Grevesy wrote:
JCJC777 wrote:
it's like a computer systems crash; my brain systems just stop working - I lock up
I'm not sure I can call mine meltdowns, more like shutdowns. I get more and more worked up about things, until I can't think anymore. I just repeat the same phrase over and over like my brain has become stuck in a ditch, like there is nothing else but the endless repeating thoughts in my head so the rest of the world seems to disappear.
Then I have to find somewhere quiet and isolated to just stop for a while and calm down.
yes I know just what you mean... I can be locked up for days, and I'm still not quite clear what brings me out, apart from just time and peace....
I have read brain research that when we are in 'fight or flight' mode, i.e. highly stressed, our brains actually shut-down the frontal cortexes, and commit all resources to the amygdala instinctive systems. This is what is happening to us I think; our frontal cortexes are shutting down in response to the stress we are feeling.
04 May 2013, 5:31 am
