Saying things during meltdowns (Serious topic)

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I don't know how I can prevent myself from snapping out like this. I had a meltdown today where I was feeling overwhelmed I was talking about "obsessive" issue subjects and complained about how unfair and sick the system I exist in. The thing I'm worried about is that I told them that I wanted to harm myself. I was with a few staffs. This isn't the first time I said I wanted to harm myself during a meltdown, even though it's not regular behavior either. I hope I didn't scare anyone or have them call somebody. Luckily, one of them was the staff Ill be seeing tomorrow.

But yeah, I want to stop it before anything bad happens because in the heat of the meltdown, I end up saying out loud that I want to self-harm. I don't actually want to self-harm, but a lot of times I do feel so much pain emotionally, and even become existential like questioning my role and purpose in this time and place.

If they are capable of listening, you may try to explain it wasn't serious, just really strong emotions.
Do you have your strategies to avoid meltdowns in public?

Sounds like managing your meltdowns would be important for you. I'm not an expert in this area. But I wonder if you can learn to self-monitor and when you feel you are near the end of your rope, you can excuse yourself, go in a restroom or outdoors, and somehow settle down. Another approach may be to identify situations that have brought on a meltdown, and arrange your life so you can avoid that - for example, too much social contact, then take some completely alone time?