#autistic meltdown

[theautisticfroglord]

anyways parents who record/post their autistic child having a meltdown are awful people :)

#“but its for awareness!!!!” shut up #there is no excuse #actually autistic #actually autism #meltdown #autistic meltdown #sensory issues #autism #autistic #tw ableism #ableism #autism moms #proship dni #<- this is so those ppl dont interact w this #ik it's unrelated but it's for my safety 🫶

[theorahsart]

Here's a comic I made a few years ago, explaining autistic meltdowns and shutdowns in detail! They can be pretty different to what you might expect- I didnt even realise I was experiencing them for years. I thought they were panic attacks that just happened to last much longer than an average person's, or that I was very sensitive- newsflash, it was actually autism lol

#autismacceptancemonth #autismacceptance2024 #autism acceptance #autism #actually autistic #autism comic #autism comics #actuallyautistic #autistic meltdown #autistic shutdown #meltdowns #shutdowns #comic #web comic #info graphic #autism info graphic

[monachopsis-11]

People always talk about how childhood autistic traits can be troubling and problematic for people (especially allistic parents) but how about ways childhood autistic traits can be helpful and convenient for parents? I’m putting some examples below from my childhood.

- my need for routines was helpful to my mom and made her life easier

- my ability to hyperfocus on interests and solitary activities allowed my parents to attend to my sister

- my preference for being with adults who were more predictable made me easier to handle

- I had a very strong internal sense of right and wrong that made me easy to reason with as long as I was given a reasonable explanation

- my difficulty expressing my emotions and internalizing them instead made me seem low maintenance

- compared to my sister who is very reactive my atypical responses weren’t noticeable

- because I was so independent I was easy to leave alone and overlook

- because my traits weren’t disruptive to my parents I was just seen as ‘mature,’ ‘smart,’ and ‘an old soul.’

- even though I was only social when people interacted on my terms I didn’t avoid people so I wasn’t seen as antisocial

- I talked so much that if I had a day I was struggling no one noticed because they were just used to me being chatty

- I had a decent early childhood before things got really challenging so my meltdowns weren’t bad or often at that age

- by the time I was at an age where those things would stand out I was more prone to disassociation and then having a meltdown when I was alone so they didn’t know

If anyone has any childhood autistic traits that were convenient to their parents and overlooked because of it please let me know in the comments! ⬇️

#actually autistic #autistic experiences #self diagnosed autism #autistic women #late diagnosed autistic #invisible disability #actuallyautistic #autism #asd #autistic community #sensory issues #disability #ableist bullshit #autistic meltdown #sensory overload #spoonie #emotional dysregulation #being autistic

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autistic Meltdowns

The Autistic Teacher

#autism #actually autistic #meltdowns #autistic meltdown #what it looks like #what causes meltdowns #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #actually neurodivergent #feel free to share/reblog #The Autistic Teacher (Facebook)

[a-sip-of-milo]

You didn't deserve to be filmed during your most vulnerable moments. You didn't deserve to have them put on the internet for everybody to see, even if it was "just for friends and family". It's not funny and you're not overreacting for feeling humiliated, upset or uncomfortable because of it.

That goes for the people who initially gave consent as a child. It doesn't matter. Shouldn't have happened regardless, and I hope you can find peace.

Believers in narcissistic/borderline/anti-social/histrionic abuse DNI

#parental abuse #tw abuse #neurodivergent #actually neurodivergent #autistic meltdown #npd safe #cluster b safe #bpd safe #aspd safe #hpd safe #emotional abuse #childhood ptsd #childhood abuse

[existennialmemes]

My Brain: [teetering on the edge of meltdown]

Me: What's wrong, we had a good day??

My Brain: Nothing!!! We just did A Lot of Things and now I would like to cry and scream about it!!

#shitpost #shitposting #neurodivergent #neurodivergent memes #actually autistic #autistic memes #adhd memes #adhd #audhd #meltdown #autistic meltdown #i filmed content took a walk and made cookies #and all of it went well #and now my brain is trying to ooze out of my ears #and this is not my favorite

[ofthemoonfolk]

Okay I’m having autistic Steve thoughts.

Steve who masks so well that no one realises he’s autistic, especially not himself until one day everything finally gets too much and he has a huge meltdown. Like I’m imagining he’s at family video, the lights are too loud and bright, the music playing over the radio is sending him insane, customers are being rude and some of them keep touching him, he knows they’re meant to be friendly touches but they’re making his skin crawl. The phone keeps ringing, it’s mostly the kids ringing to see when he gets off because they want rides.

After he has his break in the back room, he thinks he’s managed to reign in this weird too much feeling he gets sometimes, he’s pretty confident he can finish his shift and get home before his brain shuts down for the night. He doesn’t expect Eddie and his band to come in, he knows Eddie has only dragged the rest of them there because he wanted to see Steve, but they’re being so loud. He’s trying to ignore the way that Jeff and Gareth’s loud laughing and play fighting is making his skin crawl.

