Meltdowns

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Two nights ago I had a meltdown in front of my boyfriend. It's happened about 5 other times since we started dating 2 years ago and there's never been a problem for this last one.
He said he's not mad, just annoyed because I acted like a child, which confuses me because I acted the same I have every other time.
He's going to visit his parents for a few days so that way he can cool off and then we can go back to normal. I feel like he's punishing me for having aspergers.
I'm positive that's not the case, but thats what it feels like to me. When I try talking to him about it he gets defensive so I decided it was time to get some feedback from others who might understand what I'm going through. Thanks!

I'm glad he's sticking with you. It's possible that he doesn't understand Asperger's/Autism too well. Maybe introduce him to this Site?

What is it that causes you to melt down? I'm not going to judge, I promise.

I don't know. I know he understands autism well because he used to work with me, helping adults with autism. Though it is possible that he expects more emotional control for me than he did for his clients, I'm not sure.
For me it's generally an abundance of stress built up that just explodes. I believe anyways. I'm still working on piecing together the causes, but that seems to be it. I have an incredibly small support group (him and two friends) none of which understand fully what it's like to have aspergers so I can't fully vent all my stresses.
Thanks for replying!

Is there anyway you can relieve you stress in another way? Such as meditation, exercise, talking to a professional, etc. Unfortunately, no one may quite understand what you are going through, my wife for instance believes that I exaggerate things, which might be true, but in my mind and at the time it is a big deal.
Otherwise people dealing with Meltdowns may cause issues that is why I aseed if there was another way to handle it before it gets to that level.
I have found that as the relationship progresses, that their expectations of you change, what might have been cute in the beginning of the relationship might be a lot more troubling to them. I often found myself at the receive end of a complaint when before the behavior seemed to be perfectly acceptable. I feel talking about their expectations as well as how you are feeling and what led up to it might be the way to go.

I've tried a lot of ways but none of them release the stress, it just takes my mind off of it for the time being. Maybe a professional and everything would be the way to go, I'm just worried about all the extra money.
And I will make a point to talk about those when he gets home. Thanks for your imput!

But was there something specific which triggered the meltdown? Did he do something to make you upset? That's something you should explore: what triggers the meltdown.

Once you know the triggers, you can work on trying to prevent them in the future.

Okay, so not the actual cause but the triggers? This last time was because he got upset thinking I was upset. But I'm not really sure how that's supposed to help since I can't control him.

I see your frustration. You feel like he's being intrusive by wanting to "control" your emotions.

but then...

He doesn't like it when you're upset. That's a natural response from a person. He wants you not to be upset. He empathizes with you because he knows how it feels to be upset.

He wants you to be happy.

I understand that this might upset you..because you might think he's seeking to control you in some way.

But he wants you to be happy.....because he's happy when you're happy. Maybe a selfish reason, in a way.

But wouldn't it benefit you both if you were both happy?