They are not a choice. They are not to get something. I can *maybe* hold them off for a short time, but they will come out. I can’t control them and they are not tantrums.
#ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics - what do you wish non-autistic people understood about meltdowns?
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Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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1/x 1. It's avoidable but not stopable if it runs 2. It isn't based on fury. it's more like fear, flight, the desire for self-dissolution 3. You haven't control anymore. 4. Things others can Do: 4a) help us to create an optimal environment for us
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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2/x 4b) Don't punish us for things that are much harder for us than they are for you
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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4/4 Help us, by eliminating the triggers: Turn off noise, turn off lights, throw blankets over us, keep people away from us, do not talk, do not touch, but stay with us and tell us so that we know we are not alone
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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5/5 Endung of a Meltdown, is Not the end of this Prozess Afterwards we need time to recover, some of us up to 3 days. In this time every trigger should be eleminated to prevent a next meltdown
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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6/6 Don't stop self-destructions If we hit our head on the floor, throw pillows on the collision point, but do not lie down
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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I wish they understood that meltdowns are not a choice. Even my own parents always assume that my meltdowns are anger outbursts. They rarely happen to me, but when they do, they just tell me to ‘get over it’, which just makes it worse.
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They also are mistaken to think that ‘exposing’ me to things like loud environments or sudden changes in my routine will help me adjust to those things, which it does not. The only thing it does is put way more internal stress on me, so I just shut down.
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That they AREN'T TANTRUMS ugh. They. Are. Not. Tantrums.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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7/7 Tanke attention to your pets, if you have some Some of them show you if overload/meltdown starts before you see it. For example through barking, Holding, staying near by the Person, nervousness
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