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20 Jul 2013, 12:49 pm

Yeah during a meltdown I find I can barely speak or have functional thoughts, I have hit myself before but I've been trying to curb it. I try to avoid things that bring on a meltdown, I try to tell the people around me when I'm under stress and I feel like I'm going to snap or I'm loosing my s**t, but I guess warnings aren't enough. I don't show it in my face so everyone assumes I'm o.k and doesn't take me at my word, I have also been called childish for it and it's frustrating because I feel like an abused animal in a corner.



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20 Jul 2013, 1:06 pm

Keemun wrote:
When I am in a panic or very anxious about something, I shout out 'I don't like it' in a childish voice, and sometimes cry like a child. My natural voice is childish, but I try hard to cover this up in public - I am not sure how successful I am with this, and I have been told I have a young voice. I also look younger than my years, and many people are shocked when I tell them I left school many years ago!.

Wow, me too. I look younger than I am and sound younger than I am sometimes too. Well, let me correct that. I don't think I look younger than my age, I think a lot of people my age look much older than they should look.



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20 Jul 2013, 1:09 pm

Sometimes when I am really really feeling frustrated or angry I hit my head hard. It hurts but it helps because it lessons the emotional pain I feel. Sometimes it's hard to get words out too.