Have you had a public meltdown?

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I avoid having meltdowns in public, because I hate that feeling of humiliation. I want to blend in, I hate attention from strangers being drawn to me. Especially if they are local and you are likely to come across them again.
I remember a few years ago I got upset about a tiff I had with a friend, and it got to me really bad, and when I got off the bus in the bus station and met a friend there (not the same friend I had the tiff with), I started waving my arms about and yelling and crying, which did draw attention I could have done without. It's because this friend I had a tiff with was on the bus I had just got off, and I wanted him to see how upset and frustrated I was. That was my only ever public meltdown.

That's another thing I'm starting to realise about myself, is that when a particular person has upset me, I want them to feel guilty for upsetting me, but because I don't want to upset them (because I'm too nice I suppose), I just cry to somebody else so that the other person who upset me could see how upset I am and perhaps might do something about it, like an apology. Usually an apology goes a long way with me. I suppose that is being a drama queen. I need to learn not to be a drama queen.

My what I now realize were meltdowns while rare have been from not being able handle multitasking and running around like a madmen or smashing keyboards trying to get 10 things done at once. Happened at work a number of times.

Ugh, that one in fourth grade.

I wouldn't call it VERY public, but public enough.

One at work when I was about 29, that was bad, can't do that at work. Not that many people around though.