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Meltdowns and being verbal (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by HelixDab2@lemm.ee to c/autism@lemmy.world

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I'm a grown-ass adult, and was diagnosed as being on the spectrum quite late; Aspergers wasn't even a valid diagnosis until after I had graduated from high school.

So, haven't really had a lot of support.

Just wanted to check in with other people - what does a meltdown mean for you, in terms of communicating? When I'm feeling emotionally overwhelmed, I have words in my head, but I can get them out of my mouth. If I try to write things down, I either have the same block, or I'll write, erase, re-write, erase again, and repeat tens of times until I give up.

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[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I was confusesed because usually nonverbal autism means someone that's barely able to speak. I think you mean that you were having a shutdown.

My parents used to get mad when I did that lol. My therapist basically resorted to asking yes or no questions or just letting me calm down. Autism can be pretty debilitating, so don't be afraid to ask some time off because of your condition. It's the least that we deserve.