Do any of you ever ccry and run into traffic when upset?

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I sometimes do that.

I can't say that I do. Do you do this deliberately in an attempt at self-harm, or do you just lose track of yourself and not pay attention to what you're doing or where you're going, thus winding up unintentionally in the middle of the street?

i don't, and i can't see myself ever doing that unless i am seriously am suicidal.

do you just lose track of yourself and end up on the street? i would try to stay indoors if i'm upset.

Due to poor spatial awareness, there is a good chance of me wandering or running out into traffic, upset or not, so they have always done their best to prevent that.

No.

I can't say I do. But I do run around in circles when I am either anxious, upset or bored.

No. Even if I'm upset and in a middle of a traffic, I still have enough mindfulness to jaywalk across a highway.

But when I do, I would rather run into a dark, quiet, warm room and with no one bothering me.

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Because of my MS I had double (actually triple) vision for couple of years.
I could see three cars instead one coming at me, but which one is real that was always gamble.

Luckily, I wasn't injured. Now is much better, only when I'm tired or stressed I'm seeing double.

But, there are always 3 overlapping Moons hanging up there

Not that I know of.

I do wonder into traffic etc by accident, when I am traveling around my friends tend to hold my arm. My friends pull me out of the way of traffic many times a year.

Like most folks on WP I have survived into adulthood.

So it's safe to bet that most folks on WP, like I, have never done that.

I have never done it but I have thought about doing it on numerous occasions. I have also thought about turning my car directly into the path of a Mac truck or off an over pass while driving. Fortunately I have never done that either.

No. I've thought of it. But no.

I mean you should never be looking to harm yourself, even though I empathize.

But please, don't run into traffic. Your life is yours. You can do whatever you want with it. Don't risk someone else's life who may not wanna die.

If it's because you want attention, people can't give you attention when you're dead in the ground. People will cry for you and you wont be there to see it. It's useless.

My ASD husband did.

He ran back and forth across 6 lane highway. It was middle Sunday morning, and people were coming back from church. I was so angry and upset, I almost did the f**k him, let him die. But then I thought what if he takes someone's grandma out in the process? Could live with that? So I called the police.

Six squad car showed up, and by that time he was trying to get into his car to *get away*. The police blocked the entrance, and blah blah he was taken to the ER.

Medical floor, then psych floor for two weeks.

That was the start of his journey for his ASD diagnosis. He got his diagnosis about 9 months later.

We know he did that in during a huge meltdow, and he says he doesn't remember anything after he started runnning towards the highway. I told him, if he EVER pull that again, I'm gone. Like next day moving van and filing divorce papers gone.

The first time, I gave it a pass. The next time, it's a self indulgent, BS act. And I don't play games. We can figure put how to deescalate the meltdowns before they get that bad. I can work on learn to talk/act during those situations so my husband doesn't use that as the default to go escape action.

He has a therapist and a psychiatrist. Use their brains to figure out how to avoid/cope.

My husband was 50 when he did this, so he wasn't a 10 year old child. You are 31. Do you know will be left of you if a car hits you at 45 mph on a busy road with three more cars driving over your body because they couldn't stop? Or if you get someone else killed because he was trying to avoid you?

Or just alive enough to get tortured in ICU, then winding up a nursing home maybe permanently?

Physics doesn't care about your lack of coping skills or suicidal ideation. F=mv. You can't joke away the force of a car hitting a human body.

I feel very sorry for you if that is your default coping skill. And even worse for the people who have to see it before, during and after. It is not fair to you because that is no way to live. It took me a good three years to trust my husband after he ran. It is the equivalent of point a gun to your head in front of everyone, and screaming, "I'm upset." The people watching don't know if you have one bullet, six bullets, today is a really good day to die or I'm doing this (not pulling the trigger) for attention.

From this end, my husband might as well had a gun. At least he would only potentially hurting himself or me. Running around a six lane, busy highway put people's lives endanger that had nothing to do him. That is totally unfair.

If this sounds harsh, truth is truth. You not coping can get yourself or someone else killed, who had nothing to do with your unhappiness.

*It is one thing when a LF, non verbal child takes off running. My husband he decided to run across the road knowing it was busy. I don't know if your situation is like the child's or my husband's. Either way, someone and/or yourself needs to come up with a better plan.

I can only speak for myself but whenever those thoughts come to me it is never about seeking attention.

I lack awareness of danger and have walked out into streets during meltdowns or noncompliance several times. I still need to be stopped from walking while a car comes as I might not be paying attention...slow understanding.

I can't multitask.