Meltdown/panic issue???

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Dad was helping me put a laptop Harddrive into my PS3 after undoing both hard drives dad said the laptop one wouldn't fit I insisted it would and was shocked and upset (not crying or anything just stressed upset really). I didn't even do all the unscrewing work but still fealt stressed. Dad pried a piece off the laptop drive and POW! it could work. It did YA! So now I've went from a 40GB PS3 drive to 128GB (after formatting that is.) It saved me about $60 to get one so that's good. Dad didn't like the "freak out" me getting upset moment. I was wondering of others here went through a panic/got upset over simple stuff such as my hard drive situation. I get upset if a store doesn't have the item I want although not as distraught and stressed as the hard drive because of all the work to take them apart and IMO OMG! It doesn't work although everything I've read said IT DOES! OMG! Does anyone get where I'm coming from? Thank You.

Yes, I know what you mean. When trying to get something to work properly I easily get upset and angry.

I don't have meltdowns, but I do get very stressed and upset under those conditions. That's one of the reason why I like to work alone.

I had a severe meltdown New Year's Eve. Started me on my path to diagnosis. Since then, I realize (in hindsight) that I often have meltdowns. From the outside, it can seem really random over reaction. For instance, if I'm getting a fork out of the drawer and then accidence drop it, sometimes I can shrug it off, other times I'll curse or slam the drawer or some other burst of anger. I think it depend on my anxiety, but I'm still trying to figure a lot of this out.

Oh yeah, I have meltdowns over little things load of times. It usually involves rushing to do something with somebody and they just take their time, so when I'm ready they still haven't even started to get ready. I can either be fine in some situations or just lose it. My worst one is people that don't clean up after themselves or rinse their own dishes.

I can relate. I used to break things during meltdowns, and now I tend to not do that anymore. What usually causes them lately is answers pointlessly laden with uncertainty and things not being where I remember/expect them to be. When I cannot find the spoons and forks that I use to eat, I start to lose it. I can usually hold up on it until I find one, which is a good thing because I always eventually find one.

In stores, sensory overload pushes me toward meltdown, especially if I have to find things I don't usually buy or if things are out of stock or moved around. I used to storm out of stores all the time because I couldn't cope with this. Now I try to remember I can ask someone for help finding something, but the overload's hard to avoid.

Also, at some point I got better at noticing they were building up so I can react to that, sometimes.

Losing things actually gives me a panic attack, not a meltdown. Sometimes I can have a meltdown over it and have to try to settle myself down before panicking.

Yeah, losing things is different for me, too (as opposed to people putting things in the wrong place).

Losing things starts the adrenaline and the panic, especially if it's important. I remember having a combination meltdown/panic attack when my purse was stolen several years ago. I totally lost my temper on my boss at the time, and he was not amused.