Meltdowns

haras321
haras321 Online Community Member Posts: 13 Listener
in Autism and neurodiversity

Any advice please. Meltdowns. How do you cope? I'm 52 and recently diagnosed. Really struggling. My meltdowns are worsening. Screaming, shouting, throwing things, verbally abusive. I then retreat for a few days. I don't eat, clean, shop in the recovery days. I shutdown. I'm a single parent to teens and I'm struggling.

I disgust myself with my behaviour but it's as though I have absolutely no control and that scares me.

Any advice please?

Thank you.

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  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 11,423 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Heya @haras321 I'm sorry to hear you're struggling. I totally understand the withdrawal, that's very common for us autistic folk to do after meltdowns. A lot of it comes from recognizing your triggers and doing things to negate them.

    Do you have any friends or family closeby for support?

  • haras321
    haras321 Online Community Member Posts: 13 Listener

    Thank you for replying.

    I have 2 teenage daughters. My eldest no longer speaks to me and is at uni. I had a huge meltdown and said some awful things. I don't blame her but I just lose all control. No matter how much I apologise it's not enough for what she refers to as a tantrum followed by sulking. It's a repeated pattern. I've pushed everyone away. Without sounding too dramatic I'm finding it hard to live.

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