Meltdowns.. never had them till now.

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Being 24 years old I had never really had a meltdown. I have been having meltdowns as of late. For some reason I never got them when I was younger. I have these meltdowns as a response to people not understanding me. If I say something and people don't get it ... And repitition is not enough then I will crack. Is this uncommon? Normally I hear people have meltdowns due to a sensory overload. Do others have them for reasons other than sensory overload?

Also sorry for the double post.. my phone is acting up sense it is my only way of updating.

frustration is another type of sensory perception. i find it triggers me quite easily.

I don't think there's a single cause of meltdowns. I only just started getting non-verbal terrified catatonic state thingies (I'm 26), and I'm not sure of the cause, but sometimes I'm pretty functional as long as I don't try to communicate even in writing or with eye contact. It'll likely change gradually over my life, but some things will stay the same.

Mine have so far been caused by staying involved in a stressful conversation longer than I should have, and another time was going with friends to get food and then not finding anything I wanted to eat and no one being able/willing to help me get food from somewhere else because they were already eating. Both times, things just felt really wrong and like they weren't going the way they should and I felt too weak to change things.

I didn't have meltdowns when I was younger. I have them nowadays though. The reasons for my meltdowns are:

1. Sensory overload (mostly sounds and a lot of things happening at the same time)
2. Emotional overload (this is most common for me and it also includes when people don't understand me)
3. Sudden big changes

I don't get major meltdowns that often. Maybe once every two or three months (sometimes less than that and sometimes more often). I always bottle up all my feelings until I can't take it anymore and then I have a major meltdown.

Rebbieh, now that I think about it, all my reasons fit those boxes. That might be really helpful - I'm going to keep and eye on those situations and see if the future meltdowns fit too. Thanks for sharing.