He doesn’t realise that he’s starting to repeatedly tense and relax the muscles in his hands, the way he’s quietly started humming to himself. He knows that he wants to tug on his hair and hit his chest but he also knows if he starts he won’t stop. He doesn’t know why he does it, just knows that when he’s alone at home and he needs to calm down that those things help.

The final straw though is Jeff accidentally stumbling into the shelf that Steve had just recently reorganised at the same time the phone rings (again) and the song on the radio changes for an obnoxiously loud jingle.

Steve doesn’t know it’s going to happen until it does, it’s suddenly like everything is too much, his shirt is uncomfortable, his pants are too tight, too many sounds, too many lights and if he doesn’t get this feeling out of him he might go insane.

Steve letting out and anguished whimper just loud enough for Eddie to hear before he starts screaming. He’s kicking the counter, then suddenly he’s pushed everything off the top of the counter onto the floor and just begins to smack the surface because the sting feels nice on his hands.

Now he’s making low noises in the throat and humming because words aren’t coming to him anymore, that’s when he starts hitting his chest. He eventually drops to the floor with his back against the wall, he pulls his knees up to his chest because he’s starting to really hurt himself this time but he can’t stop.

Another frustrated shout and he’s now banging his head on the wall behind him and rocking back and forth while tears are streaming down his face.

Eddie tries to grab his hands to stop him from pulling at his hair and is accidentally hit in the face because he touched Steve without asking first and he doesn’t want to be touched.

Eddie realised what was happening almost instantly and told his friends to go walk home or take his van, he’ll find a way home and leave him to help Steve.

He had been noticing certain autistic traits in Steve since they had started to get closer but the guy was so good at masking that Eddie thought maybe he was wrong, up until 10 minutes ago when Steve started to have a meltdown.

He knows he shouldn’t have touched Steve when he obviously doesn’t want to be but he didn’t want to watch him hurting himself anymore, at this point it would be more harmful to let him keep hurting himself than to try and stop him.

So Eddie ties his hair up so it’s out of they way and can’t get pulled and quickly pulls Steve away from the wall he’s currently smashing his head into before sliding in behind him and tightly wrapping his arms around Steve. He pins Steve’s arms across his chest so he’s hugging himself and uses he’s legs either side of Steve as extra pressure points and starts swaying them side to side slowly.

Steve loves the pressure he can feel surrounding him now and the swaying is really helping him calm his breathing down.

He has no idea how long it takes for his breathing to go back to normal and for him to no longer want to rip his skin off but he still feels like he can’t talk.

He can hear Eddie talking to him and relaxes even further into his tight hold. He nods when Eddie asks if he can drive Steve’s car to take him home and holds out the right key to lock up family video behind them. He can get Robin to butter Keith up tomorrow right now he wants to go home and maybe cuddle with Eddie on his sofa. Wants to eat his favourite snacks and maybe he can show Eddie his secret comic collection as thanks for helping him.

He knows he and Eddie are going to have to talk about what just happened soon but that will have to wait until he’s got words again. But for now he just wants cuddle Eddie and have a nap

#steve harrington #autistic steve harrington #stranger things #eddie munson #autistic eddie munson #steddie #steve needs a hug #autistic characters #autistic meltdown #this is like the first thing I’ve written so hopefully it doesn’t suck too much

[autistic-bibliophile]

what’s the dumbest reason you’ve had a meltdown? just curious because my reason was so insignificant now that I’m thinking about it

#autistic community #actually autistic #autism meltdown #autistic meltdown #meltdown #i get so upset by ANY change okay especially when my thinking on something turns out to have been wrong the whole time #just overwhelming in the moment #ugh

[kotikaleo]

Aautistic meltdowns

Autistic meltdowns are an involuntary response to sensory or emotional overload and overwhelm. This highly dysregulated state is not behavioral, but a physical manifestation of a neurobiological reaction. They can happen at any age and take from 20 minutes to few hours before the person is able to recover. It is not a temper tantrum, as it is not a manipulation tactic in response to not getting needs met, meltdowns are a physical manifestation of a neurobiological reaction and cries of distress.

#my art #OH BOI #Fuck meltdowns they suck sooooo much #autism #autistic meltdown #The worst part is when you yourself recognize all the signs #do all you can to prevent a meltdown #AND IT HAPENS ANYWAY #and after that you are just exhausted buth physically and mentally #I'm not even talking about any of stupidest reasons it can happen #Oh you are hungry but unable to recognize that in time? GET A MELTDOWN #fuck you brain my life is hard enough

[beinganautismgirl]

This.

I hide my meltdowns and no one has ever seen me have one. I'm not lying, this is just how it is. I do not trust anyone to see me have a meltdown, it looks like I'm sobbing and crying and freaking out over absolutely nothing, but my nervous system is on fire and I am usually feeling completely terrified and helpless.

