Heads up to people who have autistic friends or family -
Some days it's too much for us and we melt down. What it? All of it. All of you, to be honest.
We don't want to.
We want to have the coping skills.
We'll melt down in different ways.
Some of us cry.
Some of us rage.
Some of us withdraw and do the bare minimum.
But eventually someone who you love who is autistic WILL have a meltdown.
Your only job is to keep loving them.
Because you truly cannot fix it.
#Autistic
I have mini meltdowns of crying or raging. I'll withdraw and become robotic.
The most terrifying for my family is what I call my kill switch.
I will walk to a place where I can lie down, do so, and fall asleep in a split second and a bomb could go off and I Will. Not. Wake. Up.
My family, this household, has experienced it three times and after the first time I had to explain to just check for breathing and I am sorry.
In these cases I will sleep at least 13 hours.
#Autistic
@GreenPaladin
Jesus Christ yes.