SomeRandomAspie
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So this question probably doesn't require any background but I'll give it some. Yesterday I had a dentist appointment. It wasn't a huge deal on its own of course. So my brother, mother, and I went to the dentist and got that out of the way.
Afterwards we needed to go to the store. It was at this point that I started to feel a bit eeh so I asked to stay in the car. My mother rolled the windows down and went into the store while I stayed in car and programmed on my laptop.
I should mention that where I live it's very hot and humid. On this particular day there wasn't a cloud in the sky (or at least not many). I had my headphones with me so I put them on and I turned on Spotify so that I could calm down to some music and quit programming. This worked for a while until I started getting more impatient and began to start freaking out.
I saw them walk out of the supermarket and I thought, "oh great". I don't know exactly when it happened but the next thing I knew I thought I was in full shut down mode. They arrived and I didn't say anything.
By brother asked if I was catatonic. My mom came and gently patted me on the forehead. I almost instantly grabbed her wrist (not aggressively but defensively) and apparently I said "don't hit me" or something. This escalated to me having a full blown meltdown.
So what confused me is that I felt completely shut down, but then went from 0 to 60 to 100 in a matter of seconds. I've never done anything like this where I first shutdown and then meltdown. It seems strange to me because one moment I can't move or speak and the next I'm moving and talking. I usually do one or the other. Maybe I wasn't completely shut down but in the process.
Has anyone else done something like this?
TL;DR: Is it possible to go from a complete shutdown to a meltdown? If so how fast is the transition?
Afterwards we needed to go to the store. It was at this point that I started to feel a bit eeh so I asked to stay in the car. My mother rolled the windows down and went into the store while I stayed in car and programmed on my laptop.
I should mention that where I live it's very hot and humid. On this particular day there wasn't a cloud in the sky (or at least not many). I had my headphones with me so I put them on and I turned on Spotify so that I could calm down to some music and quit programming. This worked for a while until I started getting more impatient and began to start freaking out.
I saw them walk out of the supermarket and I thought, "oh great". I don't know exactly when it happened but the next thing I knew I thought I was in full shut down mode. They arrived and I didn't say anything.
By brother asked if I was catatonic. My mom came and gently patted me on the forehead. I almost instantly grabbed her wrist (not aggressively but defensively) and apparently I said "don't hit me" or something. This escalated to me having a full blown meltdown.
So what confused me is that I felt completely shut down, but then went from 0 to 60 to 100 in a matter of seconds. I've never done anything like this where I first shutdown and then meltdown. It seems strange to me because one moment I can't move or speak and the next I'm moving and talking. I usually do one or the other. Maybe I wasn't completely shut down but in the process.
Has anyone else done something like this?
TL;DR: Is it possible to go from a complete shutdown to a meltdown? If so how fast is the transition?