#autism #living with autism #actually autistic #autistic adult #anxiety and autism #audhd #adhd #autistic communication #meltdowns #autistic meltdown #autistic masking

[autismcultureis]

autism culture is getting told you’re having a “teenage temper tantrum” when it’s really just a meltdown

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#autism culture #autism #autism spectrum disorder #autistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #actually autistic #asd #autistic things #nd #autistic teen culture #autistic teen #autistic culture #meltdown #meltdowns #autistic meltdown

[monachopsis-11]

I’m super curious what other self diagnosed, late diagnosed people thought about their meltdowns prior to discovering the autistic community. For example I remember a girl in my class missing a few days of school and when we asked about her the teacher just said she had a mental breakdown and I was like, so what? Something had happened in her family life and everyone was really worried but I could not for the life of me understand why everyone was making such a big deal about a mental breakdown, like hello- I have those every other day.

Of course I understand the difference now and have certainly experienced both but I had such a hard time understanding why everyone cared about her and not about me at the time. She missed a week of school and with how poor my mental health and accommodations were at the time I probably had four to seven meltdowns of varying intensity in that amount of time. I’d even tell friends and family that I had mental breakdowns and they were like “sure awesome go help with dinner okay?”

And of course I thought I was having some type of breakdown or psychotic episode, I was depressed, burnt out, overwhelmed, isolated, and every day I either collapsed into bed the second I got home or sat on my bedroom floor sobbing, pulling my hair, hitting myself, hitting my walls, pacing, rocking, and covering my ears.

The point of writing this is that I’d be incredibly interested in other late or self diagnosed peoples experience and thoughts with meltdowns before knowing what was really going on.

#autistic experiences #actually autistic #autistic women #late diagnosed autistic #self diagnosed autism #invisible disability #sensory issues #actuallyautistic #asd #autism #autistic meltdown #sensory overload #autistic community #disability #emotional dysregulation #please give me advice #post meltdown

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autistic Meltdowns

The Autistic Teacher

#autism #actually autistic #meltdowns #autistic meltdown #what meltdowns can look like #what causes meltdowns #how to reduce a meltdown #what can help #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #actually neurodivergent #feel free to share/reblog #The Autistic Teacher (Facebook)

[autie-hobbit]

Autistic people need to change the way they talk about tantrums

I get it, seeing people that don't understand Autism or meltdowns seeing a child having a meltdown and deciding that they're just a misbehaving child and deserve to be punished is frustrating. But demonising tantrums should not be the way to battle that. Children having tantrums deserve just as much patience and kindness as those having a meltdown.

While, yes, meltdowns and tantrums do have differences, they often aren’t the ones pointed out by most Autistic people talking about this. What is usually explained as what a tantrum is is usually either oversimplified, or just straight up incorrect. And the differences between them really aren’t as black and white as people seem to think.

Meltdowns are involuntary reactions to an overwhelming emotion or stimuli, and a complete loss of control of their emotions and body.

Tantrums can be voluntary or involuntary, and are reactions to the overwhelming feeling of frustration or otherwise upset, and are a complete loss of control of their emotions.

Also, it’s important to note that meltdowns and tantrums can look the same while they are happening. You sometimes cannot tell which one is occurring until it’s over.

Now here’s the part that I really need people to understand. The problem is not that people don’t understand the differences between tantrums and meltdowns, and that’s why demonising kids having meltdowns is wrong. It’s that tantrums shouldn’t be demonised either.

We are talking about children. 

Children have tantrums for the same reason Autistic people have meltdowns. They have a poor emotional regulatory system, so when they feel a big emotion, that emotion takes over and they lose control. 

A child having a tantrum because they want candy is not having a tantrum because they think it’ll get them the candy. They’re having a tantrum because they’re upset over not getting candy, and they have little to no emotional regulatory system, and therefore cannot regulate that upset yet. It’s why tantrums usually stop at a certain age, once their emotional regulatory system improves, tantrums (for the most part) stop. 

This is also why tantrums (and meltdowns) will continue past the typical age in Autistic children, often continuing into adulthood. Because Autistic people have a poor emotional regulatory system that likely won’t improve as they get older.

#actually autistic #autism #autistic meltdown #nat's posting #long post

[itsaspectrumcomic]

Do you have meltdowns, shutdowns or both?

Unfortunately I have been blessed with both 🙃

#ask #rainbowoctoplushie #autistic meltdown #shutdown

[existennialmemes]

Me: Listen, I know we spent a lot of energy on this, and it didn't come out right, but we don't have to have a meltdown. It's completely ok to mess up and learn from our mistakes, which will make us better at the task in the long run.

My Brain: [already dousing itself in gasoline] Interesting suggestion, but No

#neurodivergent #neurodivergent memes #autistic meltdown #actually autistic #conversations with my brain #about to wreck my kitchen like i wrecked this fucking saucepan #kitchen fail #incredibly frustrating that my logical understanding of the situation #doesn't do a goddamn thing for my shrieking nervous system