Meltdown?

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Can anyone describe their "meltdowns" ?

Let me tell you about Friday.

I had spent two days off work sick from stress at work. I mean vomiting, headaches and nausea. Then I got back to work and I for about five minutes I was okay, then I started feeling anxious (I think that's what they call it, I don't know), and I would go to the toilets to hide and I would start rocking and the moment anyone spoke to me I flinched and I was shaking really bad and then my mum asked if I was okay and I broke down into tears and when she came towards me I screamed at her not to touch me and I was rocking and stimming and screaming and crying and it was awful.

Sorry, lost me there: what this about "melt downs"?

Wow that sounds terrible. I think, since I've learned to "absorb" my meltdowns, that is where alot of my panic attacks come from. It's probably better to be able to let the meltdown happen, than to keep it bottled up inside.

That's why my meltdown was so bad, I've been trying to be a good girl and pretend like nothings wrong and everythings getting better but it's not.

Wasn't there a thread exactly like this just the other day?

I was physically/mentally abused as a child and meltdowns weren't possible. The abuse put me into a "survival mode" where every last bit of energy I had, was spent trying to save me and my sister. This made me a "tough" person and I'm now able to absorb meltdowns. They just aren't enough to disturb me now. You'd be amazed what the mind is capable of when pushed to extremes.

After reading all the replies, I think that meltdowns, while uncomfortable, are generally healthy. They seem to be a natural "venting" process for people with AS and others.

that depends on how accute the meltdown was,as there is a severity scale with meltdowns like there is with autism.
am have had various skull and wrist fractures over the years from head banging in meltdowns and also wounds from flesh biting,
am have meltdowns often daily,which results in bitten tongue,bumps and bruises if restrained early enough,am also seize up in MDs like in seizures and find every muscle inside disables in this way,and leaves am feeling or getting sick after,the injuries also build up,so does the constant use of the fight or flight hormones [one of the things thought to be a major fuel to meltdowns].
Am have seen a programme before on the bbc,that was about a person and the fight or flight hormones in him,and they said long term over use of these hormones is bad for the body.