in my head or in private.

I am far more internal than external. I've cried uncontrollably, sobbing, for no reason I could discern in my early teen years, but that hasn't happened since then. Other than that, I don't think I've had any thing you could call a meltdown.

I've had meltdowns at least every three months my whole life (well, maybe not the first year of my life...).


They're usually not too bad, though--just really upsetting and embarrassing.

Last year was a year of meltdowns for me. I didn't even know I was having them until told and explained.

I have meltdowns frequently, i never heard of not having any meltdowns, your sooo lucky hhaha.

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I don't think I have meltdowns. I can get extremely pissed off and aggressive but it has to do with circumstances and a certain psychological background - I don't notice myself having "sensory overload" in the strict sense.
If I have a mixture of emotional circumstances and sensory overload causing these fits of rage or mood swings it's hard to tell .