coping whith meltdowns..

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ok so what i have been practicing recently is more coping with my meltdowns we have made a deal that is definably worth trying for me when i feel like im meltdowning i just ask someone to restrain me in bed restraints or something before it hits in serious ..just trying to take some power off from my add side so how u cope whith em? got any tips? (oh and hows my new text repairer working?:) ) im now going back to grouphome :/..seey later

Hooray for restraints! I don't have meltdowns so often anymore. I just practiced ignoring things and it works.... When I'm REALLY distracted, anyways. Someone posted an article about colleges having special programs for autistic students, and on the photo page was a child who had a dog sleep on him so he wouldn't squirm and squiggle about in bed. It was so cute =O

I freeze and stutter now instead of getting my old type of meltdowns, this sometimes leads me to pass out, like I did once while being forced to walk through Times Square

Listen to songs off my ipod

write

sleep

pet my cats which I do anyway without the "meltdowns"

still not exactly sure if these are meltdowns or stress but I've been known to hold everything in and blow up so the hospital was good for that. Don't do that so much anymore.

i think listening music would be great since my head is at now mp3 player could sing a 5 diffrent songs ...but ya so far its been a 2 days trying this and its been working just ok so far

^Did you say grouphome, I know for me that can be stressful. Anyway good luck.

taking time out from stressful situations is a good coping method, works most of the time for me, a 5 minute timeout works, at work I have to look for an excuse, just to hide the fact I'm needing a timeout

ya that sounds also good though i dont thing im going to need timeout just some dark room...if there has no others for me even being in isolation room whith out ligths is great